Erika Ryan
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National
'People do avoid me': How a toxic train derailment split a village in two
The East Palestine community is divided and exhausted, with many residents ready to move forward, even as others continue to raise concerns about the air and water.
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National
The mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, looks back on train derailment one year later
One year after a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, NPR's Scott Detrow sits down with Mayor Trent Conaway to discuss how the village is recovering.
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Matt Hay gradually went deaf. But music helped him partially hear again
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to author Matt Hay, who has struggled with his hearing since he was a kid, about his new book Soundtrack of Silence.
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World
Doctor details struggles and horrors of working in a Gaza hospital
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Seema Jilani, who spent two weeks working with the International Rescue Committee in the emergency room of the al-Aqsa hospital in Gaza.
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National
A new California law restricts carrying guns in public — testing the Second Amendment
Gun owners in California can no longer carry firearms into a range of locations deemed "sensitive spaces." It is already facing all kinds of hurdles in the courts.
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New California law restricts carrying guns in public. For now
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with UCLA law professor Adam Winkler about a new California law that restricts guns from most public places, even for gun owners with concealed carry permits.
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National
How should the media cover Trump and Biden in 2024? One man has an answer
What have journalists learned from covering the 2016 and 2020 elections? How can we do better? We asked the man who led The Washington Post through the Trump presidency.
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Houston, we have a tomato: ISS astronauts locate missing fruit (or vegetable)
A missing tomato sparked a lighthearted mystery for the astronauts on board the International Space Station — and it's finally been solved after months of accusations and intrigue.
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National
Former clerk remembers Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's legacy
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Justin Driver, former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, about O'Connor's life and legacy.
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World
In the shops of Jerusalem, empty seats and anguished hearts are all that's left
The Old City of Jerusalem is thousands of years old. People from all over the world travel here to see the expansive history and the foundation of religions and empires — until now.