Leila Fadel
Stories
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National
Child Welfare Services And Caretakers Grapple With COVID-19 Effects
States are preparing their child protective services for changes because of the coronavirus. How are they navigating in-person visits, emergency removals and foster placement?
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Music
On 'Lost Girls,' Bat For Lashes Spins A Vampire Fairy Tale With Synth-Pop
After her 2016 release, The Bride, Natasha Khan didn't know if she'd make another album. But she moved to LA, starting working on a script for a vampire film and found herself writing a concept album.
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Arts & Life
'Black Patriots' Were Heroes Of The Revolution — But Not The History Books
Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the executive producer of a new documentary focusing on the lives of black Americans on both sides of the Revolutionary War, whose stories aren't often told.
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Music
Facing Hearing Loss, Huey Lewis Releases What 'May Be' His Last Album
Huey Lewis & The News just released their first album of original music in almost 20 years. But Weather also might be the last for the band's frontman, whose hearing collapsed two years ago.
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National
The Legal Battle Over Homeless Camping
Western cities dealing with an explosion of homelessness are urging the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that sharply limits camping bans in parks and other public places.
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Books
'Felon' Author Says, 'Everybody Has To Tell Their Kids Something'
Lawyer-poet Reginald Dwayne Betts for years hid the fact that he had served time in prison. Now, this time in his life is at the center of his new collection of poems.
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Race & Identity
Some Halloween Costumes Continue To Cause Offense, But People Keep Wearing Them
Halloween is filled with tricks and treats, but it's also filled with landmines of cultural appropriation and racist tropes. When does holiday fun turn into an offense for someone else?
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National
Are LGBTQ Employees Safe From Discrimination? A New Supreme Court Case Will Decide
The court will examine whether workplace discrimination protections extend to LGBTQ people — a ruling that will have widespread implications in more than 25 states without such safeguards.
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National
MGM Resorts Reaches Settlement With Las Vegas Shooting Victims
Victims of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting have reached a settlement with MGM Resorts. They will share as much as $800 million. Fifty-eight people died and more than 400 were injured in the massacre.
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A New Bloodsucking Leech Species Found Hiding Outside Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian researcher Anna Phillips led the recent discovery of the new medicinal species. Its superficial similarities to a North American leech species helped prevent its detection before.