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'Creepy' Robot Dog Loses Job With New York Police Department Following public outrage, the NYPD terminated a $94,000 contract to test a canine-like surveillance device designed to keep officers out of harms way. Critics panned the tech and its potential abuses. (Image credit: Josh Reynolds/AP) from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3vCzPCT

Pasquotank County Sheriff: Public Should See Andrew Brown Jr. Video Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten says he wants the bodycam footage from the killing of Andrew Brown Jr., made public. (Image credit: Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images) from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3e5WT6N

Cruise Lines Are Getting Antsy To Set Sail After being shut down for more than a year, the cruise industry is frustrated over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's lack of a clear timeline for setting sail again. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3eIQRbF

Big Oil Is Seeing Big Earnings Again The world's oil and gas mega-companies are raking it in again. The earnings reflect the remarkable comeback in the global economy, powered by U.S. growth, which is sharply pushing up demand for oil. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3t5uQIX

Stocks Have Done Better In Biden's 1st 100 Days Than Any Other President Since FDR Under President Biden, the Standard and Poor's 500 is set to post its best performance in the first 100 days of any president since Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/2QIjyNG

A Reckoning After Morehouse Withdraws From Debate Tournament, Citing 'Anti-Blackness' "This tournament was a culmination of years of innate and not-so-well concealed racism within the debate community that came to a head," says Daniel Edwards, the Morehouse College team captain. (Image credit: Morehouse College Speech and Debate Program) from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3t8e1NM

Do Carbon Offsets Actually Work? 'Planet Money' Takes A Look More and more companies are pledging to cut carbon emissions. Many say they'll buy carbon offsets that save forests, but counting how much carbon is actually saved is fuzzy math. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3nzR6K9

West Virginia Governor Discusses His $100 Offer To Young People Who Get Vaccinated NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Republican Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia about his plan offering $100 savings bonds to people between the ages of 16 and 35 who get a COVID-19 vaccine. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3t9PfNb

Chicago High Schoolers Return To Classrooms For A Bittersweet End To The School Year Thousands of high school students return to in-class learning in Chicago this week. Some are excited to spend the remaining weeks with classmates, but for many seniors, it's a bittersweet return. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3e3hkBw

Wave Of 'Anti-Protest' Bills Could Threaten First Amendment NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Nick Robinson, of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, about the dozens of anti-protest bills introduced by Republican lawmakers this year. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3nAvQ6V

New Tiny Computers Could Have A Huge Impact It seems like computers are getting smaller all the time. Now some companies are betting big on new ones that run at the atomic level — tiny machines that could have a huge impact. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3t728HK

White House Says It Is Open to Diplomacy With North Korea White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the United States still hopes to see complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, but that diplomatic talks could boost security in the region. (Image credit: Ahn Young-joon/AP) from National : NPR https://ift.tt/2Rffepi

U.S. Will Impose New Ban On Travel From India, As Coronavirus Rages The travel ban is being imposed due to "extraordinarily high COVID-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating in the India," the White House says. (Image credit: Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images) from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3xG736e

Trial Of Other Former Officers Charged In George Floyd's Killing To Be Broadcast A judge's order to allow the broadcast of Derek Chauvin's trial will still apply to the trial of the other three former Minneapolis officers charged in Floyd's death, according to the court system. (Image credit: Court TV/AP) from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3nIW4UY

U.S. Vaccinations May Be Reaching A Tipping Point To Stop The Virus, Experts Say New coronavirus cases are at their lowest level since October. Some health experts think the vaccination campaign deserves credit for tamping down the U.S. outbreak. But will the downturn last? (Image credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) from National : NPR https://ift.tt/330JVkH

Return For Mickey, Stay For The Churros: Disneyland Reopens After 13 Months "I can't wait to just be there and feel it and listen to the music and smell the churros," says Robert Laird, a Disney megafan. (Image credit: Christian Thompson/Disneyland Resort via Getty Images) from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3gQgPfS

Can A Teacher Fly A Black Lives Matter Flag At School? A Florida Court Will Consider A schoolteacher in Jacksonville, Fla., was disciplined after she put a Black Lives Matter flag up outside her classroom and refused administrators' orders to take it down. Now the case is in court. (Image credit: Amy Donofrio) from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3eK50VL

Chicago's Release Of Police Shooting Videos May Change Foot Pursuit Policy The release of another police shooting video in Chicago raises questions about when and how officers should engage in foot chases. The goal is to have a new policy in effect before the summer. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3xDJZ87

Why There Is Big Money In Stolen Catalytic Converters Catalytic converters on the underside of vehicles help reduce emissions. But rising prices for some metals has led to a jump in them being stolen, and some unique theft prevention methods. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/2RcnEO2

Non-Fungible Token Of Disaster Girl Meme Sells For $430,000 In a photo, taken during a firefighters' training drill, a kid gives the camera a knowing look as a house burns in the background. As she graduates college, Zoe Roth auctioned off the photo's rights. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/333On2a

Disneyland Reopens After California Lockdown Measures Lifted Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., is opening back up, more than a year after it shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Disney World in Orlando, Fla., reopened last July. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3gMRsvz

A Joy Of Reading, Sparked By A Special Librarian Determined To 'Make A Difference' Hasina Islam fostered a love of reading and the library in Abigail Jean, who is 12. Abigail was just 3 when they met at a branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. (Image credit: Jhaleh Akhavan for StoryCorps) from National : NPR https://ift.tt/331HpKR

Domestic Abuse Survivors Fear Deportation Under Trump Policy Biden Has Yet To Reverse Immigrant advocates want those asylum protections restored quickly, erasing Trump-era restrictions. "Women, children, families are being sent back to the very dangers that they fled," one lawyer says. (Image credit: Kevin D. Liles for NPR) from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3xBQKqP

Florida Legislature Approves Election Reform Bill That Includes Restrictions It's the latest Republican-led effort to alter state voting rules following record-breaking turnout during the 2020 election. Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign the measure into law. (Image credit: Lynne Sladky/AP) from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3eIwwTF

Burning Man Canceled: 'Relief' As Burners, Locals See Bright Side Of Informal Events For the second straight year, the communal arts festival isn't happening because of the pandemic. But the community that hosts the pilgrimage doesn't mind. (Image credit: Bernard Friel/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) from National : NPR https://ift.tt/2R95oFh

Behind The Demographics Shifts That Are Reshaping Political Power In The U.S. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Alexa Ura, reporter for the Texas Tribune , about the demographic shifts that are driving Sunbelt states like Texas to grow in population and political power. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/2R8Ce9h

Biden, Like FDR And LBJ, Sees Opportunity In A Moment Of Crisis As President Biden nears 100 days in office, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin about how Biden's approach to social welfare compares to former presidents'. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3t4z2sC

FDA Moves To Ban Menthol Cigarettes The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning to ban menthol cigarettes, a move the National Medical Association has urged for years. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with the NMA's Dr. Doris Browne. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3u8UP3F

Guatemalan Ambassador To The U.S Weighs In On America's Plan To Help Country NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Guatemalan ambassador to the United States Alfonso Quiñónez about the announcement this week of U.S. aid to help control migration and meet humanitarian needs. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3eHDubB

Underdogs And Longshots, Get Ready: This May Be The NFL Draft For You NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Kalyn Kahler, who writes for the sports blog Defector , about this year's unusually thin NFL Draft class. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3nxX266

Georgia Is Closing Many Of Its Mass Vaccination Sites Due To Low Demand Despite Georgia's vaccination rates being among the lowest in the U.S., the state is closing its mass vaccination sites. Efforts are shifting to targeted outreach. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/2SeApbv

New Multi-Agency Effort Will Target Smugglers Bringing Migrants Into The U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has announced a new multi-agency effort targeting international organizations that smuggle migrants into the U.S. and have been operating briskly lately. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3taGhiU

In Wednesday's Speeches To Congress, Divergent Perspectives On Race In America President Biden and Sen. Tim Scott, who delivered the GOP rebuttal to Biden's address, offered divergent perspectives on race in America that illustrate how politics shape debates over racial issues. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3nA5T7j

Kris Kobach, Former Trump Adviser, Announces Run For Kansas Attorney General Former Kansas secretary of state, Kris Kobach, lost his race for governor in 2018 and the GOP primary for U.S. Senate in 2020. He also advised former President Trump on immigration and voting fraud. (Image credit: Orlin Wagner/AP) from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3nvmARy

Years Of Requests Leads FDA's Move To Ban Menthol Cigarettes The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning to ban menthol cigarettes, a move the National Medical Association has urged for years. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with the NMA's Dr. Doris Browne. from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3e8AjLb

'Peril Into Possibility': Biden's Speech Featured A Bold Plan To Reshape The Economy The U.S. economy grew rapidly in 2021's first months with the distribution of vaccines and relief payments. Biden said in his speech he aims to build on that success, turning "peril into possibility." from National : NPR https://ift.tt/3e470Jn