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Minneapolis Marks Two Year Anniversary Since Death Of George Floyd By Police Officer

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How did George Floyd's murder change policing and criminal justice? Three leaders reflect

4:14am May 23, 2025

by Michel Martin

Five years after George Floyd's death, NPR's Michel Martin took a trip to Minneapolis and spoke to the city's mayor Jacob Frey, Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison and national civil rights attorney Ben Crump to reflect on how the city and nation have changed.

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What witnesses in the trial of Sean Combs have testified this week

4:14am May 23, 2025

by A Martínez

The witnesses who have testified over the second week of the criminal trial of Sean Combs have offered context around the narrative that Cassie Ventura shared during its opening week. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento has spent the week in the courthouse in New York and reports on what the jury has heard.

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A new theory on gun violence

4:13am May 23, 2025

by Adrian Ma

People blame gun violence on different things depending on their political leanings. But Jens Ludwig, an economist at the University of Chicago, has found a different reason behind it. Today, we bring you a story on solutions to gun violence.

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The state of civil rights in the U.S. five years after George Floyd's death

4:13am May 23, 2025

by Michel Martin

Michel Martin asks civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump about changes in the legal landscape in the years since a former Minneapolis police officer was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death.

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George Floyd musical tribute poet warns of 'worse' racial tensions five years after the murder

4:12am May 23, 2025

Adolphus Hailstork's 2022 requiem cantata "A Knee on the Neck" pays tribute to George Floyd. NPR speaks with librettist Herbert Martin, who initiated the work, five years after police killed Floyd in Minneapolis.

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A Harvard University professor on Trump's international students ban

4:11am May 23, 2025

by Michel Martin

Harvard University may no longer enroll foreign students. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Harvard Professor Ryan Enos about the latest in the ongoing conflict with the Trump administration.

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Supreme Court blocks funding of religious charter school in Oklahoma

4:10am May 23, 2025

by A Martínez

A deadlocked U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday effectively blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school in Oklahoma.

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A secret in a garden after a winter of grief

4:10am May 23, 2025

by Max Jungreis

Today's StoryCorps is about a love that lasted through the seasons. Patrice Hudson was apprehensive about online dating until she met Byron Ball, a high school science teacher who, like her, was a single parent and had been married before.

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A visit to George Floyd Square in Minneapolis

4:09am May 23, 2025

by Michel Martin

Five years after the killing of George Floyd, NPR's Michel Martin visits the Minneapolis intersection that has become a memorial to his life: George Perry Floyd Square.

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Kyle Larson wants to complete the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day

4:08am May 23, 2025

by A Martínez

NPR's A Martinez asks racing driver Kyle Larson why he wants to try to complete the Indy 500 and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 races on the same day this weekend.

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