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A family plays in a public playground in Poway, Oct. 2, 2020.

Playgrounds To Remain Open In San Diego County

Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered playgrounds closed last week under the new stay-at-home order. But parents and state lawmakers pushed back.

In the year since the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, federal prosecutors have charged more than 700 people related to the attack.

5 takeaways from the Capitol riot criminal cases, one year later

NPR has been tracking every criminal case related to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. One year after the riot, here are some of the key patterns that have emerged from the cases.

A staff member guides a taxi at one of the entrances at the Olympic and Paralympic Village in Tokyo.

Two Athletes Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 Inside The Olympic Village

With the Tokyo Games less than a week away, the positive tests are the first among athletes inside the Olympic Village.

Kayla Northam's weight topped 300 pounds and she'd started to develop diabetes, and liver and joint problems before seeking bariatric surgery about a decade ago at age 18.

Bariatric Surgery Works, But Isn't Offered To Most Teens Who Have Severe Obesity

Experts now say the procedure is the most effective treatment for severe childhood obesity, which affects a growing number of kids. But stigma and insurers often stand in the way.

The conversation around gun violence in the U.S. usually focuses on homicides and mass shootings, and there is little information about the public health, financial, psychological and social toll of nonfatal gun injuries.

After 25 Years In The Dark, The CDC Wants To Study The True Toll Of Guns In America

We don't know the full impact of nonfatal firearms-related injuries. Unreliable data and political pressure have obscured the picture for researchers, the media and the public. That may soon change.

The Rev. Jared Moten of Ebenezer Baptist Church, left, and the Rev. Shane Harris of the National Action Network attend a peace vigil to honor slain San Diego police Officer Jonathan De Guzman at South 35th Street and Boston Avenue, July 29, 2016.

Loved Ones Describe Impact Of San Diego Police Officer Killed In Line Of Duty

The testimony from De Guzman's family, friends and other San Diego officers came in the murder trial of Jesse Michael Gomez, 60, who was convicted last week of killing De Guzman, as well as the attempted murder of his partner, Wade Irwin.

Martha Lillard needed a large respirator called an iron lung to recover from polio, which she caught in 1953. She still uses a form of the device at nights.

Decades after polio, Martha is among the last to still rely on an iron lung to breathe

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 years old when polio incapacitated her. She still uses a form of the ventilator that saved her life as a child — though now she worries about replacement parts.

Signs reading "vote" hang outside the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., in March as workers wrapped up their seven-week mail-in election on whether to unionize.

Amazon Warehouse Workers In Alabama May Get To Vote Again On Union

A federal labor official found that Amazon's anti-union tactics may have tainted last spring's voting process sufficiently to scrap its results. Workers had rejected unionization more than 2-to-1.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington in April 2018. In July 2020, Holocaust survivors around the world urged Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg to take action to remove denial of the Nazi genocide from the social media site.

Antisemitic Posts Are Rarely Removed By Social Media Companies, A Study Finds

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and TikTok took no action on 84% of antisemitic posts, despite pledging to crack down on hate speech, according to the Center to Counter Digital Hate.

Members of the 40+ Double Dutch Club gather regularly to jump rope and connect with other women.

Women Are Gathering To Jump Rope And Make Connections In The 40+ Double Dutch Club

The Chicago-based 40+ Double Dutch Club has more than a hundred chapters across the country and two internationally. Founder Pamela Robinson says it's about more than just jumping rope.

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