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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rebecca Salinas, a digital journalist at K-SAT TV, about the latest from the Uvalde school shooting in Texas.

The Braves take a 20-11 overall record into their Friday quarterfinal matchup against either Valparaiso or Indiana State at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

When India began the world's largest lockdown in March, it threw call centers into chaos as employees couldn't commute to work. Now millions are adapting to work from home, amid security challenges.

In a first-of-its-kind hire last month, the Illinois State Museum added a director of tribal relations – a pioneering role in the institution’s 145-year-history. Heather Miller will be responsible for building and repairing relationships between the Springfield-based museum and Native American tribes with historical ties to the state, specifically when it comes to how the state has handled native artifacts and remains.

Wildlife Prairie Park is celebrating its 45th birthday this year, and CEO Roberta English said new animals, and potentially new cabins, are in the works.

His salary will rise from $10,000 to $20,000 annually starting May 1 because he's taken on a role as the village's economic development administrator since he was first elected mayor in 2017.

Taliban militants killed about 150 people at the military school in an attack last month. Students returned Monday amid heavy security.

Reports surface of another Iraqi Interior Ministry detention center where inmates were reportedly subject to abuse. Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said 13 of the 625 inmates at the center required medical treatment, but he gave no details. A similar case came to light last month.

The toll from the botched procedures is now 13, with scores more sick. Dr. R.K. Gupta, who has performed 50,000 sterilizations over his career, told Reuters that he was being made a scapegoat.

COVID-19 laid bare technology access inequities among students. After months of virtual learning, many Peoria-area schools plan to use the summer to make up for lost ground.