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Natalie Escobar is an assistant editor on the Code Switch team, where she edits the blog and newsletter, runs the social media accounts and leads audience engagement. Before coming to NPR in 2020, Escobar was an assistant editor and editorial fellow at The Atlantic, where she covered family life and education. She also was a ProPublica emerging reporter fellow, where she helped their Illinois bureau do experimental audience engagement through theater workshops. (Really!)
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What's Known About Robert Bowers, The Suspect In The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Bowers, 46, is a resident of Pittsburgh with a history of making anti-Semitic remarks on social media. Authorities believe he acted alone.
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