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Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II says his office wants the footage related to the killing of the 42-year-old Black man to be made public. The local NAACP is demanding Wooten’s resignation. (Image credit: Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office Facebook Page)

Missing Indonesian submarine found broken into at least 3 parts  NBC News 53 crew of lost naval submarine declared dead as Indonesia finds wreckage  CNN Indonesian submarine sank off Bali, navy says – BBC News  BBC News Missing Indonesian submarine sank, Navy officials

Palestinian group calls for ‘our noble resistance in Gaza to keep their fingers on the trigger’; IDF Chief of Staff Kohavi reportedly says neither side seeking escalation

France-based designer, 59, said to succumb to South African strain of coronavirus after being fully vaccinated

Each week I check the latest deaths from COVID-19 for NPR. After a while, I didn’t feel any sorrow at the numbers. I just felt numb. I wanted to understand why — and how to overcome that numbness. (Image credit:

‘Volcanoes Of Fire’: Death Toll At Baghdad Hospital Surpasses 80  NPR Fire inside Baghdad hospital kills at least 82 people, injures 110  Eyewitness News ABC7NY At least 82 killed in massive Baghdad hospital fire, ministry says  CNN Baghdad hospital fire kills 82, Iraq

The Iraqi government said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients. (Image credit: AP)

NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with political analyst Andrea Moncada in Lima about the presidential runoff in Peru, and what it could mean for the future of democracy in South America.

Nearly 350,000 new cases were confirmed Sunday, more than any country on any day since the pandemic began. India’s health system is collapsing. There are pleas for oxygen, hospital beds and medicine.

NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to NPR’s Susan Davis and journalists Maria Martin and Valerie Gonzalez about the surge of migrants at the southern border.