The father of a boy who was killed in the Minneapolis shooting has spoken publicly for the first time.
Please remember Fletcher for the person he was and not the act that ended his life.
We're learning more about both children whose lives were taken.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed an acting director to run the CDC following the purge and resignations of a number of top officials.
You can be a great administrator,
but you do need to at least have a knowledge of how you'd handle an outbreak or an emerging pathogen.
how one expert who resigned from the CDC this week views the appointment.
And the leaders of North Korea, Russia,
and China will gather for the first time in Beijing next week for a military parade to mark the end of World War II.
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This is Eric Glass.
On This American Life, we like stories that surprise you.
For instance, imagine finding a new hobby and realizing,
To do this hobby right, according to the ways of the masters,
there's a pretty good chance that you're going to have to bend the law to get the materials that you need.
If not break it.
Yeah.
To break international laws.