Kansas City mayor on the shooting of a Black teenager NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas about the investigation into the shooting of a Black teenager by a white homeowner after the teen mistakenly arrived at the wrong address. Ashley Brown
Grand jury declines charging 8 Akron police officers who fatally shot Jayland Walker Eight Akron police officers who fatally shot Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, will not be indicted after a grand jury concluded that officers were legally justified in their actions. Anna Huntsman IPM
Scholastic wanted to license her children's book — if she cut a part about 'racism' Maggie Tokuda-Hall was thrilled when the publishing powerhouse approached her to feature her book about a love story set in an internment camp during WWII. Then she read what the deal would involve. Emma Bowman
A new mode in MLB video game celebrates historical Black all-stars Long-running baseball video game MLB The Show features a new mode that celebrates historical Black all-stars. Jamal Michel
Tulsa Race Massacre investigators say they've sequenced DNA from 6 possible victims The work is part of a years-long effort to get an accurate count of how many people were killed when a white mob decimated the city's prosperous Greenwood enclave, leaving upward of 300 people dead. Scott Neuman
Memphis council votes on whether to send Justin J. Pearson back to Tennessee House Less than a week after Republicans expelled him from the state House after leading a protest in the legislature calling for gun law reforms, Justin J. Pearson could get his seat back. Bill Chappell
Repatriation celebration: Stolen Native Hawaiian remains greeted at Sea-Tac on their way home Over the weekend, a ceremony was held by a local Hawaiian hula group and others who welcomed a collection of Native Hawaiian remains on their way to being repatriated. They had been taken from Hawaii illegally by colonizers and were on their final leg home from Europe. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Tennessee GOP Rep. Barrett on why he voted to expel two colleagues but not the third NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Republican Tennessee Rep. Jody Barrett about his vote to expel two Democratic colleagues over leading a gun control protest on the House floor. Patrick Jarenwattananon
Did the last census overcount Asian Americans? It depends on where you look The U.S. Census Bureau said there was a national overcount of Asian Americans in its 2020 tally. But a new report finds Asian Americans may have also been left out of some state and county numbers. Hansi Lo Wang
Denise Lajimodiere is named North Dakota's first Native American poet laureate A citizen of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians, Lajimodiere has written several award-winning books of poetry and is an expert on the history of Native American boarding schools. The Associated Press