Austin Horn
Austin Horn is a 2019-2020 Kroc Fellow. He joined NPR after internships at the San Antonio Express-News and Frankfort State-Journal, as well as a couple stints in the service industry. He aims to keep his reporting grounded in the experience of real individuals of all stripes.
He graduated from Columbia University in 2019 with a degree in American Studies. You can find him tweeting about basketball, music or his home state of Kentucky at @_AustinHorn.
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The former secretary of state said that President Trump's penchant to insult "anybody who dare[s] to speak against him" has always turned him off. Now, he says, more people are feeling the same way.
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Gov. Cuomo says the number of new coronavirus hospitalizations reported on June 1 was 154. That's the lowest number since the state started counting in mid-March.
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Officers didn't have their body cameras turned on, and Police Chief Steve Conrad was later dismissed. National Guard members were also part of the incident and fired shots.
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Maya Santamaria tells KSTP that Chauvin "had a real short fuse" as an off-duty officer for her club, saying he often pulled out mace and pepper spray when she thought it was unwarranted.
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In a video, the man repeatedly cries out and says, "I cannot breathe," while the officer continues to push down on the man's neck with his knee. The man has been identified as George Floyd.
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Union President Marc Perrone said the number of those members infected or known to have been exposed to the virus has increased by 200% in five weeks.
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Ohio's Twisted Citrus restaurant introduced the Rubber Duckie Mimosa, champagne and blue rasberry lemonade topped with a classic yellow rubber duck, to match its new shower curtain barrier.
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Wuhan, where the world's first coronavirus cases were reported in late December, eased many restrictions in early April. But earlier this week, authorities found at least six new cases.
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President Vladimir Putin announced Monday that the country will begin easing its national "non-working period." Regional governments still have the authority to extend lockdowns and restrictions.
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Italy was one of the first countries to be racked by the disease. The government imposed strict lockdown policies on March 9, earlier than many countries started responding.