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Antwan Burns-Jones, 31 (from left), William Moore, 35, and David Lee, 23, add a basketball to the memorial for Tyshawn Lee, 9, who was fatally shot in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood. Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images hide caption

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Amid Violence, Chicago Parents Try To Inoculate Their Sons Against Fear

It's been a tumultuous few months for parts of Chicago. Parents are doing their best to help their children understand what's happening and how their families and communities can move forward.

The Road Home is a private nonprofit social services agency that assists homeless individuals and families, in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. Here, a view from outside. Cayce Clifford for NPR hide caption

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Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness By 91 Percent; Here's How

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Priyanka Chopra plays Alex Parrish in ABC's Quantico. Phillippe Bosse/ABC hide caption

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From Bollywood To Hollywood: Shattering Stereotypes On The Silver Screen

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Airmen use a ground-control station cockpit to control remotely piloted aircraft Nov. 17 during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nev. The Pentagon plans to remotely piloted aircraft flights by as much as 50 percent in the next few years to meet increased needs for surveillance, reconnaissance and lethal airstrikes around the world. Isaac Brekken/Getty Images hide caption

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Air Force Unveils Plan To Improve Conditions For Drone Operators

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Researchers used cotton swabs to sample bacteria and other microbes from the skin of donated corpses placed in a field in Huntsville, Texas. Katie Hayes Luke for NPR hide caption

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Tiny Witnesses: Microbes Can Tell When A Murder Victim Died

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The round-trip flight that NPR's Ari Shapiro took to Paris emitted about a ton of greenhouse gases. Offsetting it cost a dollar, and he was given a white lanyard for his conference ID with the words "Climate Neutral Now" showing his trip was carbon-neutral. Ari Shapiro/NPR hide caption

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How To Stay Carbon-Neutral When Getting To Paris Is Carbon-Costly

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Antwan Burns-Jones, 31 (from left), William Moore, 35, and David Lee, 23, add a basketball to the memorial for Tyshawn Lee, 9, who was fatally shot in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood. Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images hide caption

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Amid Violence, Chicago Parents Try To Inoculate Their Sons Against Fear

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Bob Vander Plaats has supported the last two Iowa caucus winners, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption

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Iowa Evangelical Kingmaker Gives Ted Cruz His Blessing

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Cessation of breathing is a rare, but serious risk for some children who take cough syrup or painkillers that contain codeine, research shows. Advisers to the FDA say no one under 18 should take the drug. iStockphoto hide caption

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Limits Urged On The Use Of Codeine To Stop Kids' Coughs And Pain

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A woman holds her baby as she waits with other migrants on the Greek side of the fence along the border with Macedonia on Sunday. Macedonian is only allowing in refugees from the war-torn countries of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Those not allowed into Macedonia are being bused to a sports stadium in Athens. Petros Giannakouris/AP hide caption

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Migrants Hit A Roadblock On The Greece-Macedonia Border

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