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Name Against the Same is part of Stephanie Mercedes' A Sky of Shattered Glass Reflected by the Sun exhibition at Culture House in Washington, D.C. Stephanie Mercedes hide caption

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Stephanie Mercedes

Art & Design

Melting guns and bullet casings, this artist turns weapons into bells

At a time when mass shootings are regularly rocking the country, Stephanie Mercedes is takes guns and bullet casings and turns them into instruments of mourning. Some look like primitive relics.

LaShonia Ingram was one of 28 Medicaid beneficiaries in Tennessee charged with TennCare fraud last year. The District Attorney dropped the felony charges. Brad Vest/WPLN hide caption

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In Tennessee, a Medicaid mix-up could land you on a 'most wanted' list

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Under the leadership of its new CEO Joe Hinrichs, CSX struck a deal with two rail unions offering paid sick leave to about 5,000 workers. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Rail workers never stopped fighting for paid sick days. Now persistence is paying off

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O'Connor won the National Junior Fiddle Championship four years in a row, 1974-77, in Weiser, Ida. Marty O'Connor/Mark O'Connor hide caption

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Prodigious fiddler Mark O'Connor celebrates 50 years of music with memoir

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks in the briefing room of the State Department in Washington, Jan. 7, 2022. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

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Blinken has a lot on his plate including tensions with China and the war in Ukraine

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Name Against the Same is part of Stephanie Mercedes' A Sky of Shattered Glass Reflected by the Sun exhibition at Culture House in Washington, D.C. Stephanie Mercedes hide caption

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Stephanie Mercedes

Melting guns and bullet casings, this artist turns weapons into bells

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