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After a year of being shut down due to the pandemic, Coney Island's amusement parks have reopened — at a third of their normal capacity. But business owners are glad to see the parks come alive again.

Janelle Jones is the first Black woman to serve as chief economist at the Labor Department. She says helping marginalized groups boosts the entire economy.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with a Houston-based entrepreneur and advocate, Tom Castro, who worries that some Latinos aren't tapping the pandemic-relief dollars offered by the government.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Georgetown Law professor Paul Butler about the trial of Derek Chauvin and the police who testified.

Archaeologists are touting the discovery of the largest ancient city ever found in Egypt and comparing its importance to the discovery of King Tut's tomb.

Laurie Boeder plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Just over a year after police officers shot and killed Taylor in her home, the Speed Art Museum has opened a show in her memory. "To see it all come together is just a blessing," says Taylor's mother.

An estimated 4.5 million Missouri residents are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

Denmark says security in Syria has improved enough for some refugees to go back. "The words 'to send us back to Syria' means to destroy our lives," says a Syrian whose residence permit was revoked.

Poet Mark Doty, winner of the 2008 National Book Award for poetry, discusses his favorite listener-submitted poems with NPR's Michel Martin.