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With limits on social gatherings, Americans have to mourn their dead through online memorials and virtual funerals.

Tony Hicks was a teen gang member when he killed Tariq Khamisa. At StoryCorps, Tariq's sister Tasreen tells Tony that meeting him 20 years later "made a lot of room in my heart for light to come in."

More has been revealed more about the police response to last month's school shooting in Uvalde. A top law enforcement official called it an "abject failure" and laid out mistakes made the day.

In Massachusetts, records related to sexual assault and domestic violence are kept secret. The law is supposed to protect victims, but an investigation finds it also protects perpetrators and police.

A woman who claims she was forced to marry her cousin when she was 14 testified Tuesday at a preliminary hearing for polygamist leader Warren Jeffs. The court is trying to decide whether Jeffs should stand trial on rape charges.

The author behind the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series writes from experience — her parents divorced when she was young, and she says the divisions remain "to this day."

A month ago, the Louisiana attorney general announced the arrest of a physician and two nurses in connection with the deaths of four New Orleans hospital patients. The arrests came after a lengthy investigation into so-called "mercy killings" that happened in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. But while the doctor and the two nurses have been removed from their jobs, they've yet to be indicted or formally charged -- raising more questions about the state's case.

Degas's sculpture "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" is known the world over. But who is that young lady he depicts? Camille Laurens aims to find out — and realizes something about herself in the process.

Alena, a reworking of Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca, takes place in the contemporary art world, while The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles is a "delicious French romp." Critic Maureen Corrigan says both novels are "exquisite vehicles of escape fiction."

NPR's A Martinez talks Moshe Lavi, whose brother-in-law has been held captive by Hamas for 100 days. Lavi met last week in Washington with congressional leadership to advocate for hostages' release.