Atlanta Shootings Suspect In Custody; How The Pandemic Affects Your Taxes

Plus, the most popular dog breeds of 2020. by Korva Coleman and Emily Alfin Johnson First Up [Eight people were killed in shootings at three different spas in Georgia on March 16 and a 21-year-old male suspect was in custody, police and local media reported.]( Elijah Nouvelage /AFP via Getty Images Here's what we're following today: At least eight people were shot to death in an attack at three Atlanta-area massage parlors Tuesday. Officials said many of the victims appear to be of Asian descent. [A 21-year-old white man is in custody after a police chase.]( Documents obtained by NPR show that young migrants are being held by U.S. Border Patrol far longer than is allowed. As of Sunday, the U.S. government had 4,276 unaccompanied migrant children in custody. On average, these children are spending 117 hours in detention facilities — far longer than the [72 hours allowed by law.]( With Tax Day less than a month away, many of us are still struggling to sort out our 2020 taxes. The crew at [NPR's Life Kit shares five things]( that make taxes this year different because of the pandemic. The Boston Globe and Boston University Center for Antiracist Research are resurrecting an early 19th century abolitionist newspaper, The Emancipator, to reframe the national conversation [around racial injustice.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- Louder Than A Riot [Click through to watch the video]( NPR/YouTube From the U.S. government's policing of jazz and blues to rap lyrics on trial, NPR Music's Rodney Carmichael and Sidney Madden trace Black music's criminalized history and lay out the racist implications behind prosecuting hip-hop. [Watch here.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Listen [Matt James -- The first Black Bachelor in the franchise's history -- broke things off with winner Rachael Kirkconnell after photos of her at an antebellum South-themed party surfaced.]( Craig Sjodin/ABC Matt James, the first Black bachelor in the franchise's history, broke things off with winner Rachael Kirkconnell after photos of her at an antebellum South-themed party surfaced on social media. NPR's Eric Deggans looks at what the season amounted to and the issues the show needs to address. [Listen now]( or [read here.]( How are alternative platforms, where extremist ideology and disinformation thrive, monitored? Can we ever really root out extremism in the virtual space or will the targets just keep jumping around? An NPR investigation looks into the cross-Internet game of Whac-A-Mole underway. [Listen to the story]( or [read more.]( West Virginia is the only state to have lost population overall since 1950. But the state's governor has a plan: income tax cuts. And attract the next Disney theme park. For more on the plan — and the pushback — [listen now]( or [read here.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Before You Go [French Bulldogs were the second most popular breed registered with the American Kennel Club in 2020.]( Chris Pizzello/AP - The American Kennel Club has released its rankings of the most popular dog breeds of 2020. And the No. 2 spot has had a bit of a shakeup. ([NPR]( - Australia wants the EU to send 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Papua New Guinea, where a wave of infections has rocked the region's most populous nation. ([Bloomberg]( - President Biden plans to mark St. Patrick's Day by recommitting to the Good Friday Agreement, which helped end the sectarian violence in Northern Island and has been strained by Brexit. ([ABC]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Stream your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to find your local station stream. --------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can [sign up here](. Looking for more great content? [Check out all of our newsletter offerings]( — including Music, Politics, Health and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Daily News emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( [NPR logo]