Daniel Wheaton

What were the biggest life lessons in 2024? Here's what NPR listeners learned The year is coming to an end and with it, many lessons were learned. Some of which could have altered how we move forward into the new year. NPR listeners provide insight on their lessons from 2024.

The year is coming to an end and with it, many lessons were learned. Some of which could have altered how we move forward into the new year. NPR listeners provide insight on their lessons from 2024.

Here’s a live look today at the U.S. southern border that was described in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing as “open” “in crisis” “chaotic” “wild” and “lawless.”

A choropleth map showing the spending allocated by the American Rescue Plan for Homeless Children and Youth. As of October, California, Texas and New York have spent the most.

Most Midwestern states have spent less than half of the funds.

Missed deadline to spend federal funds means homeless students will out lose out on services States had until the end of September to distribute federal rescue funds to school districts to help students struggling with housing get equal access to education. Barring extensions, most states wil...

Students experiencing homelessness were allocated millions of dollars for support — but many states haven't disbursed those funds. They have a little over a month to do so. www.kcur.org/education/20...

18 detainees have died at the St. Louis city jail since 2020 — more than previously reported Jail deaths at the City Justice Center in St. Louis are slightly higher than public safety officials previously shared and much higher than online reports show. But deaths at the CJC so far this year ...

A review of inmate deaths records at the St. Louis city jail found an additional death that was unreported. Since 2020, the rate of deaths in the jail has increased:

www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

NPR Midwest Newsroom The Midwest Newsroom is a partnership between NPR and member stations to provide investigative journalism and in-depth reporting with a focus on Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.

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I'm Daniel Wheaton, the data reporter for NPR's Midwest Newsroom. We're part of several collaborations that are working to get the NPR Network to be more of network. Read about my team and what we do here:

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