Kristen Wright

Many communities are marking the day with parades, community service, and calls for unity.

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Prince Harry is returning to court in a privacy lawsuit.

against a British newspaper publisher.

He accuses publisher Associated Newspapers of tapping his phone and other unlawful tactics to get stories.

As NPR's Fatima Al-Kassab reports from London, the trial starts today.

The number of people killed in a train derailment in Spain has risen to 39 and dozens are injured.

Two high-speed trains collided yesterday about 200 miles south of Madrid.

Investigators are trying to figure out what happened.

were Spaniards traveling to and from Madrid at the end of the weekend.

Portugal's presidential election will go to a runoff.

António José Segura, the former head of the country's Socialist Party, will face far-right leader André Ventura, who plays second.

Portugal's president is a largely ceremonial role, but has key powers.

I'm Kristen Wright, and this is NPR News from Washington.

Nurses from five hospitals in New York walked off the job.

They want to preserve health care benefits, safer staffing, and protections from workplace violence.

A man with a sharp object barricaded himself in a hospital room in Brooklyn and was shot and killed by police last week.

Darla Joyner is on the picket lines.

She's been a nurse for 12 years and is part of the union's bargaining committee.

The strike comes during a terrible flu season.