Amita Kelly
Amita Kelly manages national news coverage across NPR.org and other digital platforms.
Previously, she was a digital editor on NPR's Washington Desk, where she managed election, politics, and policy coverage for as well as social media and audience engagement.
She was also an editor and producer for NPR's mid-day newsmagazine program Tell Me More, where she covered health, politics, parenting, and, once, how Korea celebrates St. Patrick's Day. Kelly has also worked at Kaiser Health News and NBC News.
Kelly was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellow at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where she earned her M.A., and earned a B.A. in English from Wellesley College. She is a native of Southern California, where even Santa surfs.
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Opposing the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant families, Maryland brought back its troops from the U.S.-Mexico border and Massachusetts is canceling a planned deployment.
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The city has experienced nearly two weeks of protests since 22-year-old Clark was killed by two police officers.
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A friend of the suspect, Jeremiah Jensen, describes Conditt as shy, smart and thoughtful. "He was an intense person and could be hard to love but he was a person," he says.
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In a letter to customers Friday morning, the company said it has updated its return policy to give customers one year to return purchases, with a receipt.
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Many federal workers wrote in and expressed dismay at Congress using them, especially the military, as "bargaining chips."
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"When we come across these kids, or some are older than just kids, then deport them," Joe Arpaio told NPR. "They can do a lot of good in those countries."
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Parents and educators say some schools that remained open earlier this week had major heat and plumbing issues.
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Now, we're giving you an update on the story of an explosion in midtown Manhattan. Reports shortly before 8 this morning came about an explosion close to the New York Port Authority.
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New York City was rocked Monday by an explosion in the subway beneath the Port Authority. Authorities report a single suspect in custody, and no life-threatening injuries.
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"She lived for her children, and she died for 'em," says Ward's father.