Sarah Ventre

6 days ago | mprnews.org | Sarah Ventre

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing United Healthcare CEO and Minnesotan Brian Thompson, was indicted on Thursday by a grand jury in Manhattan federal court. The charges include two counts of stalking, one firearms offense and murder through use of a firearm — which, if Mangione is found guilty, could make him eligible for the death penalty.

4 weeks ago | wbur.org | Sarah Ventre

New York exhibit takes visitors inside where Anne Frank livedFor the first time ever, a recreation of the annex where Anne Frank and her family hid from Nazis is available outside of Amsterdam. Visitors to the exhibit in New York said its themes had strong reverberations in today’s political climate. NPR’s Sarah Ventre reports. This segment airs on March 27, 2025. Audio will be available after the broadcast.

4 weeks ago | kpbs.org | Sarah Ventre

NEW YORK — The rooms are small and cramped, but they're full of the details that would make a house into a home: colorful rugs, neatly made beds, a board game on the table and even pictures of the British royal family on the wall. But this isn't exactly a home — it's a re-creation of the annex where Anne Frank and her family hid from Nazis for more than two years.

4 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Patrick Davis |Anna King |Sarah Ventre

The Rev. Jim Rigby has one question on his mind these days: What's the plan if immigration officers knock on his church's doors? "That's what I'm feverishly trying to figure out — I'm trying to talk to lawyers," said Rigby, a pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. Since 2016, St. Andrew's has sheltered Hilda Ramirez and her son Iván, who say they fled Guatemala to escape domestic violence. They reached the U.S. in 2014, when Hilda applied for asylum, but was denied.

1 month ago | religionnews.com | Patrick Davis |Anna King |Sarah Ventre

(NPR) — The Rev. Jim Rigby has one question on his mind these days: What’s the plan if immigration officers knock on his church’s doors? “That’s what I’m feverishly trying to figure out — I’m trying to talk to lawyers,” said Rigby, a pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. Since 2016, St. Andrew’s has sheltered Hilda Ramirez and her son Iván, who say they fled Guatemala to escape domestic violence. They reached the U.S. in 2014, when Hilda applied for asylum, but was denied.