Vanessa Romo is a reporter for NPR's News Desk. She covers breaking news on a wide range of topics, weighing in daily on everything from immigration and the treatment of migrant children, to a war-crimes trial where a witness claimed he was the actual killer, to an alleged sex cult. She has also covered the occasional cat-clinging-to-the-hood-of-a-car story.
The booming gothicumbia scene mixes goth counterculture with traditional Latin American cumbia music — into a fun, bombastic mix of styles. Los Angeles is an incubator of this type of cultural trend.
After the Trump administration fired its CDC director, former heads of the agency signed a public letter urging Congress to use its oversight powers at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Parishioner Cathrine Spandel said worshippers at Annunciation Catholic Church in south Minneapolis had just finished a psalm when gunfire erupted. "It seemed like it went on forever," she said.