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Dec 07, 2019
The victim's brother said in a Facebook post that his sibling was shot multiple times. "He died a hero and we are beyond proud but there is a whole in our hearts that can never be filled."
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Dec 07, 2019
The Navy has named the three sailors killed during an active shooter incident at Naval Air Station Pensacola on December 6th.
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Dec 07, 2019
President Trump said on Saturday that Xiyue Wang, an American held in an Iranian prison, has been released. The release was secured with help from the Swiss government.
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Dec 07, 2019
Michel Martin speaks with Tom Nichols, author of The Death of Expertise, about the treatment of expert witnesses during the impeachment proceedings.
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Dec 07, 2019
Federal authorities are in Pensacola, Fla., investigating Friday's fatal shooting at a Naval Air Station. A gunman killed three people before deputies killed the suspect.
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Dec 07, 2019
NPR's Michel Martin discusses Sen. Kamala Harris' decision to suspend her presidential campaign with three analysts: Malaika Jabali, Kelly Dittmar and Jennifer Riley Collins.
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Dec 07, 2019
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the Southern Poverty Law Center's Heidi Beirich about attorney Larry Klayman, who is representing George Zimmerman in a suit against Trayvon Martin's family.
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Dec 07, 2019
Two West Virginia corrections officers and a cadet have been fired after about two dozen trainees were photographed giving an apparent Nazi salute. Thirty-four others have been suspended.
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Dec 07, 2019
The FBI is investigating a deadly shooting Friday at a military base in Florida. Officials say the gunman was a member of the Saudi Air Force in training at Naval Air Station Pensacola.
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Dec 07, 2019
"The fact of the matter is, this guy stood up and he was, in fact, lying," Biden said in an interview Friday evening with NPR Morning Edition host Rachel Martin.
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Dec 07, 2019
The ship's high-profile christening marks a day of recognition for the thousands of workers that have participated in the project over more than five years.
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Dec 07, 2019
The utility hopes the settlement will help it emerge from bankruptcy proceedings by the end of the year. When it declared bankruptcy in January, the company faced potential liabilities of $30 billion.
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Dec 06, 2019
Leibman, who played a wide range of roles in films, the stage and television, is perhaps most popularly known for his role as the father of Jennifer Aniston's Rachel Green on Friends.
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Dec 06, 2019
Liebman, who played a wide range of roles in films, the stage and television, is perhaps most popularly known for his role as the father of Jennifer Aniston's Rachel Green on Friends.
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Dec 06, 2019
The Tesla CEO was embroiled in a Twitter spat with one of the rescuers of 12 boys and their soccer coach in Thailand last year.
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Dec 06, 2019
In Florida, authorities are investigating a shooting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola. Four people died, including the gunman. It's the second shooting at U.S. Navy base this week.
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Dec 06, 2019
Democrats had offered to allow Trump to have attorneys representing him at future impeachment hearings in the House.
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Dec 06, 2019
Democrats had offered to allow the president to have attorneys representing him at future impeachment hearings in the House.
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Dec 06, 2019
A family-owned department store in western Massachusetts is shutting its doors after 137 years. For shoppers and employees, these last days have been like a reunion, and a wake.
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Dec 06, 2019
Lauren Bruner died in September and on Saturday, his remains will return to the USS Arizona. He is expected to be the final USS Arizona survivor to be interred on the sunken warship.
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Dec 06, 2019
An 8-year-old girl was strip searched at Buckingham Correctional Center last month. A prison spokesperson says the prison staffer who approved the search didn't have the authority to do so.
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Dec 06, 2019
Police officers in South Florida exchanged gunfire with two armed robbers Thursday. The resulting skirmish ended with both suspects dead, along with a hostage and a bystander.
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Dec 06, 2019
Early Friday morning, authorities responded to an active shooter at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. Four people were killed — including the gunman.
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Dec 06, 2019
Seven people were injured and remain in the hospital. Deputies who responded to the scene engaged the attacker in a shootout that transpired over two floors of a classroom building.
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Dec 06, 2019
The U.S. Navy says an "unknown number" of people were transferred to local hospitals due to injuries from the shooting.
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Dec 06, 2019
Four people are dead and eight people were injured in the shooting. Deputies who responded to the scene engaged the attacker in a shootout in a classroom building.
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Dec 06, 2019
Four people are dead and eight people were injured in the shooting. Deputies who responded to the scene engaged the attacker in a shootout in a classroom building.
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Dec 06, 2019
Geoff Babb — a stroke survivor — found that most wheelchairs couldn't take him where he wanted to go. So, he invented a new way to hike with friends and family: an all-terrain wheelchair.
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Dec 06, 2019
A mysterious die-off of freshwater mussels has scientists scrambling to find a cause. Freshwater mussels clean water and provide habitat to countless other species.
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Dec 06, 2019
Sylvia Grosvold was 5 years old when her mother died by suicide. At StoryCorps, Sylvia, now 16, tells her dad how she's processed the loss. "I guess I'm stronger than I think I am," she says.
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Dec 06, 2019
After mounting pressure over his alleged cover-up of sexual abuse claims, Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone is stepping down. NPR's David Greene speaks to Siobhan O'Connor, Malone's former assistant.
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Dec 05, 2019
Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders suggested prosecutors covered for law enforcement, helping to keep systematic mishandling of evidence out of public view. "The implications are massive."
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Dec 05, 2019
Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders suggested that prosecutors covered for law enforcement, helping to keep systematic mishandling of evidence out of public view. "The implications are massive."
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Dec 05, 2019
The public defender in the Calif. county suggested that prosecutors covered for law enforcement, helping to keep the scandal from public view.
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Dec 05, 2019
The Alabama woman's civil rights activism did not begin or end with her famous refusal to move to the back of a bus in segregated Montgomery, a new exhibit of her writings, documents and photos shows.
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Dec 05, 2019
In the rural communities of Puerto Rico's central mountains, cockfighting has been a way of life for centuries. But on Dec. 20, the practice will become illegal on the island.
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Dec 05, 2019
Gamble, 64, will serve the remainder of the term of former head Gary Jones, who has been implicated in a federal embezzlement and bribery scheme at the union and resigned his post last month.
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Dec 05, 2019
Advocates for the homeless worry that Robert Marbut, a consultant who has been hired by many cities, will roll back the successes of arranging housing for the homeless.
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Dec 05, 2019
The two companies expect to create more than 1,100 jobs in northeast Ohio. The new plant will be built near GM's Lordstown facility that was shuttered earlier this year.
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Dec 05, 2019
NPR found the vast majority of student loan borrowers with disabilities aren't getting the debt relief they're owed. Now, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking for an investigation.
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Dec 05, 2019
Officials in the Southeast Texas city have issued a voluntary evacuation order, citing potentially unhealthy levels of a chemical detected more than a week after the blast at the local facility.
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Dec 05, 2019
"Chilly" by Miami standards isn't really all that cold. But any sign of sweater weather is enough to get the long lines forming for fried sticks of dough dipped in thick hot chocolate.
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Dec 05, 2019
Officials say Evil Corp. developed and distributed a type of malware that infected computers around the world and harvested banking credentials in order to steal some $100 million.
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Dec 05, 2019
The Nashville Police Department still doesn't have body cameras for its police officers — despite three different mayors saying it should. Now members of the public are asking why that's the case.
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Dec 05, 2019
A new exhibit at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., shows a very different Rosa Parks from the woman many people learned about in history class.
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Dec 05, 2019
An American Muslim organization severed ties with its founder over allegations of abuse. It reignited a conversation among American Muslims about how to hold faith leaders accountable.
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Dec 05, 2019
During a House impeachment hearing President Trump rebuked, White House officials huddled with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill to plot a potential trial in the upper chamber.
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Dec 05, 2019
The U.S. Navy says the gunman was assigned to a nuclear-powered attack submarine currently in port. No motive has been identified.
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Dec 05, 2019
The U.S. Navy says the gunman was assigned to a nuclear-powered attack submarine currently in port. No motive has been identified.
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Dec 04, 2019
Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo, N.Y., has resigned in the wake of allegations that he failed to deal properly with abusive priests under his charge.
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Dec 04, 2019
Every time the electric eel named Miguel Wattson releases a jolt of electricity, a festively decorated Christmas tree next to his tank at the Tennessee Aquarium flickers and glows.
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Dec 04, 2019
The Facebook-owned social media giant will use the information to ensure a safer platform for younger users and more accurately targeted ads across the board.
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Dec 04, 2019
Forty years ago, 11 concert-goers were killed in a stampede to see The Who in Cincinnati. The group just announced it will return to play another concert there all these years later.
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Dec 04, 2019
The Trump administration has named Robert Marbut to head the federal agency focused on homelessness, but the nominee is controversial and some worry he'll move away from prioritizing housing.
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Dec 04, 2019
Beating an opioid addiction is difficult. But in a rural Kentucky town, a time-honored tradition of Appalachian music is starting to make a difference.
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Dec 04, 2019
At least six California prison guards were fired for sexual misconduct between 2014 and 2018, according to records released under a new state law. Advocates say more inmate protections are needed.
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Dec 04, 2019
At least six California prison guards were fired for sexual misconduct between 2014 and 2018, according to records released under a new state law. Advocates say more inmate protections are needed.
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Dec 04, 2019
In Kansas City, Mo., a stone wall has been "walking" into the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. A British sculptor started it in a nearby lot. Now, it will enter the museum as a permanent addition.
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Dec 04, 2019
Zimmerman and his lawyer, Larry Klayman, allege that a key witness for the prosecution was an impostor. Martin's family calls it an "unfounded and reckless lawsuit."
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Dec 04, 2019
Carter, 95, has suffered a string of health challenges in recent months. He was released from a Georgia hospital Wednesday after receiving treatment for a urinary tract infection.
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Dec 04, 2019
Loeffler is the CEO of the financial platform Bakkt, as well as co-owner of the WNBA franchise the Atlanta Dream. The president reportedly wanted Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to appoint someone else.
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Dec 04, 2019
The Trump administration has finalized a rule to limit food stamp benefits for single able-bodied adults who can't show that they work more than 20 hours a week, though legal challenges are possible.
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Dec 04, 2019
Richard Malone had come under fire for allegedly mishandling of sexual abuse claims against the priests in his diocese. He announced Wednesday that the pope had accepted his request to "retire early."
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Dec 04, 2019
Richard Malone had faced scrutiny for allegedly mishandling sexual abuse claims against the priests in his diocese. He announced Wednesday that the pope had accepted his request to "retire early."
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Dec 04, 2019
Portable generator use increases in winter, raising the risk of deadly carbon monoxide exposure. Safety advocates say the issue transcends user error, but legislative and regulatory efforts stall.
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Dec 04, 2019
Portable generator use increases in winter, raising the risk of deadly carbon monoxide exposure. Safety advocates say the issue transcends user error, but legislative and regulatory efforts stall.
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Dec 04, 2019
Chicago's mayor says there must be honesty and integrity in government. Activists and legal experts say the shake-up in the country's second-largest police department provides a time for change.
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Dec 04, 2019
A local artist is turning the mountains of plastic garbage that wash up on beaches into dramatic sculptures of the very marine life threatened by the deluge of plastics.
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Dec 03, 2019
The House intelligence chairman told NPR that President Trump should also be charged with obstruction: "It is difficult to imagine a more iron-clad case of obstruction of Congress than this one."
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Dec 03, 2019
"A China trade deal is dependent on one thing — do I want to make it," the president said, adding, "In some ways, I like the idea of waiting until after the election for the China deal."
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Dec 03, 2019
Union leaders and university officials have been negotiating for over a year, yet a contract has not been agreed to. Grad students began an indefinite strike on the university's last day of classes.
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Dec 03, 2019
Lawmakers want information stretching back nearly a decade from Deutsche Bank and Capitol One on President Trump, his family members and businesses. Trump is expected to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Dec 03, 2019
The 39th president has had a string of recent health challenges. He was released from the hospital last week following an operation to relieve pressure on his brain following two recent falls.
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Dec 03, 2019
Over the last year, the media has focused on a wealth tax. But there's another type of wealth taxation also on the table, and it might stand a better chance of surviving judicial review.
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Dec 03, 2019
A decline in milk consumption has helped to drive a giant U.S. milk company into bankruptcy. A dairy cooperative may buy most of Dean Foods "to make sure all that milk keeps flowing."
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Dec 03, 2019
A record number of grizzly bears were killed this year near Glacier National Park. They're dying at record levels — at the same time the White House wants to remove them from the endangered list.
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Dec 03, 2019
Montana property owners are suing BP to clean up arsenic pollution leftover from mining. The case is now before the U.S. Supreme Court and businesses worry it could open them up to huge new costs.
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Dec 03, 2019
A popular Muslim preacher was accused of spiritual abuse. It's reignited a debate about how to hold accountable American Muslim faith and community leaders who abuse their positions.
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Dec 03, 2019
A nonprofit organization has been installing Internet hot spots around Georgia to make sure rural residents, especially in communities of color, can complete census forms and apply for census jobs.
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Dec 02, 2019
In new amicus briefs, the American Medical Association and American Bar Association are among groups opposing the law, which is scheduled for oral arguments in March.
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Dec 02, 2019
Just last month Mayor Lori Lightfoot praised the reform-minded Eddie Johnson. On Monday, she accused him of intentionally lying to her and the public about being discovered asleep in his car.
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Dec 02, 2019
Amazon's Ring doorbell cameras are popular — as is the Neighbors social platform. But are we ready for a society in which everyone shares videos of "suspicious people" with the internet — and police?
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Dec 02, 2019
At issue was a New York City law that allowed residents to have a permit for a gun at home, but barred them from transporting the gun elsewhere except to seven shooting ranges inside the city.
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Dec 02, 2019
As flooding grows worse in Miami's upscale beachfront areas, black residents living on higher ground worry they'll be displaced. The city is studying this climate gentrification.
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Dec 02, 2019
The Justice Department is asking a federal appeals court to keep secret Mueller probe grand jury documents confidential, saying a judge misread the law in ordering that the House can see the material.
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Dec 02, 2019
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Joseph Cranney of the Post and Courier about South Carolina's magistrate judges, a position that does not require a law degree and has become a source of corruption.
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Dec 02, 2019
A nonprofit organization has been installing free Wi-Fi hotspots around the state of Georgia to make sure communities of color, especially in rural areas, can go online to complete next year's census.
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Dec 02, 2019
The Trump administration has proposed a number of ways to collect more money through citizenship application fees. Immigrant advocates see this as part of a broad effort to reject poor applicants.
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Dec 02, 2019
Gov. Brian Kemp intends to appoint businesswoman and Republican donor Kelly Loeffler to fill the seat held by Sen. Johnny Isakson, who plans to retire Dec. 31 for health reasons.
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Dec 02, 2019
The pair of Soviet-born business contacts were indicted in connection with alleged campaign finance violations. They had a status conference in their case in New York City on Monday.
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Dec 02, 2019
The post-Thanksgiving travel rush has ended, but the winter storm continues to bear down in the New England region, causing hundreds of flight cancellations and delays.
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Dec 02, 2019
Natural disasters, protests and stark scientific reports are heightening concern over climate change. And companies are under pressure from banks and investors to green their corporate images.
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Dec 02, 2019
On Thanksgiving Day, people in New Jersey reported a kite surfer being carried out to sea. The Coast Guard looked for 16 hours. The surfer, who didn't know he was missing, called to say he was safe.
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Dec 02, 2019
With Justice Brett Kavanaugh replacing Anthony Kennedy, a clear conservative majority could make regulating guns very difficult.
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Dec 02, 2019
In Alabama, funeral services are set Monday for "Big John" Williams. He was a popular sheriff allegedly killed by the son of a deputy from a neighboring county. His death has resonated nationwide.
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Dec 02, 2019
Thanksgiving weekend began and ended with delayed or canceled flights throughout the country. The worst of the weather is now hitting New England.
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Dec 01, 2019
The inquiry into Trump's dealing with Ukraine is moving from fact-gathering to considerations of law. House Republicans are knocking the process as rushed, unfair and guided by anti-Trump fervor.
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Dec 01, 2019
NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with law professor Joseph Blocher, co-director of the Duke Center for Firearms Law, about an upcoming Supreme Court case that could determine how gun laws are made.
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Dec 01, 2019
City leaders in Charlottesville, Va., will remove a statue of Lewis and Clark because their guide, Sacagawea, is portrayed as weak. They will replace it with one that highlights her importance.
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Dec 01, 2019
NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with the co-owners of Immigrant Food, Chef Enrique Limardo and Peter Schechter, about their new restaurant, which is located one block from the White House in Washington, D.C.
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