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Sen. Dick Durbin, top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks during a hearing on Supreme Court ethics on Tuesday.

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Partisan divide drives Senate hearing on Supreme Court ethics

4:03pm May 02, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Senators heard from witnesses, ranging from judicial ethics experts to a former attorney general in the George W. Bush administration, but used their questioning to reinforce their own arguments.

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City of Winston-Salem asks public for help selecting new city manager

3:37pm May 02, 2023

by April Laissle

The City of Winston-Salem wants the public’s help to pick a new city manager.

North Carolina obscenity bill gets OK in Senate vote

1:08pm May 02, 2023

by Associated Press

The punishment in North Carolina for distributing what's defined in state law as obscene literature or performances could be higher when done in a child's presence in legislation that the state Sen

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein

North Carolina AG urges public safety, law enforcement bills

12:27pm May 02, 2023

by Associated Press

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein pushed Monday for a package of crime prevention proposals he said would better equip law enforcement to tackle gun violence, the opioid crisis and the sta

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Morning news brief

10:17am May 02, 2023

The U.S. could run out of cash to pay its bills by June 1. Hollywood writers are striking against the major studios. The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on Supreme Court ethics.

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This company adopted AI. Here's what happened to its human workers

7:42am May 02, 2023

by Greg Rosalsky

A group of economists conducted one of the first empirical studies of "generative AI" at a real-world company. They found it had big effects.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, shake hands following a joint news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 16th.

Japan's Kishida plans to visit Yoon in South Korea before G-7

3:19am May 02, 2023

by The Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he wants to travel to South Korea to further strengthen ties between the two countries after President Yoon Suk Yeol's March visit to Tokyo.

Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, speaks during a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee in the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. on Monday, May 1, 2023. Rep. Zephyr asked a court Monday to allow for her return to the House floor after she was silenced and barred for chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters.

Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr sues over her removal from House floor

7:41pm May 01, 2023

by The Associated Press

Zephyr was silenced and barred for chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, seen here on April 13, warned on Monday that the federal government could default on its debt as early as June 1 unless Congress raises or suspends the debt ceiling.

The U.S. could run out of cash to pay its bills by June 1, Yellen warns Congress

7:29pm May 01, 2023

by Scott Horsley

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned lawmakers that unless the debt ceiling is raised soon, the federal government may not have enough money to pay its bills as early as June 1.

A mobile billboard showing Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts passes the U.S. Capitol on Friday.

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The Senate holds its Supreme Court ethics hearing this week — with no justices

4:53pm May 01, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on Supreme Court ethics reform, Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono tells NPR that the highest court in the U.S. should have the highest ethical standards.

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