Investigations

A memorial to the Rev. James Reeb, attacked near this site in 1965, stands in front of a faded civil rights mural in Selma, Ala.

National

FBI Records Could Have Solved A Civil Rights Cold Case. Now It's Too Late

7:33am July 09, 2019

by Cat Schuknecht

Alabama officials tell NPR that if the FBI had shared its case file, they would have investigated the James Reeb murder case while one of the assailants was still alive.

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The MSC Gayane, pictured here at the Packer Marine Terminal in Philadelphia, was recently seized by federal authorities as part of an investigation linked to a massive cocaine bust.

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Federal Agents Seize Cargo Ship Linked To Massive Cocaine Bust In Philadelphia

7:02am July 09, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Prosecutors have not accused the shipping company of any wrongdoing, but at least three of the company's ships have been subject to drug raids this year.

President Trump delivered a speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial to celebrate Independence Day. Lawmakers are seeking details of the costs of flyovers and heightened security and raising questions about whether it was a political event.

Politics & Government

Trump Announces 4th Of July Salute Again As Democrats Press For Costs Probe

6:24pm July 08, 2019

by Claudia Grisales

Senate Democrats demanded a government investigation of the unknown costs for President Trump's Fourth of July Lincoln Memorial speech, military flyovers and heightened security.

Gary Hairston, a coal miner for 27 years, spoke at the hearing. He has been diagnosed with Progressive Massive Fibrosis, the advanced stage of black lung disease.

Regulators Resist Call For Action In Response To Black Lung Epidemic

10:37pm June 20, 2019

A top mine safety regulator testified before Congress that no new regulations are needed to protect workers from deadly silica dust, despite an epidemic of advanced black lung disease.

William Portwood, who died less than two weeks after NPR confirmed his involvement in the 1965 murder of Boston minister James Reeb, poses for a photograph in front of his home in Selma, Ala.

National

NPR Identifies 4th Attacker In Civil Rights-Era Cold Case

10:58am June 18, 2019

A fourth man was involved in the 1965 attack on civil rights worker and minister James Reeb, but that man was never identified or charged in Reeb's murder, an NPR investigation revealed.

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Lawyer Reid Weingarten made his reputation by sending lawmakers to prison and investigating allegations in 1992 that a presidential campaign conspired with a foreign adversary to help its own election prospects.

When Politics, Prosecution Collide: Veteran Lawyer Calls Current State 'Disturbing'

12:29pm June 04, 2019

by Carrie Johnson

Reid Weingarten, a former public corruption prosecutor, was called a conservative toady and a "lefty" the same day in separate cases. But the system resists the will of any individual, he says.

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Christi Dewar, a survivor of the Virginia Beach mass shooting, stands with her son, Charles Dewar III, next to the office complex where a gunman killed 12 and injured several others on Friday.

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Virginia Beach Shooting Survivor Says Victim Laid Down His Life To Save Colleagues

4:28pm June 02, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Christi Dewar, a government employee in Virginia Beach, says her co-worker Ryan Keith Cox died attempting to provide safety amid rapid gunfire.

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'White Lies' Podcast Exposes What Happened The Night James Reeb Died

6:58am May 14, 2019

In 1965, James Reeb was murdered in Selma, Ala. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Andrew Beck Grace and Chip Brantley, hosts of the new NPR podcast White Lies about what kept the murder from being solved.

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A magazine's cover line in Beijing asks, "How will Trump the businessman change the world?" on Dec. 28, 2016, days after then President-elect Donald Trump tapped outspoken China critic Peter Navarro for a top trade position.

Inside The White House's Bitter Fight Over China

2:13pm May 07, 2019

The White House has been strong against China in trade talks, but NPR and PBS Frontline found top advisers battled for more than a year over imposing billions of dollars in tariffs on Chinese imports.

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Libsack says she's now feeling "hopeful" because her government finally listened. "For me, as a teacher, it's awesome," she says, "because then I can convey that to the students and say, 'Hey, you do have a voice. You are citizens. You do have a role in o

Teachers Begin To See Unfair Student Loans Disappear

10:06pm May 03, 2019

The Department of Education is expanding a fix to its troubled TEACH Grant program, giving millions of dollars of grant money back to public school teachers working in the country's neediest schools.

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