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Leaked List Of Questions Indicates What Mueller Wants To Ask Trump

9:17am May 01, 2018

by Carrie Johnson

The New York Times has published a list of questions that the special counsel Robert Mueller wants to ask President Trump in relation to the Russia investigation.

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Closing Arguments Heard In DOJ's Lawsuit To Block Potential AT&T, Time Warner Deal

9:27pm April 30, 2018

Closing arguments in the Department of Justice's lawsuit to block AT&T from buying Time Warner were heard Monday. The trial marks the first time in 40 years the Justice Department has sued to block a merger between companies in different lines of business. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Wall Street Journal telecom reporter Drew FitzGerald.

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Middlesex County Correctional Facility Assistant Deputy Superintendent Scott Chaput with inmates in the prison's P.A.C.T (People Achieving Change Together) unit in Billerica, Mass.

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A New Approach To Incarceration In The U.S.: Responsibility

4:32pm April 29, 2018

by Cristina Quinn

Authorities in Massachusetts want to cut the recidivism rate for men ages 18 to 24. They're trying a new program based on a German model that teaches responsibility as a means to greater freedoms.

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Migrant Caravan Nears U.S. Border

8:10am April 29, 2018

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to immigration attorney Nicole Ramos of the group Al Otro Lado who is helping the Central American migrants seeking asylum in the U.S.

Conservatives On The Courts

8:10am April 29, 2018

The Senate confirmed President Trump's 15th appeals court nominee. It's a strategy endorsed by the conservative Federalist Society. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to professor Jonathan Adler.

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70 Years Later, Memorial Held For Unarmed Black Man Fatally Shot By Police

6:24pm April 28, 2018

by Jesse Hardman

It's a familiar headline: An unarmed black man is shot and killed by police. Community members are upset and demand justice. But this isn't a story that happened last month. It was 70 years ago.

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Texas voters will be required to show government-issued identification in the 2018 election. The law accepts handgun licenses as proof of identification, but not college student IDs.

Texas Voter ID Law Stands For Midterm Elections, Court Rules

11:05am April 28, 2018

by Rebecca Feldhaus Adams

Arguments that the law disproportionately affected black and Latino voters were deemed insufficient in the U.S. Circuit Court's decision.

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#MeToo And The Law

7:54am April 28, 2018

Was Bill Cosby's conviction a victory for the #MeToo Movement? NPR's Scott Simon speaks with lawyer Carrie Goldberg about how the movement has potentially changed the courtroom.

Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who authorities suspect is the so-called Golden State Killer responsible for at least a dozen murders is arraigned in Sacramento, Calif., on Friday.

In Hunt For Golden State Killer, Investigators Uploaded His DNA To Genealogy Site

7:31pm April 27, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

After failing to find a match within criminal databases, law enforcement uploaded the killer's DNA profile to a no-frills website used to trace ancestry. The tactic has spurred privacy concerns.

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Why Prosecutors In Bill Cosby's Case Focused On Addressing Misconceptions About Rape

4:23pm April 27, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Barbara Ziv, the forensic psychiatrist who testified at the retrial of Bill Cosby, about the focus that the prosecution put on educating the jury about common misconceptions around rape.

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