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3 are charged with running sex ring that catered to politicians, military and others

6:26pm November 08, 2023

by The Associated Press

DOJ says possibly hundreds of clients include government contractors with security clearances, doctors, lawyers, elected officials, military officers, professors and executives at tech companies.

Major cities are struggling to house large numbers of migrant refugees

4:58pm November 08, 2023

Several big cities — including Chicago, Denver and New York City — are grappling with how to house migrants that have been bussed in from the Southern border by the Governor of Texas.

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Ivanka Trump testifies about Trump Organization fraud

4:58pm November 08, 2023

by Andrea Bernstein

Ivanka Trump, daughter of former President Donald Trump, was on the witness stand today to answer questions about fraudulent financial documents filed by the Trump Organization.

Health & Safety

The FTC is threatening legal action against drugmakers over patent abuses

10:48am November 08, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, about drug companies holding patents on medications for much longer than they're supposed to.

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Politics & Government

Ivanka Trump to testify in civil fraud trial in New York

7:42am November 08, 2023

Ivanka Trump is set to take the witness stand Wednesday in the civil fraud case against her father Donald Trump, brothers Eric and Don Jr., and others.

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National

The severe beating of a Texas inmate underscores staffing and training crisis

5:09am November 08, 2023

by Paul Flahive

Texas prison guards brutally beat an inmate in September, leaving him in a coma. Some inmates and former staff say there will be more use of force if an acute staffing shortage isn't fixed.

An exonerated 'Central Park Five' member will win a seat on the New York City Council

4:29pm November 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

Yusef Salaam was one of five Black and Latino teens who were wrongly imprisoned for raping a jogger in 1989 before their convictions were overturned in 2002.

Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:09am November 07, 2023

It's been a month since Hamas attacked Israel. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case about gun rights and domestic violence. Ohio voters are deciding on a constitutional right to abortion.

Politics & Government

Trump spars with New York judge as he testifies in civil fraud trial

5:09am November 07, 2023

Things got testy Monday when former President Donald Trump took the witness stand in his civil fraud trial in New York. Trump, who is the frontrunner for the GOP nomination for president.

National

2nd Colorado police officer has been found not guilty in Elijah McClain's death

5:09am November 07, 2023

by Allison Sherry

In Aurora, officer Nathan Woodyard has been acquitted of all charges in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, who died after being put in a carotid hold by police and given ketamine by paramedics.