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Politics & Government

Mo. Governor Is Under Pressure To Resign After He's Indicted

7:57am February 23, 2018

by Rachel Lippmann

Eric Greitens has been indicted on a charge of felony invasion of privacy. He is accused of taking a semi-nude photo of a woman, and then threatened to publish it if she revealed their relationship.

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Politics & Government

Robert Mueller's Team Brings More Charges Against Manafort, Gates

7:57am February 23, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

Special counsel Mueller has unveiled 32 new charges of money laundering and other crimes against President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business partner Robert Gates.

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Xavier Becerra, pictured here in 2013, the attorney general of California, alleges that employees engaged in "widespread corruption."

California Water Agency Officials Charged With Burying Hazardous Waste And Corruption

7:24am February 23, 2018

by James Doubek

California's attorney general has charged former and current employees with illegally burying drums filled with toxic chemicals and using public money for personal items.

Politics & Government

Morning News Brief

6:13am February 23, 2018

The investigation into the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Florida continues, and so does the debate in Washington over exactly how laws could change to keep it from happening again.

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Jackson County Sheriff Andy Louderback is one of hundreds of sheriffs across the country who cooperate with ICE by handing over undocumented immigrants.

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Now On Immigration's Front Lines, Sheriffs Are Choosing To Back Or Snub ICE

5:01am February 23, 2018

Immigration and Customs Enforcement often asks local jails to hold undocumented people until federal agents can pick them up. Most sheriffs cooperate, but some have taken a stand against the request.

This photo combo shows death row immates, from left, Thomas Whitaker from Texas, whose sentence was commuted Thursday, Doyle Lee Hamm from Alabama, and Eric Scott Branch from Florida.

National

Texas Commutes Death Sentence, As Execution Carried Out In Florida; Alabama Postpones

3:34am February 23, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott granted clemency for 38-year-old Thomas Whitaker. Meanwhile, Florida put to death Eric Scott Branch, and Alabama will have to reschedule the execution of Doyle Lee Hamm.

Richard Jenkins and Sally Hawkins star in the 13-time Oscar nominee The Shape of Water.

Arts

'Shape Of Water' Creators Sued Over Plagiarism Claims As Oscars Approach

7:04pm February 22, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The suit alleges the best picture nominee lifted its story, characters and even several snippets of dialogue from Paul Zindel's 1969 play, Let Me Hear You Whisper.

Former juvenile-lifers Johnny Alexander (left, in cap) and Edward Sanders, second from right, work with staff and students to learn how to check their credit scores at a workshop run by Michigan's State Appellate Defenders Office or SADO.

National

Once Sentenced For Life, Some Juvenile Convicts Get A Second Chance

3:49pm February 22, 2018

by Cheryl Corley

Michigan has one of the largest populations of juveniles serving life in prison. Such sentences were ruled unconstitutional and now the state must decide who remains behind bars and who gets released.

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India And H-1B Visas

5:07am February 22, 2018

by Frank Morris

For many immigrants an H-1B visa, available only to highly-skilled workers, is a step on the path to citizenship. That's not the case for many from India because of a cap by country.

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A New Jersey Lawyer And DACA Recipient

5:07am February 22, 2018

Parthiv Patel passed the bar in 2016 but he couldn't become a lawyer because of his immigration status. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with the first DACA receipient admitted to the New Jersey bar.