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Native Americans are facing a crisis of abductions and murders

5:12am November 14, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Tamra Truett Jerus of the Alaska Native Women's Resource Center, about ways to draw attention to the 4,200 unsolved cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people.

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A Mississippi mother wants the Justice Department to investigate her son's death

5:12am November 14, 2023

by Michael McEwen

The body of Dexter Wade, who died after being hit by a police SUV driven by an off-duty officer was exhumed Monday, months after officials failed to notify his family of his death.

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Escaped murderer Danilo Cavalcante charged with more crimes from his time on the run

9:36pm November 13, 2023

by The Associated Press

Cavalcante was charged with felony counts of burglary, criminal trespass, theft and possession of a firearm as well as a number of misdemeanor charges including theft and receiving stolen property.

Members of the Supreme Court sit for a group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson last October.

Politics & Government

The Supreme Court adopts first-ever code of ethics

6:59pm November 13, 2023

by Washington Desk

The U.S. Supreme Court is adopting a code of ethics for its justices amid mounting criticism of gifts and trips from wealthy benefactors to certain justices.

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The Supreme Court is now adopting a code of ethics for justices

4:36pm November 13, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The U.S. Supreme Court is adopting a code of ethics for its justices — a first — amid mounting criticism of gifts and trips from wealthy benefactors to certain justices.

Proposed congressional spending plan leaves out military aid for Ukraine and Israel

4:36pm November 13, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser about Congress' upcoming spending plan and how that relates to funding for Ukraine.

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The U.S. Constitution and 16 state constitutions ban slavery except as punishment for a crime. Prisoner advocates say this allows forced prison labor, but systemic change has been met with resistance.

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Colorado banned forced prison labor 5 years ago. Prisoners say it's still happening

4:36pm November 13, 2023

by Meg Anderson

The U.S. Constitution bans slavery except as punishment for a crime. A growing number of states have tried to address this in their own constitutions, but prisoners say the only change is on paper.

Politics & Government

Tracking Trump's civil fraud trial

6:10pm November 11, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

Former President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka testified in the New York civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization.

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The Big 3 automakers' raise offer may not be enough to provide a middle class life

5:46pm November 10, 2023

by Andrea Hsu

The Big Three automakers have offered record contracts with 25% raises. But is it enough to give workers a comfortable middle class life, as generations of autoworkers had in decades past?

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Federal trial begins for David DePape, who's accused of attacking Paul Pelosi

5:13am November 10, 2023

The federal trial of David DePape started this week. He faces federal charges over an alleged assault on Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.