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Advocates Push Public Health Campaign To Combat Gun Violence

4:13pm January 07, 2016

What if we treated gun violence as a public health issue the way there were campaigns against drunk driving? Or safer sex practices during the HIV/AIDS pandemic? NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research about what this would look like, and the political and personal challenges to doing research on gun violence.

A macaque took this self-portrait in 2011 with a camera owned by photographer David Slater. PETA says the monkey owns the copyright; Slater says he does. The U.S. Copyright Office says no one can, and a federal judge has now said it would be up to Congres

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Monkey Can't Own Copyright To His Selfie, Federal Judge Says

11:49am January 07, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A district judge in San Francisco said that Congress and the president can choose to "extend the protection of law to animals as well as humans" — but that for now, no, monkeys can't own copyrights.

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Man Accused Of Helping San Bernardino Shooters Pleads Not Guilty

7:24am January 07, 2016

by Matt Guilhem

The man prosecutors say bought some of the weapons used in the December mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., pleaded not guilty. Enrique Marquez faces five counts in a federal indictment.

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An Insider Trader Caught On Tape Tells All

5:37am January 07, 2016

by Jacob Goldstein

A former accountant convicted of insider trading tells his story to our "Planet Money" podcast team: what he did, how he did it and why. Though he's still struggling with that last one.

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy S. Moore speaks to the congregation of Kimberly Church of God in Kimberley, Ala., in June.

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Alabama Chief Justice Orders Judges To Enforce Ban On Same-Sex Marriage

11:09pm January 06, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy S. Moore has instructed probate judges not to issue licenses to same-sex couples.

House To Vote On Bill Repealing Affordable Care Act

7:20pm January 06, 2016

by Ailsa Chang

The U.S. House will vote Wednesday on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Senate has already passed it, but President Obama has vowed to veto it.

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Several States Poised To Offer Savings Accounts For Disabled Americans

7:09pm January 06, 2016

by Pam Fessler

New laws in 35 states will allow more than 5 million Americans with disabilities to begin setting aside money for disability-related expenses without being penalized. Right now, many lose health and other public benefits if they save too much money, which is one of the main reasons for the high poverty rate among those with disabilities.

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The handgun sales counter at Northwest Armory in Portland, Ore.

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In Campaign For Tougher Gun Laws, Advocates Focus On States

7:04pm January 06, 2016

by Jeff Brady

Frustrated with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, gun control advocates have been focusing on changing state laws in recent years. It's a model similar to what worked for marriage equality in America.

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Burns Paiute Tribal Chairperson Charlotte Rodrique talks to reporters about the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore., on Wednesday.

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Native American Tribe Says Oregon Armed Occupiers Are Desecrating Sacred Land

5:20pm January 06, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The Burns Paiute tribe is demanding that the anti-federalist militants leave its ancestral lands. Paiute legend says the tribe has lived in this area since "before the Cascade Mountains were formed."

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Alabama Chief Justice Orders Judges To Stop Issuing Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

5:15pm January 06, 2016

by Debbie Elliott

The chief justice of Alabama's Supreme Court has once again ordered the state's probate judges not to issue same-sex marriage licenses. The move comes despite a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court last year legalizing gay marriage.