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'I Started Over': Checking In On Salvadoran Migrants In The U.S.

5:35pm November 13, 2015

In July 2014, NPR's Kelly McEvers spoke with Rosy, a Salvadoran immigrant who arrived in Los Angeles with her two children and is seeking asylum in the U.S. NPR checks back in on Rosy and her family.

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Utah Judge Rescinds Order To Remove Baby From Lesbian Foster Parents

5:06pm November 13, 2015

by Whittney Evans

A family court judge in Utah has rescinded his order to remove a baby from lesbian foster parents. He previously said the child would be better off with a heterosexual foster family. But there was considerable backlash from the state's Department of Child and Family Services and elsewhere.

The Supreme Court said Friday it would hear a challenge to a Texas law requiring state abortion providers to meet certain standards. Opponents of the law say that it puts

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Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Texas Abortion Law

5:01pm November 13, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The high court will hear a dispute over a 2013 Texas law that would effectively eliminate most of the clinics that perform abortions in the state.

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FBI Opens Probe Into Shooting Of Idaho Rancher By Sheriff's Deputies

4:39pm November 13, 2015

by Martin Kaste

Federal and state investigators in Idaho are looking into the shooting of a rancher by sheriff's deputies. The rancher was trying to put down a bull that was involved in a traffic accident when he was shot.

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives for a hearing last month at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa.

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Court Restores Jerry Sandusky's Penn State Pension

1:32pm November 13, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

The former Penn State assistant football coach was convicted in 2012 of sexually abusing 10 boys. The court said he was entitled to the $4,900-a-month pension.

Fresvinda Ponce, a 41-year-old mother from Camayagua, Honduras, shows her ankle monitor. She is living in a shelter in Houston and does not know when authorities will allow the monitor to be removed.

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As Asylum Seekers Swap Prison Beds For Ankle Bracelets, Same Firm Profits

11:38am November 13, 2015

by John Burnett

A court ordered the release of women and children held in immigrant detention centers in favor of electronic monitoring. The GEO Group operates both. Advocates say that's a conflict of interest.

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A judge in Utah ordered that an infant girl be removed from the care of foster parents April Hoagland (left) and Beckie Peirce, seen in a screen shot from a Reuters video.

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Utah Judge Orders Foster Child Removed From Lesbian Couple's Care

8:26pm November 12, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

The judge reportedly told the couple that myriad studies have proved children are better off with heterosexual couples. State officials say they will try to get the order changed.

Tug Of War Over Obama's Clean Power Plan Takes Center Stage In Colorado

7:43pm November 12, 2015

by Dan Boyce

The Obama administration's Clean Power Plan has divided the states. It requires carbon emission reductions from power plants, and more than two dozen states have sued to stop it. But many others are in favor. This tug of war is playing out in Colorado and could head to the state Supreme Court.

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New LA Police Commissioner Vows To Reduce Officer-Involved Shootings

7:40pm November 12, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Matt Johnson, president of the Los Angeles Police Commission, which conducts civilian oversight of the LAPD. He is the sole African-American member of the commission.

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Vincent Asaro leaves Brooklyn federal court on Thursday, after being acquitted of charges he helped plan a legendary 1978 Lufthansa heist retold in the hit film Goodfellas.

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80-Year-Old Reputed Mobster Acquitted In 1978 Heist Portrayed In 'Goodfellas'

6:03pm November 12, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Vincent Asaro was charged in helping with the Lufthansa heist that was depicted in the Goodfellas movie.