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Seattle Police Body Camera Program Highlights Unexpected Issues

6:52pm April 15, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with the Seattle Police Department's Chief Operating Officer Mike Wagers about the challenges that bodycams and dashcams present to the department.

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V. Stiviano, whose recording of former Los Angeles Clippers basketball team owner Donald Sterling led to his having to sell the team, arrives at Los Angeles Superior Court in March.

Judge Orders V. Stiviano To Return Millions In Assets To Shelly Sterling

6:24pm April 15, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A judge has ruled that Stiviano, the onetime companion of former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, must return a Ferrari, a Bentley and a million-dollar home, among other things.

"I'm very concerned about the public's respect for law enforcement officers and the safety of those they are designed to protect," House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, seen here in 2013, told NPR. "This is a very important issue to me and one I in

Congress Says It Will Not Tolerate 'Agents Gone Wild'

5:53pm April 15, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

The latest episode: sexual misconduct and security lapses by employees at the DEA and Secret Service. Members of a House panel say they've lost confidence in DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart.

Ex-Blackwater Security Guards Receive Lengthy Sentences In Iraq Killings

2:38pm April 15, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

A former security contractor was sentenced to life in prison after a deadly shooting in Iraq in 2007. Three more got 30 years in prison for their role in the massacre that killed 14 unarmed civilians.

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Education

Educators Sentenced To Jail In Atlanta Cheating Scandal

2:36pm April 15, 2015

Jail terms were given to most Atlanta educators, who were convicted this month of conspiring to cheat on state tests to earn raises and bonuses. Steve Inskeep talks to Rachel Aviv of The New Yorker.

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A court officer places handcuffs on the wrists of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez after he was found guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday at the Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Mass.

Former NFL Star Aaron Hernandez Gets Life Sentence For Murder

2:36pm April 15, 2015

by Bill Chappell

In 2013, the New England Patriots tight end was accused of killing the boyfriend of his fiancee's sister. A jury found him guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday.

Flowers were placed at the site of the Boston Marathon finish line on Boylston Street last week. The city will mark the second anniversary of the deadly bombing Wednesday.

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On 'One Boston Day,' City Marks Marathon Bombings' Anniversary

10:31am April 15, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A moment of silence will be observed at 2:49 p.m. ET, the time when the first of two devastating bombs went off in the crowds gathered to watch the marathon in 2013.

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Kobus alerted his managers that a supervisor was allowing favorite employees to take time off for their birthdays, so the government had to pay more for other people at the agency to work overtime. "You know, this is not our money. This is the taxpayers'

A Decade After Blowing The Whistle On The FBI, Vindication

10:00am April 15, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

After Robert Kobus alerted his bosses to improper payroll practices, he was transferred to an all but empty office. The Justice Department eventually determined the FBI had retaliated against him.

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Most employees at Production Unlimited say they're happy at this sheltered workshop in Watertown, N.Y. But disability advocates say they'd get paid minimum wage, enjoy socializing with nondisabled people and no longer be segregated if they get jobs in com

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Advocates Fight To Keep Sheltered Workshops For Workers With Disabilities

11:14pm April 14, 2015

by David Sommerstein

Such workshops are being closed across the U.S., more than 15 years after the Supreme Court said separate work settings constitute discrimination. But advocates say clients have nowhere else to go.

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Jail Terms Handed To Most Atlanta Teachers Convicted In Cheating Scandal

8:53pm April 14, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Two of the 10 teachers convicted this month accepted plea deals. The others received jail times of one to seven years for their roles in the largest cheating scandal in U.S. education.