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After Delays, Jury Selection To Wrap Up In Boston Bombing Trial

3:07pm March 03, 2015

Jury selection in the trial of the Boston marathon bomber is expected to finish on Tuesday. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to Boston correspondent Tovia Smith about the start of Dzokhar Tsarnaev's trial.

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Play Depicts Scalia As Supreme Court's 'Originalist'

3:07pm March 03, 2015

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is portrayed on stage in John Strand's new play, The Originalist. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Strand and the actor who plays Scalia, Edward Gero.

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In Gett, the character Viviane Ansalem wants a divorce but her husband will not give permission. In Israel, if you're Jewish, even if you're not religious, you have to be divorced by Jewish law.

World News

In Israel, Jewish Divorce Is Granted Only By Husband's Permission

3:07pm March 03, 2015

by Emily Harris

An Israeli film playing in the U.S. shows how rabbinical rules regulating Jewish divorces in Israel can trap women. Rabbinical judges have taken the highly unusual step of seeing the film themselves.

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People view a memorial to a man killed by police on Skid Row in Los Angeles. The police say two officers who were at the scene were wearing body cameras.

National

LAPD Shooting Update: Two Body Cameras And A Gun Malfunction

3:00pm March 03, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Police Chief Charlie Beck are calling for calm and patience, as three investigations are underway into the police killing of a homeless man Sunday.

States Face Correctional Officer Shortage Amid A Cultural Stigma

2:40pm March 03, 2015

by Miles Bryan

Administrators are trying new recruiting tactics and offering bonuses to make up for the shortfall. But for now, open shifts in some states have to be covered with mandatory overtime.

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Former CIA Director and retired four-star Gen. David Petraeus speaks at the University of Southern California on March 26, 2013, his first public speech after resigning as CIA director.

National

David Petraeus Enters Into Plea Deal With Justice Department

1:17pm March 03, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The former CIA chief and retired general, whose military career has been overshadowed by charges that he gave classified data to his mistress, will plead guilty to a misdemeanor.

National

Supreme Court Seems Divided Over Independent Redistricting Commissions

12:49pm March 03, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

Arizona voters approved a bipartisan commission to draw lines between congressional districts. Now the Supreme Court has been asked to put the legislators back in charge.

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A teenage Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger during the segregation era in Montgomery, Ala.

National

Before Rosa Parks, A Teenager Defied Segregation On An Alabama Bus

9:43am March 03, 2015

by Radio Diaries

Claudette Colvin was a 15-year-old student from Montgomery, Ala., when she refused to yield her bus seat to a white passenger. But she has been largely forgotten in civil rights history.

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Supreme Court To Weigh Power Of Redistricting Commissions

5:06pm March 02, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

Although the court has viewed gerrymandering of legislative districts as a practice that deprives citizens of fair representation, it's also thrown up its hands when it comes to policing the practice.

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A cellphone video captured the deadly struggle between Los Angeles police officers and a man on a city sidewalk (in background). Seconds after this image appears in the video, shots were fired that killed the man, a robbery suspect.

National

Video Shows LA Police Shot And Killed Man On Sidewalk

1:46pm March 02, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The LAPD says a Taser did not subdue the man, who was struggling with officers on the ground when he was shot to death. Police say the man tried to grab an officer's gun.