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Former Blackwater Security Guards Found Guilty In Iraq Shootings

6:28pm October 22, 2014

by Bruce Auster

A federal jury found four former security guards with the company Blackwater guilty in connection with the shooting of dozens of Iraqi citizens in 2007 at a Baghdad traffic circle. That shooting revealed the leeway given outside contractors and became a symbol of the U.S. intervention in Iraq.

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A voter casts her ballot at a polling site for Georgia's 2014 primary election in Atlanta.

Concern Over New-Voter Registration In Georgia Ahead Of Election

5:26pm October 22, 2014

by Hansi Lo Wang

Weeks before the November election, a Georgia lawsuit claims more than 40,000 voter registration applications — mainly from black, Latino and Asian-American voters — are missing.

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Bryan Stevenson takes on cases to exonerate people wrongfully convicted. "One of the things that pains me is we have so tragically underestimated the trauma, the hardship we create in this country when we treat people unfairly, when we incarcerate them un

One Lawyer's Fight For Young Blacks And 'Just Mercy'

3:59pm October 20, 2014

When police pulled a gun on Bryan Stevenson as he was sitting quietly in his car in Atlanta, he knew he had to effect change. His memoir describes his attempts, including freeing men on death row.

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Texas Can Enforce Voter ID Law For November Election

3:46pm October 18, 2014

The Supreme Court announced that Texas can use its controversial new voter ID law for the November election. NPR's Scott Simon gets the latest from Supreme Court correspondent Nina Totenberg.

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Brooklyn DA Works To Overturn His 'Legacy Of Disgrace'

3:46pm October 18, 2014

Since Kenneth Thompson became district attorney, he's been investigating a number of old cases. As he tells NPR's Scott Simon, he recently asked a judge to throw out a 30-year-old murder conviction.

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The Supreme Court early Saturday declined to block a Texas Voter ID law for the November election.

Supreme Court Lets Texas Enforce Voter ID Law For Nov. Election

2:50pm October 18, 2014

by Scott Neuman

With three justices dissenting, the high court's ruling effectively blocks a lower federal court decision declaring the law restrictive and unconstitutional.

Michael Dunn talks with a member of his defense team during the first break in his retrial at the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla., in September.

National

Florida 'Loud Music' Shooter Michael Dunn Gets Life In Prison

2:14pm October 17, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Dunn was convicted earlier this month in a second trial for the fatal shooting of black teenager Jordan Davis in 2012.

National

Airbnb, New York State Spar Over Legality Of Rentals

9:24am October 17, 2014

by Ilya Marritz

The state's attorney general says nearly three-quarters of Airbnb's listings in New York City are illegal. The company says local laws should be changed to accommodate the sharing economy.

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Many GOP Candidates Not Commenting On Gay Marriage Wave

7:16pm October 16, 2014

Robert Siegel talks with Washington Post political correspondent, Karen Tumulty, about the role gay marriage is playing as an issue in the 2014 elections — especially for Republicans.

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For some rural vets who live far from a VA hospital, getting medical care has meant driving a day or two from home, and missing work.

A Benefit For Rural Vets: Getting Health Care Close To Home

7:13pm October 16, 2014

by Quil Lawrence

Veterans in some rural areas have to travel hundreds of miles on empty interstates to get health care, losing a day of work or sometimes two. A new program lets them see nearby doctors instead.

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