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Lawyers Benjamin Crump, left, and Carl Douglas, right, held a news conference in January to announce their filing of a $50 million claim against the city of Los Angeles over the death of Keenan Anderson, who is pictured on posters.

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A teacher tased by the LAPD died of an enlarged heart and cocaine use, coroner says

6:07pm June 03, 2023

by Emma Bowman

Keenan Anderson, a Black man, died hours after Los Angeles police officers repeatedly tased him in January. The coroner's office said the manner of death was not determined.

Drag artist Vidalia Anne Gentry speaks during a Feb. 14 news conference held by the Human Rights Campaign to draw attention to anti-drag bills in the Tennessee legislature.

National

A federal judge rejects Tennessee's anti-drag law as too broad and vague

12:12pm June 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker says the first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional.

X-rays of a patient with tuberculosis, taken in November 2002 in New Jersey, show damage to the lungs.

A woman is in custody after refusing tuberculosis treatment for more than a year

7:27am June 03, 2023

by Emily Olson

A judge in Tacoma, Wash., approved a civil warrant for the woman's arrest after 16 requests for intervention from local health officials. Police observed the woman board a bus and visiting a casino.

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The character and fitness evaluation to practice law is discriminatory, advocates say

5:11pm June 02, 2023

by Jasmine Garsd

To practice law, many states require a character and fitness evaluation, which digs into encounters with law enforcement and mental health. In New York, there's a push to ban the inquiry.

Hundreds of people are set to sue the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore for sex abuse

4:38pm June 02, 2023

by Scott Maucione

States are rethinking how long victims can seek damages for sex abuse. Maryland abolished its civil statute of limitations as hundreds of people prepare to sue the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks in Des Moines, Iowa, on May 23.

Politics & Government

Pence won't be charged in DOJ classified documents investigation

11:46am June 02, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

Two sources confirm the Justice Department sent a letter to former Vice President Mike Pence saying the investigation would close without any finding of criminal wrongdoing.

Student loan borrowers gather near The White House in May 2020. On Thursday, the Senate voted to repeal President Biden's plan to offer up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt relief.

Politics & Government

Senate passes GOP-led resolution to block Biden's student loan relief plan

11:40am June 02, 2023

by Emily Olson

With President Biden pledging a veto, the resolution amounts to a mostly symbolic show of congressional disapproval on a plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt.

Prosecutors say Trump talks about keeping classified documents on a recording

7:21am June 02, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti about evidence former President Donald Trump admitted he kept classified documents after leaving office.

In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, the Central Arizona Project canal runs through rural desert near Phoenix. The canal diverts Colorado River water down a 336-mile long system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines to the state of Arizona.

Facing water shortages, Arizona will curtail some new development around Phoenix

9:27pm June 01, 2023

by Kirk Siegler

The state of Arizona today said it will no longer issue new development approvals based on groundwater alone.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court vetoes efforts to limit anti-fraud law aimed at government contractors

7:10pm June 01, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The cases involve allegations that major retail pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicaid and Medicare by overstating what their "usual and customary prices" are.