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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announces indictments against 12 Russian intelligence agents for computer hacking, at a news conference at the Department of Justice on Friday.

The Russia Investigations: 6 Key Insights From The Cyberspy Indictment

12:54pm July 14, 2018

by Philip Ewing

This week, the Justice Department unveiled another information-packed indictment from special counsel's Robert Mueller office that reveals much about the Russian attack on the 2016 election.

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Fentanyl And The Death Penalty

8:28am July 14, 2018

NPR's Renee Montagne speaks with Robert Dunham of the Death Penalty Information Center about Nevada's attempt to use fentanyl for an execution.

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Advocates Work To Reunite Migrant Families

8:28am July 14, 2018

by Mallory Falk

The legal coordinator at a migrant shelter in El Paso, Texas, is one of many across the country working with U.S. government officials to reunite parents and children separated at the border.

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Latest On Family Reunifications

8:28am July 14, 2018

NPR's Renee Montagne speaks with Caitlin Dickerson of The New York Times about the current situation at the U.S.-Mexico border as the courts mandate immigrant families be reunited.

Government Charges 12 Russian Officers With Election Attack

8:28am July 14, 2018

by Carrie Johnson

The Justice Department has charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with conspiring against the U.S. by hacking in order to interfere with the 2016 election.

Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta On Russian Indictments

8:28am July 14, 2018

NPR's Renee Montagne asks John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, about being a hacking victim during the 2016 presidential race.

Aaron Yoder is training for the world championships for backward running, or retrorunning, in Bologne, Italy.

This Coach Wants To Be The Next World Champion In Backward Running

8:28am July 14, 2018

by Greg Echlin

Track coach Aaron Yoder says he finds running backward more comfortable. "When you're running backward, you don't have as much pressure on your knee because you're landing behind yourself," he says.

Tariffs Hit Maine's Lobster Industry

8:28am July 14, 2018

by Fred Bever

Dealers ship millions of dollars' worth of live Maine lobster to China but much of that business may be headed to Canadian lobstermen after hefty new tariffs.

A protester holds up a sign targeting Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff outside the company's headquarters in San Francisco on Monday.

Tech Workers Demand CEOs Stop Doing Business With ICE, Other U.S. Agencies

7:47am July 14, 2018

by Laura Sydell

Workers from Salesforce, Microsoft and other firms have been putting pressure on the companies, arguing that they support immoral policies through their ties to the federal government.

President Ronald Reagan hosts Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the White House in 1987. The two developed a good relationship that kept tensions low during the final years of the Soviet Union.

U.S.-Russia Summits, From Gravely Serious To Absurdly Comical

7:02am July 14, 2018

by Greg Myre

U.S.-Russia summits have ignited, and defused, global crises. There was also the time the U.S. Secret Service found Boris Yeltsin in his underwear and slurring his words, desperate for a pizza.