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Vehicles are parked outside the Tesla plant in Fremont, Calif., on May 12, 2020. A federal judge has slashed the award to a Black former contract worker over claims that he was subjected to racial discrimination at the factory.

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Judge cuts the payout in a Black former Tesla contractor's racial discrimination suit

2:08pm April 14, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

A federal judge has slashed the award to Owen Diaz over claims that he was subjected to racial discrimination at work to $15 million. A jury had ordered the automaker to pay Diaz $137 million.

Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is one of three lawmakers calling for changes after an NPR investigation found mismanagement of income-driven repayment (IDR) plans for student loans.

Senators call for probe into student loan program after NPR unearthed major problems

2:05pm April 14, 2022

Lawmakers are calling for an investigation two weeks after an NPR report found a student loan program designed to help low-income borrowers wasn't living up to its promise.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the state's new abortion ban into law. It bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks

12:25pm April 14, 2022

by Wynne Davis

Florida is the latest state to pass legislation that further restricts access to abortion. The new law bans abortions after 15 weeks, but doesn't have exceptions for rape, incest or human trafficking.

A fire burns along a hillside in Ruidoso, N.M., on Wednesday. Officials say a wildfire has burned about 150 structures, including homes, in Ruidoso.

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A wind-driven wildfire in New Mexico is believed to have killed 2 people

11:55am April 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

Thousands of residents were displaced as firefighters scouted the mountainsides around a village looking for opportunities to slow a wildfire that burned at least 150 homes and other structures.

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News brief: Brooklyn subway shooting, Grand Rapids shooting, Russian war crimes

7:50am April 14, 2022

People in Grand Rapids, Mich., protest the killing of a Black man by police. The suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting is in custody. The U.S. is assisting Ukraine in its war crimes probe.

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Brooklyn subway shooting suspect will have a court hearing on terrorism charges

7:14am April 14, 2022

Police in New York City say they're not sure why a man boarded a subway car during rush hour Tuesday morning and fired 33 times. Authorities have arrested Frank R. James but they don't know a motive.

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A video shows a Michigan officer on a Black man's back before he fatally shot him

6:53am April 14, 2022

Police in Grand Rapids have released videos of an incident earlier this month when an unnamed officer shot a Black man in the back of his head following an apparent struggle for the officer's Taser.

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The renown of the Trapp family of Esko, Minn., has reached new heights

5:57am April 14, 2022

Guinness World Records has declared them the tallest family in the world. The family has five members. The shortest is 6 feet, 3 inches and the tallest is 7 feet, 3 inches.

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Welcome.US helps refugees, such as Afghans and Ukrainians, settle in the U.S.

5:06am April 14, 2022

A year after President Biden announced plans to withdraw from Afghanistan, NPR's A Martinez talks to Cecilia Muñoz, a former Obama White House official, about how Afghan refugees are faring.

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We meet one of the first Ukrainian families to arrive in the U.S.

5:06am April 14, 2022

by A Martínez

A few hundred Ukrainian refugees have made it to the U.S. A family in Arlington, Va., has been hosting a Ukrainian refugee and her two children since March 8.