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Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco in November 2015.

Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Barred From Operating Labs For Two Years

9:46am July 09, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Theranos aimed at disrupting the blood testing industry by using only a few drops of blood. But now, regulators say they will bar the company's dynamic CEO from owning or running a lab for two years.

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How Social Media Impacts The Conversation On Racial Violence

8:47am July 09, 2016

This week, two black men were shot by police and their deaths were witnessed by those on social media. NPR's Lynn Neary talks with Gene Demby of NPR's Codeswitch blog about the role of social media.

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Police cars on Main Street in Dallas following the sniper shooting during a protest on Thursday.

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In An Apparent First, Police Used A Robot To Kill

8:13pm July 08, 2016

Dallas police used a bomb-disposal robot to deliver explosives to a suspected gunman, killing him. Experts say robots aren't new to law enforcement but this use was unprecedented.

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Dallas Shooting Adds To Pessimism On Social Media

12:29pm July 08, 2016

by Gene Demby

Rachel Martin talks with Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch team about reaction on social media to the killing of five police officers in the wake of police shootings of black men earlier this week.

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A screenshot from the live video feed that was posted by a woman whose boyfriend was shot and killed in Falcon Heights, Minn., on Wednesday.

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Minnesota Gov. Calls Traffic Stop Shooting 'Absolutely Appalling At All Levels'

7:34pm July 07, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The killing of Philando Castile, 32, in suburban St. Paul, Minn., is the second police shooting of an African-American man to gain national attention this week.

This synthetic stingray is made of gold, silicone and live muscle cells from a rat. Scientists use pulses of light to guide its propulsion.

Synthetic Stingray May Lead To A Better Artificial Heart

6:33pm July 07, 2016

by Jon Hamilton

Using gold, silicone and heart cells from a rat, scientists have made a tiny artificial stingray. The engineering involved in propelling it could help make a heart that's more than a mechanical pump.

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Activists Use Video To Document Police Violence

4:40pm July 07, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Arthur Reed, also known as Silky Slim. He is the founder of Stop the Killing Inc., the activist group that released the footage of Alton Sterling's killing in Baton Rouge, La. They discuss the role of videos in the effort to document police violence.

A youth poses as he rides a hoverboard, which is also known as a self-balancing scooter and balance board, last October in Knutsford, England. More than half a million of the devices have been recalled in the United States, after nearly 100 instances of t

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Half A Million 'Hoverboards' Recalled Over Risk Of Fire, Explosions

6:53pm July 06, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Self-balancing scooters — better known as hoverboards (though they do not hover) — can spark, smoke, catch fire or explode, says the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

When she was 18, British actress Louise Linton spent her gap year in Zambia. It's the subject of a controversial new memoir, In Congo's Shadow.

#LintonLies: How Zambians Are Using Social Media To Talk Back

6:36pm July 06, 2016

by Tobias Denskus

Zambians have turned to Twitter to point out factual errors and criticize the tone in a British actress's memoir about her gap year in their country.

BlackBerry's Director of Marketing and Enterprise Jeff Gadway demonstrates the BlackBerry Classic during a news conference on Dec. 17, 2014.

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Saying Goodbye To BlackBerry's Iconic Original Keyboard

1:02pm July 06, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

BlackBerry says it's discontinuing the final model that has the traditional clickety keyboard and trackpad — darlings of government workers, business people and early episodes of House of Cards.