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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Trump will surrender in Manhattan on Tuesday to face criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
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What Trump’s arraignment means for his 2024 election bid

Fresh off a historic arraignment, former President Donald Trump is still very much running to regain office in 2024. This is the lay of the land for the weeks and months ahead

3 years ago

Former president Donald Trump arrives to speak during a press conference following his court appearance over an alleged 'hush-money' payment,
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Donald Trump lashes out, resorting to old tactics after arraignment hearing

Trump ripped from a well-worn page in his playbook Tuesday night — lashing out with a speech that was at times full of lies and conspiracies. And that's really no surprise.

3 years ago

The indictment against former President Donald Trump
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At a glance: The three hush money cases in Trump indictment

Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. He surrendered earlier Tuesday in Manhattan and pleaded not guilty to all charges.

3 years ago

A Philadelphia police officer stands by a crime scene on Woodstock Street
Crime
Philadelphia
Policing

Krasner asks council for additional $7 million to tackle rise in retail theft and carjackings

DA Larry Krasner pointed the finger at city police for a rise in retail thefts that has caused several businesses to close in the city.

3 years ago

Anti-Trump supporters face off against Trump supporters from a separate pen at a protest held in Collect Pond Park across the street from the Manhattan District Attorney's office in New York
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Trump’s surrender at courthouse creates New York spectacle

Hundreds of onlookers, protesters, journalists and a few politicians swarmed into a small park across the street from the courthouse on Tuesday.

3 years ago

Smoke from burning police cars rises over protesters at Broad Street and JFK Boulevard. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Black Lives Matter
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Philadelphia
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Man gets 5 years after police car set afire in 2020 protests

U.S. District Chief Judge Juan R. Sánchez imposed a 61-month term on obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder and firearms counts.

3 years ago

Trump sits at court with his lawyers.
Government Accountability
National

Trump in court reckoning: What happened and what’s ahead

Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 felony charges in his arraignment in a New York City courtroom.

3 years ago

Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his defense team in a Manhattan court
Government Accountability
National

Trump charged with 34 felony counts in hush money scheme

The arraignment, though largely procedural in nature, was nonetheless the first time in U.S. history that a former president has faced a judge in his own criminal prosecution.

3 years ago

Former President Donald Trump speaks
Crime
Government Accountability

Trump faces setbacks in other probes as NY case proceeds

Investigations from Atlanta to Washington are still pressing forward, underscoring the broad range of peril he confronts as he seeks to reclaim the presidency.

3 years ago

Former President Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower, Monday, April 3, 2023, in New York. Trump arrived in New York on Monday for his expected booking and arraignment the following day on charges arising from hush money payments during his 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Crime
Government Accountability

Trump returns to New York to face historic criminal charges

The nation's largest city bolstered security and warned potential protesters it was “not a playground for your misplaced anger.”

3 years ago

Closeup of Donald Trump's face
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National
Politics

Every aspect of Trump indictment process will break new ground, Temple law expert says

The process will likely be lengthy and require special procedures for the first-of-its-kind prosecution of a former president.

3 years ago

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Pennsylvania

The Justice Department adds to suits against Norfolk Southern over the Ohio derailment

The federal government is accusing Norfolk Southern of "unlawfully polluting" the country's waterways and violating the Clean Water Act in the accident near East Palestine.

3 years ago

Fox News headquarters in New York
Delaware
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Media

Delaware judge: Dominion defamation case against Fox will go to trial

Dominion is suing the network for $1.6 billion, claiming Fox defamed it by repeatedly airing false claims about the company’s machines and its accompanying software.

3 years ago

Demonstrators unveil a banner outside Manhattan's district attorney office, supporting a grand jury vote to indict former President Donald Trump
Government Accountability
National

Donald Trump has been indicted. Here’s what happens next

There is no playbook for booking an ex-president with U.S. Secret Service protection.

3 years ago

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally
Government Accountability
National

Trump to be arraigned Tuesday to face hush money indictment

Trump's planned surrender will usher in the unprecedented scenario of a former U.S. commander-in-chief being arrested and arraigned.

3 years ago

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