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National

Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Netroots Nation candidate forum.
(Natalie Piserchio for NPR)
Politics & Policy

Warren gets campaign effort going in Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Warren's campaign is moving to become the first in the Democratic presidential primary to hire field staff and open field offices in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

A Los Angeles Police Officer counts the number of doses of Crack cocaine,  as he files an evidence police report Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006.  (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
The Why
Courts & Law

Why the crack epidemic and ‘tough on crime’ still linger

Two New Jersey reporters found that blacks are still arrested at higher rates for cocaine than whites are for opioids.

Air Date: December 12, 2019

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President Trump at a rally in Hershey on Dec. 11; DA Krasner in Philadelphia on Nov. 21 (Patrick Semansky and Matt Rourke/AP Photos)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Trump slams Philly DA Krasner as ‘worst district attorney’

It’s not the first time the feds have come out against the city prosecutor.

7 years ago

Joyce Pickles of Moms Demand Action sits with her son Dominic, 6, during a vigil for gun violence victims at Broad Street Ministry on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Community

From Philly to Sandy Hook, vigil remembers those slain by gun violence

For the fifth year, Broad Street Ministry holds a vigil remembering gun violence victims and the anniversary of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

7 years ago

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., left, joined by Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., the ranking member, using his gavel to call for order as he convenes a hearing to hear investigative findings in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Impeachment witness: Trump poses election ‘danger’

Democratic and Republican lawyers from the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees will give presentations to the House lawmakers on Monday in the impeachment inquiry.

7 years ago

The cover page of the report issued by the Department of Justice inspector general is photographed in Washington, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. The report on the origins of the Russia probe found no evidence of political bias, despite performance failures. (Jon Elswick/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Watchdog report: FBI’s Russia probe justified, no bias found

The findings undercut President Donald Trump’s claim that he was the target of a “witch hunt.”

7 years ago

In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington, at sunset. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court leaves Kentucky ultrasound law in place

The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients before abortions.

7 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday that she is asking Nadler to move forward with drafting articles of impeachment against President Trump. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Nadler says committee vote on impeachment possible this week

But he won't commit to including the evidence of obstruction of justice in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report as part of the articles of impeachment.

7 years ago

Exterior of the Javits Center during the first day of New York Comic Con. New York City lawmakers are poised to adopt legislation requiring “bird-friendly” glass on all new construction. (Steve Luciano, File/AP Photo)
Urban Planning

NYC set to require ‘bird-friendly’ glass on new construction

NYC lawmakers are poised to adopt legislation requiring “bird-friendly” glass on all new construction to cut down on the thousands of birds who die flying into the buildings.

7 years ago

A gunman killed three people and injured eight others at Pensacola Naval Air Station on Friday. It was the second shooting on a U.S. Naval Base in a week. (Josh Brasted/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Family of Pensacola Navy Base shooting says victim ‘saved countless lives’

The family of Joshua Kaleb Watson has identified him as one of the three people killed Friday by a gunman at Naval Air Station Pensacola.

7 years ago

Paul Williams (left) helps Scott Beatty build his 'backpack' guitar. It has a smaller body, meant to easily fit in a pack. Beatty is in the Culture of Recovery program which teaches instrument making to people recovering from addiction. (Caitlin Tan/West Virginia Public Broadcasting)
NPR
Community

‘A new start’ — in recovery and learning to make musical instruments In Appalachia

People have been playing music together in the small Appalachian town of Hindman, Ky., since it was founded in the late 1800s.

7 years ago

Lauren Bruner, a survivor of the USS Arizona which was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941, died earlier in 2019 at the age of 98. (Reed Saxon/AP Photo)
NPR
Community

Pearl Harbor veteran expected to be last USS Arizona survivor interred on ship

When the Japanese launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, sailor Lauren Bruner was the second-to-last person to get off the USS Arizona alive.

7 years ago

President Clinton in the Rose Garden of the White House on Dec. 11, 1998, before delivering a statement on the impeachment inquiry. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

President Clinton was impeached 21 years ago. Some parallels run deep

From the politics to the presidents' counternarratives, there are a number of similarities between the events of December 1998 and the proceedings underway now against Trump.

7 years ago

The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years. An early barrage of illness in the South has begun to spread more broadly, and there’s a decent chance flu season could peak much earlier than normal, health officials say. (David Goldman/AP Photo)
Health

U.S. flu season arrives early, driven by an unexpected virus

The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years.

7 years ago

In this April 25, 2019, file photo, a man looks at cases of firearms in the halls of the Indianapolis Convention Center where the National Rifle Association will be holding its 148th annual meeting in Indianapolis. The number of background checks conducted by federal authorities is on pace to break a record by the end of this year. (Lisa Marie Pane/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Gun background checks are on pace to break record in 2019

It reflects what the industry says is a rush by people to buy weapons in reaction to the Democratic presidential candidates' calls for tighter restrictions.

7 years ago

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