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President Donald Trump speaks during the Young Black Leadership Summit at the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump seethes over impeachment inquiry and slams critics

President Trump is seething over an impeachment inquiry into his conduct after Democrats subpoenaed the White House about contacts with Ukraine.

7 years ago

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks Friday at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., during a summit on warrant-proof encryption and its impact on child exploitation cases. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

Law enforcement officials try to warn Facebook off its encryption plans

The Justice Department is asking that Facebook hold off on its plans to fully encrypt its messaging services.

7 years ago

Father and son artists, Vince Ito (left) and Willie Ito, at their StoryCorps interview in Los Angeles last month. (Rochelle Hoi-Yiu Kwan/StoryCorps)
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Community

Before he animated for Disney, he sketched cartoons in an internment camp

Willie Ito, 85, wanted to be an animator from the moment he first saw Snow White in theaters as a young boy.

7 years ago

In this June 20, 2019 file photo, The Supreme Court is seen under stormy skies in Washington.  The Supreme Court is adding an abortion case to its busy election-year docket. The justices have agreed to take up a Louisiana law that could leave the state with just one clinic. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court to hear abortion regulation case

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to plunge into the abortion debate in the midst of the 2020 presidential campaign.

7 years ago

In this April 10, 2013 file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. (left) and Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa. arrive for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to announce that they have reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
The Why
Politics & Policy

The fate of Sen. Toomey’s background checks bill

Pa. Sen. Pat Toomey is a rare Republican interested in some form of bipartisan gun control, but thinks are looking bleak for the bill he's tried, and tried, and tried to pass.

Air Date: October 2, 2019

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Megan Murphy, right in hat, embraces Cara Knoedler as Kenneth Wright wipes his eyes on the first anniversary of the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Behind them is the site of the shooting. (John Locher/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Las Vegas massacre anniversary sparks debate on gun control

Advocates say they're frustrated that more hasn't been done since 58 people died at a concert on the Las Vegas Strip, and that mass shootings keep happening nationwide.

7 years ago

Fired Dallas police officer Amber Guyger leaves the courtroom after a jury found her guilty of murder Tuesday. Guyger shot and killed Botham Jean, an unarmed 26-year-old neighbor in his own apartment last year. She told police she thought his apartment was her own and that he was an intruder. (Tom Fox/Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Ex-Dallas officer who killed neighbor in upstairs apartment is found guilty of murder

A Dallas jury has found former police Officer Amber Guyger guilty of murder for fatally shooting a neighbor who lived in the apartment directly above hers last year.

7 years ago

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani shook hands with supporters as he arrived at President Trump's campaign rally on Aug. 15, 2019, in Manchester, N.H. (Elise Amendola/AP)
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Politics & Policy

Rudy Giuliani Subpoenaed By House Intel Committee In Impeachment Inquiry

Majority Democrats in the House subpoenaed President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on Monday for documents related to his communications with Ukraine.

7 years ago

Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., talks to the media after Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump allies in disarray as Democrats push impeachment

Adam Schiff said Sunday that he expects the whistleblower at the heart of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump to testify "very soon."

7 years ago

Survivor Susanan Anely stands on the sidewalk bordering the Healing Garden in Las Vegas. Since Route 91, she has moved back to Las Vegas, started a new job, gotten promoted, started school and fallen back in love with photography. (Bridget Bennett)
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Community

‘We must keep loving’: Trauma lingers 2 years after mass shooting in Las Vegas

Two years later, some survivors are not yet back to work. Some of those injured are waiting for their next surgery. Widows are raising kids alone while still healing.

7 years ago

Investigators have found that cannabis-containing vaping products are linked with many of the reported cases of vaping-related lung illness. (Mike Wren/AP Photo)
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Health

Many vaping illnesses linked to black market ‘Dank Vapes’ or other THC products

As the CDC continues to investigate cases of vaping-related lung disease, two states have found that many patients were using THC products sold under the label "Dank Vapes."

7 years ago

A team of scientists used a telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain to detect a gas giant orbiting a tiny red star some 30 light-years from Earth. (Baback Tafreshi/Science Source/Getty Images)
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Science

A peculiar solar system has scientists rethinking theories of how planets form

A surprisingly large planet orbiting a small star defies the conventional wisdom about how planets are born.

7 years ago

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., speak to reporters about their effort to bring up legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Will politics ever be civil again? U.S. Sen. Chris Coons says it’s up to voters

After a tumultuous week in Washington, Will politics ever be civil again? Current and former senators talk partisan politics in the era of Trump.

7 years ago

In this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 file photo, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter speaks during a news conference in Oklahoma City. Consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson is appealing an Oklahoma judge's $572 million order against the company and its subsidiaries for helping fuel the state's opioid crisis. (Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Johnson & Johnson appeals $572M opioid ruling

Consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson is appealing a judge's $572 million order against the company and its subsidiaries for helping fuel the state's opioid crisis.

7 years ago

President Trump speaks during a meeting at the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday in New York City. (Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

READ: House Intel releases whistleblower complaint on Trump-Ukraine call

A whistleblower inside the intelligence community filed a complaint about President Trump's conversation with a foreign leader, setting off a formal impeachment inquiry.

7 years ago

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