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In this Oct. 30, 2018 file photo, from left, former Detective David March, Chicago Police Officer Thomas Gaffney and former officer Joseph Walsh appear at a pre-trial hearing in Chicago. The three Chicago police officers are accused of participating in a cover-up of the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Courts & Law

Judge acquits 3 Chicago officers of Laquan McDonald cover-up

A judge on Thursday acquitted three Chicago police officers of trying to cover up the 2014 police shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald to try to protect another officer.

7 years ago

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has written President Trump to suggest his annual State of the Union message to Congress be delayed until the partial government shutdown ends. (Wayne Partlow/AP)
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Politics & Policy

Pelosi calls for postponement of State of the Union address due to shutdown

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., sent a letter to President Trump on Wednesday, suggesting a postponement until after the shutdown is over.

7 years ago

Aaron Rowe of the Architect of the Capitol’s office, which is not affected by the partial government shutdown, shovels snow left by a winter storm on the U.S. Capitol’s plaza.  (REUTERS/Mike Theiler)
Politics & Policy

The shutdown will harm the health and safety of Americans, even after it’s long over

With the U.S. federal government shutdown now the longest in history, it’s important to understand what a shutdown means for the health and safety of Americans.

7 years ago

Unauthorized immigrants leave a court in shackles in McAllen, Texas. More than 40,000 immigration court hearings have been canceled since the government shutdown (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Government shutdown leads to a spike in canceled immigration hearings

Almost 43,000 immigration court hearings have been canceled as a result of the partial government shutdown.

7 years ago

A migrant worker in a Connecticut apple orchard gets a medical checkup in 2017. A proposed rule by the Trump administration that would prohibit some immigrants who get Medicaid from working legally has already led to a lot of fear and reluctance to sign up for medical care, doctors say (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Clinics struggle to resolve fears over Medicaid sign-ups and green cards

Trump's controversial proposal, if implemented, could jeopardize immigrants' legal status who sign up for government-funded programs. Some doctors are torn.

7 years ago

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the Census Bureau, approved adding a question about U.S. citizenship status to the 2020 census. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Judge orders Trump administration to remove 2020 Census citizenship question

A federal judge in New York has ruled against the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

7 years ago

Alessandro Niculescu, 10, holds up a sign in the rain during a teacher strike outside John Marshall High School, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Los Angeles. Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers are striking after contentious contract negotiations failed in the nation's second-largest school district.(Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP)
Education

Is LA teachers strike a sign of things to come in Philly?

The head of the Philadelphia teachers union sees familiar themes in LA teachers strike. And Philly teachers recently won back the right to strike.

7 years ago

President Trump called the idea he might have worked on behalf of Russia a
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump, following explosive news reports, denies he worked for Russia

The Washington Post reported that Trump has taken at least one interpreter's notes after a meeting with Putin.

7 years ago

In this Aug. 26, 2016, file photo, a one-month dosage of hormonal birth control pills is displayed in Sacramento, Calif. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo, File)
Health

Trump birth control coverage rules blocked nationwide

The rules would have allowed more employers to opt out of providing no-cost contraceptive coverage to women by claiming religious objections.

7 years ago

Amyloid plaques accumulate outside neurons. Amyloid plaques are characteristic features of Alzheimer's disease. (Animaxx3d/BigStock)
Health

New law may spur earlier Alzheimer’s diagnoses in communities of color

Alzheimer’s activists hope a new federal law and $100 million in funding will spur earlier diagnoses in communities of color and better care for millions of patients.

7 years ago

Teacher Shanelle Yazzie works with children at a Head Start facility on the Navajo Nation. Funds to keep the Head Start programs running are slow to reach these facilities during the federal government shutdown.
(Laurel Morales/KJZZ)
NPR
Community

On the Navajo Nation, 5,000 workers dependent on a federal paycheck

On the Navajo Nation, half of the tribe is unemployed. But at least 5,000 tribal members rely on paychecks from the federal government.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump leads a roundtable discussion on border security with local leaders, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

GOP rejected Obama’s executive reach, but accepts Trump’s

President Barack Obama stunned Republicans when he bypassed Congress. Now, with President Donald Trump many Republicans are uneasily cheering him on.

7 years ago

In this Jan. 11, 2019, photo, Vice President Mike Pence speaks to U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees at their headquarters in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pence’s pickle: How to bargain when no one speaks for Trump

Pence has been one of the administration's most visible emissaries during the shutdown fight, but he's been repeatedly undermined and contradicted by his boss.

7 years ago

(From left) Lake County, Fla., Sheriff Willis McCall and an unidentified man stand next to Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Charles Greenlee. The three were accused of rape in 1949, along with a fourth man. They were all pardoned Friday. (State Library and Archives of Florida via AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

'Groveland Four' get posthumous pardons, 70 years later

Seven decades after being accused of raping a white woman, four African-American men were posthumously pardoned on Friday by the state of Florida.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump listens as he leads a roundtable discussion on border security with local leaders, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Report: FBI probed whether Trump secretly worked for Russia

The FBI became so concerned by Trump after he fired Comey that they investigated if he had been working for Russia against U.S. interests, The New York Times reported.

7 years ago

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