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The special counsel's office says it has referred an alleged scheme to make false claims against Robert Mueller to the FBI.
(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call,Inc.)
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Courts & Law

Mueller’s office notifies FBI of alleged scheme involving harassment claim

A spokesman for Mueller confirmed the referral on Tuesday in a statement.

7 years ago

The scene outside a Kroger supermarket following a shooting that left two people dead last Wednesday in Jeffersontown, Ky. Many have labeled the attack a hate crime. (Timothy D. Easley/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Killing of 2 at Kentucky supermarket is being investigated as hate crime

A white man charged with shooting and killing two African-Americans at a Kroger supermarket in Kentucky last week had first tried to enter an African-American church.

7 years ago

Law enforcement officials gather outside a U.S. post office facility after reports that a suspicious package was found in Atlanta, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Courts & Law

FBI says suspicious parcel was addressed to CNN in Atlanta

Bomb squads were called to a post office in Atlanta on Monday about a suspicious package sent to CNN, investigators said Monday

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Landers Center Arena, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, in Southaven, Miss. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Trump says media is ‘enemy’ after shooting, bomb plot

President Donald Trump on Monday accused the media of being "the true Enemy of the People" in the wake of a mass shooting and a mail bomb plot.

7 years ago

(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Guests: Nancy Baron-Baer, Emile Bruneau, Christian Picciolini Eleven people were killed and six injured when a gu ...

Air Date: October 29, 2018 10:00 am

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Beth Carroll, of New Castle, Del., has been a registered nurse for 16 years. Today she works at a surgery center with regular hours. But that was not always the case. At other healthcare facilities, she frequently had to work overtime and overnight shifts. She’s says that’s because of a national shortage of nurses. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Health

Delaware nurses, health care experts, discuss national, state, nurse shortage

While many individuals are looking for nurse practitioner positions, there aren’t enough RNs and licensed practical nurses.

7 years ago

The midterm elections are on Nov. 6. (LA Johnson/NPR)
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Education

Education is a top issue in midterms, and professors promise to encourage voting

You're reading NPR's weekly roundup of education news.

7 years ago

People stand on the stairs of Sixth Presbyterian Church as the crowd spills up the hill and down the street for a vigil blocks from where an active shooter shot multiple people at Tree of Life Congregation synagogue on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh. (Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting ID’ed, including brothers, married couple

Officials released the names of all 11 victims during a news conference Sunday, all of them middle-aged or elderly.

7 years ago

Hundreds of Philadelphians stand in solidarity with the Pittsburgh Jewish community during a vigil at Rittenhouse Square, on Saturday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Hundreds hold vigil in Philadelphia for synagogue shooting victims

A few hundred people held a candlelight vigil in Rittenhouse Square to mourn those killed in Pittsburgh Saturday.

7 years ago

People gather outside the Time Warner Center, in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. A police bomb squad was sent to CNN's offices in New York City and the newsroom was evacuated because of a suspicious package. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump sows the wind, reaps the whirlwind

The provocateur-in-chief has spent the last three years stoking his cultists to commit political violence.

7 years ago

People gather on a corner near the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pa., where a shooter opened fire Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, injuring multiple people. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

11 killed, 6 injured in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting; FBI investigating as hate crime

A law enforcement official has identified the suspect in a shooting Saturday at a Pittsburgh synagogue as Robert Bowers.

7 years ago

An undated police mugshot of Cesar Sayoc, who was charged Friday with sending explosive devices to critics of President Trump. (Broward County Sheriff's Office via Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Who is Cesar Sayoc? Bomb suspect has criminal history, attacked Democrats online

Cesar Sayoc has a long criminal history, including a charge of making a bomb threat.

7 years ago

A car enters the United States Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
(Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Postal Inspectors see suspicious package cases drop in recent years

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service opened 19 cases related to suspicious items or substances in Fiscal Year 2017.

7 years ago

Families affected by pre-existing conditions attend a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pre-existing conditions shape election debate over health care

Republican U.S. Representative Scott Perry took to Facebook Live last Thursday to talk pre-existing conditions.

7 years ago

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen inaugurates a newly completed renovated section of the border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border in Calexico, Calif. As a migrant caravan heads toward the U.S., Nielsen says her agency has asked for the military's help. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen visits new border wall in California

The Trump administration's plan calls for the troops to be in place by Tuesday — one week before Election Day.

7 years ago

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