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Former Guantanamo guard Steve Wood, right, flew to Mauritania this spring to visit Mohamedou Ould Slahi — the detainee he once spent his days guarding. Slahi was released from Guantanamo in 2016.
(Courtesy of Mohamedou Slahi)
NPR
Lifestyle

A Guantanamo guard and his detainee reunite

Mohamedou Ould Slahi and Steve Wood met in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2004.

7 years ago

Aviv Regev, a core member of the Broad Institute, is leading the international Human Cell Atlas Consortium.
(Casey Atkins/Broad Institute)
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Science

Ambitious ‘Human Cell Atlas’ aims to catalog every type of cell in the body

The Human Cell Atlas Consortium aims to account for and better understand every cell type and sub-type, and how they interact.

7 years ago

Former Deputy Assistant FBI Director Peter Strzok has been fired after months of criticism by President Trump and Republicans over his anti-Trump text messages.
(Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

FBI fires Peter Strzok, political lightning rod who criticized Trump

The FBI has fired an embattled special agent who was removed from the Russia inquiry after internal investigators discovered he had criticized then-candidate Donald Trump.

7 years ago

The White House is proposing changes to the Military Lending Act that critics say would leave service members vulnerable when they buy cars.
NPR
Politics & Policy

White House takes aim at financial protections for military

The Trump administration is taking aim at a law designed to protect military service members from getting cheated by shady lending practices.

7 years ago

The Oakland Police Department remains under federal oversight 15 years after settling a civil rights case against it. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

In Oakland, more data hasn’t meant less racial disparity during police stops

For more than 15 years, Oakland's police department has been under federal oversight following a police abuse and racial profiling scandal.

7 years ago

Inducing labor at 39 weeks may involve IV medications and continuous fetal monitoring. But if the pregnancy is otherwise uncomplicated, mother and baby can do just fine, the latest evidence suggests. (Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Pregnancy debate revisited: to induce labor, or not?

Healthy women with normal pregnancies can opt to have labor induced without worrying that the decision will make a cesarean section more likely.

7 years ago

Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller may be running out of space to maneuver — or he may not. But the White House is calibrating its strategy as though a clock is ticking. (Getty Image)
NPR
Courts & Law

The Russia investigations: Is Robert Mueller stumbling into time trouble?

Mueller has roughly three weeks to do whatever he's going to do and then — who knows?

7 years ago

A memorial to Heather Heyer — who was killed at last year's Charlottesville rally by a driver facing murder and hate crime charges — stands at the site of her death. Heyer's mother, Susan Bro, is in the background. (Steve Helber/AP)
NPR
Community

‘We are resilient:’ Memorials, heavy police presence mark Charlottesville anniversary

Sunday is the first anniversary of the deadly Unite the Right rally.

7 years ago

Lights shine inside the U.S. Capitol as night falls in Washington.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Gallup poll: Most see Congress as corrupt, beholden to special interests

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

7 years ago

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Cashiers, cooks, delivery people, fast-food workers and their supporters rallied outside New York City Hall in 2017. Their influential union, the Service Employees International Union, also includes about half a million home health aides. (Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Medicaid officials target home health aides’ union dues

Medicaid home care aides are emerging as the latest target in the ongoing power struggle between some conservative lawmakers and organized labor.

7 years ago

Susan Bro stands on 4th Street SE in Charlottesville, Va., where where her daughter Heather Heyer was killed. Heyer died in August 2017 during a violent white nationalist rally.
(Justin T. Gellerson for NPR)
NPR
Community

Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer’s mother picks up her baton

One year ago, a car rammed into counter-protesters during a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. Paralegal and activist Heather Heyer was killed.

7 years ago

This undated file photo provided by the Calixto family shows Lucas Calixto. The U.S. Army has suspended discharging immigrant reservists and recruits promised a pathway to citizenship when they enlisted. A memo shared with The Associated Press on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, spells out orders to high-ranking Army officials to stop processing discharges of enlistees in the special immigrant program, effective July 20. In mid-July the Army reversed one discharge, for Brazilian reservist Calixto, who had sued. (Courtesy of the Calixto Family via AP, File)
Politics & Policy

For now, Army suspends discharges of immigrant recruits

The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship — at least temporarily.

7 years ago

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers the keynote address during the General Assembly of the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Courts & Law

Immigration judges accuse DOJ of undermining independence

No one was immediately available to comment at the Justice Department.

7 years ago

Rashida Tlaib, pictured in 2008 outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich., served as a state legislator for six years. On Tuesday, Democrats picked her to run unopposed for the congressional seat that former Rep. John Conyers held for more than 50 years. Tlaib would be the first Muslim woman in Congress. (Al Goldis/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Detroit’s Rashida Tlaib poised to become first Muslim woman in Congress

"I am at a loss for words," she tweeted overnight. "I cannot wait to serve you in Congress."

7 years ago

Danny O'Connor, the Franklin County recorder, speaks during an election night watch party at the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, in Westerville, Ohio. O'Connor ran against Republican Troy Balderson in a special election race for Ohio's 12th District after the retirement of Pat Tiberi who served as the U.S. Representative from 2001-2018 in the reliably Republican district. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

A squeaker in Ohio foretells a blue wave in November

As the clock ticked toward midnight in Ohio’s special House election, Donald Trump still had ample time to craft another baldfaced ...

7 years ago

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