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In this June 2, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

EPA blocks some media from water contamination summit, then reverses course

The EPA reversed course Tuesday and allowed a reporter for The Associated Press to cover a meeting on water contaminants after she was earlier barred.

8 years ago

In this video, Amazon's Ranju Das demonstrates real-time facial recognition to an audience. It shows video from a traffic cam that he said was provided by the city of Orlando, where police have been trying the technology out.
(Amazon Web Services Korea via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR)
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Community

Orlando Police testing Amazon’s real-time facial recognition

There are no laws explicitly barring law enforcement from using real-time facial recognition, and the constitutionality has not been tested by higher courts.

8 years ago

Santa Fe High School sophomore Averi Gary (center) is comforted during a vigil after the deadly mass shooting in Texas on Friday. David J. Phillip/AP
NPR
Community

8 students, 2 teachers killed in Santa Fe High School shooting

Eight students and two teachers died during the 15-minute assault at Santa Fe High School in Texas on Friday.

8 years ago

This photo provided by the Galveston County Sheriff's Office shows Dimitrios Pagourtzis, who law enforcement officials took into custody on Friday and identified as the suspect in the deadly school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas. (Galveston County Sheriff's Office via AP)
NPR
Community

What we know about the alleged Texas high school shooter

The governor said there is nothing at this time that would indicate there were missed warning signs.

8 years ago


Kentucky Derby winner Justify, with exercise rider Humberto Gomez aboard, gallops around the track Thursday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The Preakness Stakes is scheduled to take place Saturday and Justify is the favorite. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
NPR
Community

Kentucky Derby winner Justify is favored to win soggy Preakness

While it's a field of eight horses, it's expected to be a two-horse race: Justify and Good Magic.

8 years ago

The U.S. government is conducting a test run of the 2020 census in Rhode Island's Providence County, where many noncitizens living in Central Falls, R.I., say they're planning to avoid participating in the national headcount. (RussellCreative/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Many noncitizens plan to avoid the 2020 Census, test run indicates

Local officials say the rise of anti-immigrant rhetoric and increased immigration enforcement have set the upcoming national census on a path to an undercount.

8 years ago

Democrat Stacey Abrams greets voters at an early vote event in DeKalb County, Ga. Abrams is in a competitive Democratic primary with an opponent who shares the same first name, Stacey Evans. (Asma Khalid/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

50 states and no black governors, but that could change in 2018

Historically, activists and analysts say black candidates have faced two major roadblocks to the governorship: Money and race, which can appear intertwined.

8 years ago

The United States Capitol building against a blue sky
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Government, immigration top concerns of Gallup poll respondents

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

8 years ago

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House Speaker Paul Ryan praises the Agriculture Committee's work on the farm bill at a press conference on Wednesday. He was joined by (from left) committee Chairman Mike Conaway, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

House Farm Bill fails as conservative GOP revolt over immigration

The vote was 198 to 213. All Democrats voted against the measure, and were joined by 30 conservative Republicans.

8 years ago

Law enforcement officers are responding to Santa Fe High School following a shooting incident in this Harris County Sheriff office, Santa Fe, Texas, U.S., photo released on May 18, 2018. (Courtesy HCSO/Handout/REUTERS)
NPR
Community

10 people killed in Texas high school shooting; suspect in custody

A suspect is in custody; a federal law enforcement official has confirmed that his name is Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, who is believed to be a current student.

8 years ago

Aerial of Santa Fe High School in Texas.
Community

Sheriff says up to 10 killed in Texas high school shooting

At least one gunman opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing eight to 10 people, most of them students, authorities said.

8 years ago

Trenton's first and only Starbucks is located at the intersection of Warren and East Front streets. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
NPR
Community

Starbucks training focuses on the evolving study of unconscious bias

No company has tried such training on this scale, says an expert advising the coffee chain, and the effort puts the science of behavioral change to the test.

8 years ago

Gina Haspel is sworn in to testify at her confirmation hearing before the Senate intelligence committee in Washington on May 9. The full Senate on Thursday confirmed Haspel as CIA director, making her the first woman to hold the job. (Alex Brandon/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Senate confirms Gina Haspel as CIA Director

Haspel, 61, is widely respected in the intelligence community.

8 years ago

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., speaks at a news conference calling for the passage of the Dream Act in January, along with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. Lujan Grisham is one of five Democratic lawmakers, along with nine Republicans, receiving praise over immigration, in the form of paid ads, by the Koch network. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Breaking with Trump’s GOP, Koch brothers praise democrats on immigration

The Koch brothers are going rogue.

8 years ago

Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, arrives for his testimony Wednesday before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

EPA’s Scott Pruitt, subject of many ethics probes, plays defense before Senate

The Environmental Protection Agency administrator fielded reproaches from both sides of the aisle during testimony before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee.

8 years ago

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