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For some with disabilities, the pandemic raised fears that they couldn't get medical care they need. Now, groups are saying California's assisted suicide law also devalues their lives, and they have filed a lawsuit.

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  • Investigations

Disability groups claim California's assisted suicide law discriminates against them

A California law allows a terminally ill person to end their life, but some people with disabilities say they're at risk of being coerced into seeking the medications needed for assisted suicide.

April 27, 2023
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By:
  • Joseph Shapiro
Kiora Hansen and Della Currie protest against racism by Antioch police officers at a rally in front of the police department on Tuesday.

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  • Race

These California police officers have created a scandal. They sent racist texts

For years Black and brown people have complained about racism, corruption and abuse by the Antioch, Calif., police. Now a racist text message scandal implicates almost half of the department.

April 27, 2023
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By:
  • Sandhya Dirks
Cars line-up to enter Walt Disney World on February 08, 2023 in Orlando, Florida.

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  • National

Disney sues Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, claiming 'government retaliation'

Moments after a board appointed by the governor voted to invalidate Disney's development deal, the company filed a 77-page lawsuit in federal court.

April 27, 2023
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  • Greg Allen
GPB News NPR

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  • National

3 Colorado teens are arrested in the death of a woman killed by a rock while driving

Additional charges could be brought against the teenagers who are accused of killing a 20-year-old woman by throwing rocks at her car, the sheriff's office said.

April 27, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

Former Fugees musician Pras Michel found guilty of 10 criminal charges

A federal jury in Washington, D.C., has convicted musician Pras Michel of 10 criminal charges including conspiracy, failing to register as an agent of China, and witness tampering.

April 26, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Rep. Zooey Zephyr speaking on the House floor in Helena, Mont., on April 26, 2023 shortly before Republicans voted to formally punish Zephyr by barring her from attending or speaking during House session.

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  • National

Montana House votes to formally punish transgender lawmaker, Rep. Zooey Zephyr

Republicans in the Montana House have voted to formally punish Democratic state Rep. Zephyr by banning her from attending or speaking during floor sessions. She will be allowed to vote remotely.

April 26, 2023
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By:
  • Shaylee Ragar and
  • Acacia Squires
The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the case of a 94-year-old Minneapolis grandmother whose condominium was seized for failure to pay property taxes. The case is important because Minnesota is one of 20 states that handle the sale of such defaulted properties without sharing the proceeds with the previous owner when the property is sold.

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  • Law

Supreme Court seems to tilt strongly toward grandmother in property rights case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard its last scheduled argument of the term — a case brought by a 94-year-old grandmother in Minneapolis whose condo was seized for failure to pay property taxes.

April 26, 2023
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  • Nina Totenberg
Brian Kolfage leaves court in New York on Wednesday after being sentenced for defrauding donors to the We Build the Wall effort.

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  • National

Founder of the We Build The Wall group linked to Steve Bannon is sentenced to 4 years

Brian Kolfage previously pleaded guilty for his role in siphoning donations a campaign that promised to help Donald Trump construct a wall along the southern U.S. border.

April 26, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Rep.-elect Julian Bond, center, who was refused a seat in the Georgia House, looks through his desk as two of his Fulton County colleagues, Reps. Jack Etheridge, left, and Charlie Brown raise their hands for the oath of office in Atlanta, Jan. 10, 1966.

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  • National

Some state lawmakers say Tennessee expulsions highlight growing tensions

Fights over "decorum" in state legislatures are nothing new, but they look different now that Republicans and Democrats have become more splintered and focus has narrowed on state politics.

April 26, 2023
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes arrives at the Robert F. Peckham U.S. Federal Court on June 28, 2019, in San Jose, Calif.

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  • Technology

Elizabeth Holmes' prison sentence has been delayed

The founder of the failed blood-testing startup Theranos will not begin her 11-year prison term on Thursday as expected due to an automatic delay triggered by her filing an appeal.

April 26, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll arrives to federal court in New York on Wednesday. Jurors have been seated in the trial over Carroll's claim that former President Donald Trump raped her nearly three decades ago in a department store dressing room.

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  • Law

E. Jean Carroll testifies in her lawsuit trial that Trump raped her

"I'm here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didn't happen. He lied and shattered my reputation, and I'm here to try and get my life back," she testified.

April 26, 2023
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Law

Grandma didn't pay taxes. Now her house is focus of property rights test case

At issue in the case before the Supreme Court is the way at least a dozen states handle the sale of homes to pay off overdue taxes.

April 26, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Writer E. Jean Carroll (center) arrives at Manhattan federal court on the first day of her defamation case against former President Donald Trump. She's accused him of raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.

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  • National

Donald Trump's civil rape case goes to trial in Manhattan

Former columnist E. Jean Carroll sued the former president for allegedly raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. Donald Trump has said she made it all up for publicity reasons.

April 26, 2023
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By:
  • Ilya Marritz
Rep. Zooey Zephyr on the Montana House floor as protesters chant "let her speak," on April 24, 2023. Zephyr, one of Montana's first transgender lawmakers, is blocked from speaking on the House floor after she condemned Republicans for advancing anti LGBTQ legislation.

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  • National

Montana GOP doubles down after blocking trans lawmaker from speaking, citing decorum

State Rep. Zooey Zephyr has been barred from speaking following her controversial comments on legislation to ban gender-affirming care. Wednesday, the House could vote to censure or expel Zephyr.

April 26, 2023
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By:
  • Shaylee Ragar
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

Ed Sheeran vs. Ed heirs: A look at the test for determining music copyright claims

When it comes to making art, what's the difference between inspiration and theft? That's the question at the heart of one of the biggest musical copyright trials in years that began this week.

April 26, 2023
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