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A D.C. police lieutenant is accused of tipping off a leader of the Proud Boys

Shane Lamond allegedly used his position in the Metropolitan Police Department's Intelligence Branch to share information with Enrique Tarrio, a leader with the far-right extremist group

May 19, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A portrait of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith (left) in 1981 and 16 silk-screened images Andy Warhol later created using the photo as a reference.

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  • Arts & Life

Supreme Court sides against Andy Warhol Foundation in copyright infringement case

In its 7-2 ruling Thursday, the Supreme Court said the late artist infringed on a photographer's copyright when he created a series of works based on an image of the pop star Prince.

May 19, 2023
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Jeffrey Epstein, pictured in 2017, was  a client of Deutsche Bank from 2013 to 2018 — well after he was convicted as a sex offender.

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  • Law

Deutsche Bank settles lawsuit with Epstein accusers for $75 million

Lawyers for the unnamed woman who filed the proposed class action lawsuit called it "the culmination of two law firms conducting more than a decade-long investigation."

May 18, 2023
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
The Supreme Court of the United States on Friday, April 21, 2023 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Supreme Court unanimously sides with Twitter in ISIS attack case

The case was brought by plaintiffs who said the social media company aided and abetted terrorism. Based on its opinion, the Supreme Court sent a related case involving Google back to the lower courts.

May 18, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the U.S., has sued a Florida county school board over its decisions to ban and restrict access to books. Joining the lawsuit are five authors, two parents of students and the advocacy group PEN America.

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  • Law

Penguin Random House and 5 authors are suing a Florida school board over book bans

Officials in Escambia County, Fla., removed 10 books from school libraries and restricted access to more than 150 others. Writers' advocacy group PEN America calls the lawsuit the first of its kind.

May 18, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan and
  • Neda Ulaby
On Wednesday, a federal appeals court heard arguments over access to mifepristone, a drug commonly used in a two-pill regimen to provide abortion and miscarriage care.

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  • Law

The abortion pill mifepristone has another day in federal court

While a Supreme Court order continues to ensure the drug is still widely available, the issue returned Wednesday to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals as lawyers for both sides urged the court to act.

May 18, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., Oct. 17, 2022.

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  • Law

Elizabeth Holmes loses her latest bid to avoid prison

In another ruling issued late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila ordered Elizabeth Holmes to pay $452 million in restitution to the victims of her crimes.

May 18, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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Wave of criticism follows San Francisco DA's decision in Walgreens shooting

Backlash after San Francisco's DA decided not to file charges against a Walgreens security guard, who shot and killed a suspected shoplifter. (Story aired on All Things Considered on May 17, 2023.)

May 18, 2023
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  • Marisa Lagos
LGBTQ+ activists protest Senate Bill 14 at the Texas Capitol, Friday, May 12, 2023, in Austin, Texas.

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  • Law

The Texas Legislature approves a ban on gender-affirming care for minors

The bill cleared the GOP-controlled Legislature after a final vote in the Senate over the objections of Democrats. Texas is now poised to join at least 17 other states that have enacted similar bans.

May 17, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Health Care

What to know about the federal appeals court hearing on mifepristone

Mifepristone, a medication used for abortion, is the subject of arguments today in a federal appeals court case that could make it illegal.

May 17, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin and
  • Ari Shapiro
A sign hangs at a Taco Bell on May 23, 2014, in Mount Lebanon, Pa. Declaring a mission to liberate "Taco Tuesday" for all, Taco Bell asked U.S. regulators Tuesday, May 16, 2023, to force Wyoming-based Taco John's to abandon its longstanding claim to the trademark.

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  • Business

Taco John's trademarked 'Taco Tuesday' in 1989. Now Taco Bell is fighting it

Taco John's has held the trademark for the phrase for over 30 years. But Taco Bell argues to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that it has become too common a phrase to belong to a single entity.

May 17, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Boot Baby, who wears a black balaclava, and Boot Sheisty, in pink, have built a following of more than 85,000 across Instagram and TikTok through their boot removal business in Atlanta.

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  • Law

A ride with Boot Girls, 2 women challenging Atlanta's parking enforcement industry

The Boot Girls have become among Atlanta's most sought-after entrepreneurs. Armed with $50 keys, they're undercutting the controversial and often shady vehicle-booting industry.

May 16, 2023
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By:
  • Fernando Alfonso III
Special counsel John Durham, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, arrives to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on May 16, 2022.

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  • Law

Trump-era special counsel's final report criticizes FBI's Russia probe

Special Counsel John Durham says the DOJ and FBI "failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law" and in particular, relied on leads provided by Trump's political opponents.

May 16, 2023
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Joe Biden and Donald Trump, seen here during a presidential debate in Cleveland in 2020, are on the same side of this Supreme Court argument involving congressional subpoenas.

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  • Law

Supreme Court will hear a subpoena case that — surprise — Trump and Biden agree on

The case dates back to then-citizen Trump's 2013 agreement with the GSA to lease the Old Post Office Building in Washington for conversion into the Trump International Hotel.

May 16, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Oregon Republicans' walkouts trigger a new state law on reelection

In Oregon, an ongoing walkout by Republican lawmakers is blocking Democrats' attempts to pass a law that would protect and expand access to reproductive and gender-affirming health care.

May 16, 2023
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  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Dirk VanderHart,
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