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This file photo shows a sign for a Sonic Drive-In.

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A 12-year-old is charged with murder in the shooting of a Sonic restaurant employee

The juvenile suspect allegedly fled the scene with Angel Gomez, 20, who had gotten into a physical altercation with the employee before the shooting occurred, police said.

May 16, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

A man is accused of stealing a military truck the same day he was released from jail

Michael Stevens II, 38, was released from jail Friday and is now accused of stealing and driving a military vehicle through Maryland before being arrested in Maryland.

May 15, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, pictured here on April 21, 2023, signed a slate of bills Monday, one of which bans DEI initiatives in his state's universities.

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  • Politics

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill banning DEI initiatives in public colleges

This move follows recent efforts by Gov. DeSantis to crack down on what he calls "woke indoctrination" in schools.

May 15, 2023
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

The 'More Perfect' podcast examines the Supreme Court

Julia Longoria, host of the Supreme Court podcast More Perfect, talks about the launch of their new season.

May 15, 2023
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By:
  • Asma Khalid,
  • Patrick Jarenwattananon,
  • and 1 more
Migrants try to stay warm as they wait in the rain after turning themselves over to U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing over from Mexico in Fronton, Texas on May 12.

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  • Law

Immigration judge says trial workloads and resource constraints are 'a problem'

NPR's A Martinez asks Mimi Tsankov, president of the National Association of immigration judges, about the end of Title 42.

May 15, 2023
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By:
  • Destinee Adams
Authorities applauded the actions of a 13-year-old Michigan boy, who shot a would-be kidnapper with a slingshot.

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  • Law

A Michigan boy fended off a would-be kidnapper by wounding him with a slingshot

The 13-year-old boy sprung into action after another boy attacked his sister. He used his slingshot to shoot the suspect in the head and chest.

May 15, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled split-jury verdicts unconstitutional. Since then, Oregon and Louisiana have gone in opposite directions in deciding how to approach past convictions.

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  • Law

The Supreme Court outlawed split juries, but hundreds remain in prison anyway

In 2020, the Supreme Court struck down laws that allowed people in Louisiana and Oregon to be convicted even if two jurors voted not guilty. Despite the ruling, some of them may never get a new trial.

May 14, 2023
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  • Jason Breslow
A screenshot taken from Google Street View shows the gas station parking lot in Dallas where Gabriella Gonzalez was fatally shot the morning after she'd gotten an abortion in Colorado.

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  • National

A Texas woman was killed by her boyfriend after getting an abortion, police say

Harold Thompson is facing murder charges in connection with the death of Gabriella Gonzalez. Dallas police say he fatally shot his girlfriend the day after she'd traveled to Colorado for an abortion.

May 13, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
Lori Vallow Daybell (left) glances at the camera during a hearing in Rexburg, Idaho., on March 6, 2020. She has been found guilty of murdering her two youngest children.

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  • National

Jury finds Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of murdering 2 of her children

A jury in Boise, Idaho, found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of murdering two of her children and conspiring to murder a romantic rival. Vallow Daybell, 49, could face life in prison.

May 12, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
Daniel Penny, center, is escorted by police after turning himself in for manslaughter charges in the death of Jordan Neely.

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  • Law

Daniel Penny is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely

The former U.S. Marine, 24, was videotaped putting Neely in a chokehold on the NYC subway on May 1. He surrendered to police ahead of his arraignment on Friday and was released on $100,000 bail.

May 12, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
In this photo illustration the Twitter account of Elon Musk is seen on a mobile cellphone on April 21, in Knutsford, United Kingdom.

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  • Technology

Elon Musk says 'I've hired a new CEO' for Twitter

Musk indicated his successor is female, but the billionaire stopped short of naming a person.

May 12, 2023
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  • Bobby Allyn
A former Virginia Department of Corrections employee donated hundreds of execution documents, including these photographs, to the Library of Virginia more than a decade ago. NPR is now exclusively publishing a selection of the documents.

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  • Investigations

Virginia hid execution files from the public. Here's what they don't want you to see

In January, the Virginia Department of Corrections restricted public access to execution records. NPR is now publishing a selection of those secret files.

May 11, 2023
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner
Jaleel Stallings said he fired at officers in self-defense — and after he surrendered, he was badly beaten. A former officer pleaded guilty to a felony charge in the case on Wednesday.

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  • National

Former police officer admits to felony assault on Black man after George Floyd murder

Former Minneapolis police officer Justin Stetson told the court he "crossed the line" on May 30, 2020, when he repeatedly kicked, hit and kneed Jaleel Stallings in the face and head.

May 10, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference to sign several bills related to public education and teacher pay, in Miami, on May 9.

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  • Education

Florida rejects some social studies textbooks and pushes publishers to change others

In one case, references to the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement were removed. The list of rejected materials included books on U.S. history, the Holocaust and psychology.

May 10, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
E. Jean Carroll (center) departs the Manhattan courthouse where a jury awarded her $5 million after finding former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing her in the mid-1990s.

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  • Law

A jury finds Trump liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll trial

Jurors believed that Carroll's allegation of sexual abuse in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s was more likely true than not. They awarded her $5 million in total damages.

May 09, 2023
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  • Becky Sullivan,
  • Andrea Bernstein,
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