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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Adler Theatre on March 13, in Davenport, Iowa. On his platform Truth Social on Saturday morning, Trump cited "illegal leaks" that he will be arrested Tuesday.

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  • Politics

Trump claims that he will be arrested this week

The claim comes as a New York prosecutor considers charging him in connection with hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. There has been no announcement of plans for an indictment.

March 19, 2023
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Daryl Odom, a civilian agent for On Scene Services, a private contractor that responds to noninjury car wrecks in order to free up New Orleans police for other duties.

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  • National

Police didn't get defunded but many large departments are shrinking

A new study finds that some police forces are losing officers at a faster pace since 2020. In New Orleans, there's a grudging acceptance that it's time to offload some duties to civilians.

March 18, 2023
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
Charged with second-degree murder in the death of Irvo Noel Otieno were: <strong>(top row, from left)</strong> Henrico County Sheriff's Deputies Bradley Disse, Brandon Rodgers, Dwayne Bramble, Tabitha Levere, Jermaine Branch <strong>(bottom row, from left)</strong>, Kaiyell Sanders and Randy Boyer, Central State Hospital workers Darian Blackwell, Sadarius Williams and Wavie Jones.

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  • National

7 deputies and 3 others face murder charges in a Black man's death at mental hospital

Irvo Otieno was transferred from jail to a state mental health facility on March 6. Prosecutors say he was handcuffed during the intake process and "smothered" by seven deputies for some 12 minutes.

March 18, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
The promise of the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in <em>Gideon v. Wainwright </em>that guaranteed criminal defendants the right to a lawyer has been challenged by budgets and high demand.

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  • Law

You have the right to a lawyer, but public defenders note a lack of resources, respect

Public defenders operate under heavy pressure and budget constraints 60 years after the Supreme Court ruled low-income criminal defendants should be provided lawyers even if they can't pay for them.

March 18, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, center, walks into court in San Jose, Calif., on Friday alongside her mother, Noel Holmes, and partner, Billy Evans.

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  • Business

Judge to decide in April whether to delay prison for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes

Holmes was sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding investors out of more than $100 million. Now, she has asked a judge to remain free on bail until her appeal is heard.

March 17, 2023
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  • Becky Sullivan
Abortion rights advocates gather in front of the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, on Wednesday. U.S. abortion opponents are hoping to get a national ban on a widely used abortion pill through their lawsuit against the FDA.

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  • Health Care

Federal judge in Texas hears case that could force a major abortion pill off market

If the case succeeds, it could have sweeping repercussions — for abortion providers and patients across the nation, as well as for the FDA's drug-approval process.

March 17, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Sarah McCammon
Pro-abortion rights signs are seen during the March for Life 2016 in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, on Jan. 22, 2016. The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a state abortion ban will remain blocked while a lawsuit over its constitutionality proceeds.

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  • National

North Dakota Supreme Court ruling keeps the state's abortion ban on hold for now

The state's high court ruled Thursday that a North Dakota abortion ban will remain blocked while a lawsuit over its constitutionality proceeds.

March 16, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Bella DuBalle describes her drag persona as a combination of Miss Piggy, Dolly Parton and Mr. Rogers.

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  • Law

Drag queen (and ordained minister) Bella DuBalle won't be silenced by new Tenn. law

DuBalle says the legislators behind a new law criminalizing public drag shows don't understand the art: "They think that every drag performer is doing something hypersexual or obscene."

March 16, 2023
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By:
  • Terry Gross
FILE PHOTO: TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

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  • Law

Bill banning TikTok on state devices advances

A Georgia House committee unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that would codify a ban on the use of TikTok on state-owned devices.   

March 16, 2023
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine

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  • Law

A lawsuit picks a bone with Buffalo Wild Wings: Are 'boneless wings' really wings?

The "boneless wings" served by Buffalo Wild Wings, the national chain of casual sports bar-restaurants, have long been made of white meat from boneless chicken breasts.

March 16, 2023
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  • Becky Sullivan
GPB News NPR

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  • Technology

The Biden administration demands that TikTok be sold, or risk a nationwide ban

TikTok officials say they are "disappointed in the outcome," but will remain focused on implementing a plan to keep the data of Americans safe.

March 16, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
This image provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections shows Axel Cox, 24, of Gulfport, Miss. Cox, who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors in December 2020, was sentenced Thursday, March 9, 2023, to 42 months in prison.

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  • National

A man burned a cross in a hate crime. He's now sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison

Axel Cox said he chose to burn the cross in front of his Black neighbors because of their race, saying he "intended to scare them into moving out of the neighborhood."

March 15, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
People line up outside of a Silicon Valley Bank office on Monday in Santa Clara, Calif. Days after Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, customers are lining up to try and retrieve their funds from the failed bank.

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  • Technology

The White House is avoiding one word when it comes to Silicon Valley Bank: bailout

The Biden administration has taken pains to avoid the word "bailout" in describing the effort to rescue Silicon Valley Bank depositors. Yet banking experts say it sure does look like a bailout.

March 15, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Former state lawmaker Kay Bounkeua takes a break from her work as her daughter Ryla Bounkeua plays with Kay's stepdad Jeffrey Strong in Rio Rancho, N.M, March 13.

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  • National

Only New Mexico lawmakers don't get paid for their time. That might change this year

Most states pay or offer some financial compensation to state lawmakers for their work. Not New Mexico. That can be a barrier for many people trying to enter politics. A new bill could change that.

March 15, 2023
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By:
  • Alice Fordham
A Twitter page of Chinese exiled businessman Guo Wengui is seen on a computer screen in Beijing on Aug. 30, 2017. The self-exiled Chinese businessman was arrested Wednesday in New York on charges that he oversaw a billion-dollar fraud conspiracy.

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  • National

U.S. arrests a Chinese business tycoon in a $1 billion fraud conspiracy

Guo Wengui, long sought by the government of China and known for cultivating ties to Trump administration figures including Steve Bannon, was arrested on charges that he oversaw a fraud conspiracy.

March 15, 2023
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