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FBI Director Christopher Wray tells NPR that the bureau will keep working on its sprawling investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol "no matter how long it takes."

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  • Politics

'We're Going To Keep Digging,' FBI Director Wray Says Of Capitol Siege

In a rare interview, FBI Director Christopher Wray told NPR that the bureau will keep working on the sprawling investigation "no matter how long it takes."

March 18, 2021
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  • Carrie Johnson
Rutgers guard Geo Baker, seen here last month, is one of the college basketball players leading a protest against the NCAA's rules preventing players from profiting from their own name, image and likeness.

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  • Sports

Before March Madness, College Athletes Declare They Are #NotNCAAProperty

"Players ISOLATED entire year to help make this tournament happen," tweeted Rutgers senior Geo Baker. "NCAA: rewarded w/ $900 million. Players: rewarded w/ free deodorant and small boxed meals."

March 18, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Attorney Wencong Fa of Pacific Legal Foundation testifies during a hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

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  • Politics

On Capitol Hill, Asian American Leaders Say Community Has Reached 'Crisis Point'

Lawmakers heard testimony on discrimination and violence against Asian American people Thursday as a wave of incidents brings new urgency to the issue.

March 18, 2021
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  • Chloee Weiner
Rioters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The FBI is undertaking an extensive investigation to identify and charge hundreds of individuals.

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  • Law

FBI Asks Public For Help Identifying Capitol Riot Suspects Seen Attacking Police

The FBI released videos showing 10 people suspected of assaulting police during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. "Some of the most violent offenders have yet to be identified," the bureau said.

March 18, 2021
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  • Ryan Lucas
Mourners visit and leave flowers on Wednesday at the site of two shootings at spas across the street from one another in Atlanta.

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  • Race

Official Who Said Atlanta Shooting Suspect Was Having A 'Bad Day' Faces Criticism

Robert Aaron Long, 21, who was arrested within hours of the attacks at three massage businesses, has been charged with murder and assault.

March 18, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell,
  • Vanessa Romo,
  • and 1 more
In January, rioters, including many with ties to white supremacists, try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington.

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  • National Security

U.S. Intelligence Agencies Warn Of Heightened Domestic Extremism Threat

The threat of militia extremist groups increased last year and is expected to continue to be heightened throughout 2021, U.S. intelligence agencies reported.

March 18, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Leesa Kelly of Minneapolis, Minn., has been collecting plywood protest murals with the organization, Save the Boards, since the civil unrest following killing of George Floyd.

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  • Arts & Life

Plywood From Boarded-Up Shops Turned Into Art Commemorating Floyd Killing

Put up to protect buildings from civil unrest, the boards have become vehicles of expression for devastated and angry Minnesotans.

March 18, 2021
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  • Leila Fadel
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

News Brief: AstraZeneca Vaccine, Purdue Pharma Plan, Capitol Riot

Some European countries suspend use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine. Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, files bankruptcy plan. Two men are arrested for assaulting an officer during the insurrection.

March 17, 2021
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  • Noel King and
  • A Martinez
"We are a Commonwealth that believes in moving forward, not being tied down by the mistakes of our past," Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said in a statement.

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  • Law

Virginia Governor Clears Path For Ex-Convicts To Regain Voting Rights

"Too many of our laws were written during a time of open racism and discrimination, and they still bear the traces of inequity," Gov. Ralph Northam said on Tuesday.

March 17, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton

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  • Law

Lawmakers Brief: Right To Speedy Trials Could ‘Overwhelm’ Court System, Ga. Chief Justice Warns

Georgia’s court system could face an “avalanche of demands” that would “overwhelm” it following the yearlong shutdown because of the pandemic.

March 16, 2021
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  • Donna Lowry
<em>Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life's Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union</em>, by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Amanda Tyler

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  • Author Interviews

'Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue' Offers Look At Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Early Work

One of the justice's former clerks, Amanda Tyler, worked with her on the collection that includes historic opinions and arguments from earlier years when she appeared as a lawyer before the top court.

March 16, 2021
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  • Steve Inskeep

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  • Economy

The Data On Legalizing Weed

It's been close to a decade since the first states legalized recreational marijuana. And the data is coming in.

March 16, 2021
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  • Greg Rosalsky
OxyContin pills arranged at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. Purdue Pharma makes the highly addictive drug.

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  • National

Purdue Pharma Offers Restructuring Plan, Sackler Family Would Give Up Ownership

Under a bankruptcy plan filed late Monday, the OxyContin maker would pay $500 million up front, promising billions in future payments. Twenty-four states rejected the proposal.

March 16, 2021
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  • Brian Mann
The U.S. flag and the U.S. Capitol Police flag were flown at half-staff after the death of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick. On Sunday, the FBI arrested two men who are accused of spraying chemicals on Sicknick and others during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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  • Law

U.S. Arrests 2 Men, Saying They Sprayed Sicknick And Others With Chemical At Capitol

The two men are Julian Elie Khater, 32, of State College, Pa., and George Pierre Tanios, 39, of Morgantown, W.Va. They were arrested Sunday.

March 15, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
GPB News NPR

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  • National

BLM Co-Founder Reflects On Breonna Taylor's Death

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Alicia Garza, of Black Futures Lab and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network, about the anniversary of Taylor's death and the push for police reform.

March 14, 2021
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