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Washington Farmworkers Ask State Supreme Court For Overtime Pay

Farmworkers in Washington state have gone to court to demand overtime pay. Coronavirus outbreaks in agricultural communities have focused new attention on working conditions and pay on farms.

August 02, 2020
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  • Eilis O'Neill
TikTok has been under fire in Washington. The Trump administration and some Democrats in Congress have been raising national security concerns about the Chinese-owned app.

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  • Technology

Microsoft In Talks To Buy TikTok As Trump Threatens A Ban

The president's announcement comes as Microsoft is in talks to acquire the app, which is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company.

August 01, 2020
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
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  • Race

How U.S. Protests For Racial Justice Have Impacted The Country's Global Image

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Boston College sociologist Ali Kadivar about protests, dissent, and the effects of state-led use of force.

August 01, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
Flowers are placed at the memorial to the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings on April 20.

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Appeals Court Tosses Out Death Sentence For Boston Marathon Bomber

A three-judge panel sends Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's case back to a lower court for resentencing, saying the jury that sentenced him to death had not been adequately vetted.

July 31, 2020
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  • David Welna
GPB News NPR

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  • Economy

New Study Finds Expanded Jobless Benefits Don't Reduce Employment

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dana Scott, a doctoral candidate in economics at Yale University, about her study that looked at whether expanded jobless benefits reduced incentives to look for work.

July 31, 2020
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House Antitrust Subcommittee Chair On The Testimony Of Big Tech CEOs

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., who chairs the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee, about the testimony of four Big Tech CEOs.

July 31, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
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  • Law

No Charges For Former Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer in Michael Brown's Death

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with St. Louis County, Mo., prosecutor Wesley Bell about his decision not to charge Darren Wilson in the 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown.

July 31, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
President Donald Trump chats with reporters Friday as he heads to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House. The day before, he floated the idea of delaying the election, prompting criticism from the Federalist Society's co-founder.

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  • Elections

Citing Election Delay Tweet, Influential Trump Ally Now Demands His Re-Impeachment

President Trump's suggestion that the November election be delayed spurs Federalist Society co-founder Steven Calabresi to call for his removal from office.

July 31, 2020
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  • David Welna
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  • Law

Pompeo Testifies Before Congress On Diversity, Linick's Firing, Russian Bounties

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testified Thursday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He faced various questions, from lack of diversity among diplomats to Russian bounties to the Taliban.

July 31, 2020
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  • Michele Kelemen
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, is pictured in 1991. She now faces multiple counts related to sex trafficking of minors and<strong> </strong>perjury. She has pleaded not guilty.

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  • Law

Judge Releases Trove Of Sealed Records Related To Lawsuit Against Ghislaine Maxwell

The judge unseals hundreds of pages of documents related to a now-settled defamation suit brought against Maxwell by one of Jeffrey Epstein's accusers.

July 31, 2020
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  • Bill Chappell and
  • Scott Neuman
A federal judge blocked further implementation of a rule issued last year by the Department of Homeland Security.

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  • Law

Twin Rulings By Federal Judge Block 'Public Charge' Rules For Immigrants

The judge cites the coronavirus pandemic in blocking the Trump administration's attempt to widen the criteria for what makes an immigrant a "public charge."

July 31, 2020
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  • David Welna
GPB News NPR

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Court Releases Trove Of Sealed Records Related To Ghislaine Maxwell Case

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to McClatchy investigative reporter Ben Wieder about newly released records related to the case against Ghislaine Maxwell, a close associate of Jeffrey Epstein.

July 31, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
Demonstrators hold a sign in St. Louis, Mo., following the 2014 shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

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  • Race

Latest Probe Ends In No Charges For Former Ferguson Officer Who Killed Michael Brown

The top St. Louis County prosecutor says Darren Wilson will not face criminal charges for the 2014 killing. Like previous investigators, Wesley Bell says he can't prove a crime was committed.

July 30, 2020
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  • Alana Wise
"I feel as though if it becomes an actual option for gender identity on licenses and other identifications, then people may finally realize how broad the gender spectrum is," said Norcross resident Orion Samples. "Because for people who don’t fully identify as either, such as myself, it will be an easier way to show people that we truly exist."

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  • Law

Nonbinary Georgians Raise Concerns, Questions As Other States Offer Legal Recognition

Pennsylvania last week began allowing its citizens to designate their gender as "X" on driver's licenses and identification cards. The state joins several others across the country that allow for the legal recognition of nonbinary people.

Now, some nonbinary people in Georgia hope the state will begin a dialogue of its own.

July 30, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn's legal odyssey continues after the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed to hear oral arguments in the case next month.

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  • Politics

Full D.C. Appeals Court Agrees To Take Up Michael Flynn Legal Case

A full panel of judges will consider the unusual situation in which the Justice Department has asked to drop charges against a defendant who has admitted guilt.

July 30, 2020
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  • Carrie Johnson
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