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Examining the protests that have engulfed many colleges across the country

5:15am May 15, 2024

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author, attorney and former South Carolina state lawmaker Bakari Sellers about the college campus protests. His father was a prominent student activist in the 1960s.

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Doctors in Louisiana are alarmed over how the state may reclassify 2 abortion pills

5:15am May 15, 2024

by Rosemary Westwood

A new bill in Louisiana seeks to reclassify two abortion pills as "controlled dangerous substances." Someone possessing the pills without a prescription could be punished, including jail time.

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 taxis at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on March 25 in Seattle. Planes sometimes make emergency landings, but it's rare that anyone is seriously hurt.

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There's usually no need to panic when planes make emergency landings. Here's why

5:00am May 15, 2024

by James Doubek

Planes make diversions — also called "emergency landings" — all the time. Almost always, everyone on board is fine. Here are some reasons why.

A student with disabilities drowning underneath a classroom.

Why children with disabilities are missing school and losing skills

5:00am May 15, 2024

by Cory Turner

A special education staffing crisis is raging through many U.S. school districts. It's taking a toll on students and families.

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Shoppers exit a Walmart store, on Feb. 21, 2024, in Englewood, Colo. Walmart on Tuesday announced layoffs affecting several hundred jobs at the retail giant's campus offices.

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Walmart lays off hundreds of employees and requires others to relocate

1:19am May 15, 2024

by The Associated Press

Walmart said it will require most remote workers in its Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto offices to relocate to its offices in Bentonville, Arkansas; Hoboken, New Jersey; and the San Francisco Bay Area.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey last year. With the win in today's primary, the Republican will face Democrat Steve Williams in November's election for governor.

W. Va. AG known for opposing Obama and Biden policies wins GOP primary for governor

11:09pm May 14, 2024

by Randy Yohe

The AP called the race, making Attorney General Patrick Morrisey the frontrunner going into the November election in the heavily Republican state. But a Democrat hopes for an upset.

In this file photo, Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, center, listens during a bill hearing in Maryland, Jan. 23, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. After winning Tuesday's Democratic primary, Alsobrooks will face former Gov. Larry Hogan, the Republican winner, in November.

Maryland Democrats pick Angela Alsobrooks to take on Hogan for open U.S. Senate seat

10:19pm May 14, 2024

by Matt Bush

The former two-term governor's win in Tuesday's primary gives Republicans a chance at a Senate seat in deep blue state. Hogan will face Democrat and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks.

The U.S. Justice Department says Boeing broke a deferred prosecution deal with the government following a pair of fatal 737 Max crashes more than five years ago.

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DOJ says Boeing broke deal that avoided prosecution after 2 fatal 737 Max crashes

9:10pm May 14, 2024

by Joel Rose

Boeing has violated the terms of a deal to avoid prosecution after the fatal crashes of two 737 Max planes more than five years ago, the Department of Justice told a federal judge on Tuesday.

TikTok sued the Biden administration in response to a new law that bans the video app in the U.S. unless it is sold in the next 12 months.

Legal experts say a TikTok ban without specific evidence violates the First Amendment

6:59pm May 14, 2024

by Bobby Allyn

The Justice Department is expected to argue that its clamp down on TikTok is about national security, but Constitutional lawyers say there is no way around grappling with the free speech implications.

Crews from Marion County Fire Rescue and the Marion County Sheriff's Office assist victims after a bus carrying farmworkers crashed and overturned early Tuesday Ocala, Fla.

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Driver of truck that hit farmworker bus in Florida, killing 8, arrested on DUI charges

5:24pm May 14, 2024

by The Associated Press

The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter. At least 40 were injured.