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Weeks after Ian, floodwaters are still leaving some Florida communities stranded

7:56am October 15, 2022

by Amy Green

In Central Florida, one community remains nearly inaccessible after floodwaters from Hurricane Ian made roads impassable. Residents are able to get in using all-terrain vehicles.

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Former President Donald Trump faces a subpoena regarding his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

So Donald Trump has been subpoenaed. Here's what comes next

7:05am October 15, 2022

Trump is not known for cooperating with investigations that target him. So now that the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack has subpoenaed him, what comes next?

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is escorted into the courtroom for a hearing regarding possible jury misconduct during deliberations in the penalty phase of his trial on Oct. 14, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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The Parkland shooter's life sentence could bring changes to Florida law

6:00am October 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

Until 2016, Florida law allowed trial judges to impose a death sentence if a majority of the jurors agreed. But now, anything less than 12-0 means an automatic sentence of life without parole.

Max, last name withheld, is shown at a Recovery Care clinic where he is a client, in Ottawa, Ontario, on Wednesday, June 29, 2022.

As drug deaths surge, one answer might be helping people get high more safely

5:00am October 15, 2022

by Brian Mann

In Canada, a growing network of clinics helps active drug users get high more safely. Many public health experts want similar "harm reduction" programs in the U.S., where drug deaths have surged.

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein, left, interacts with his attorney Mark Werksman in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 4 2022.

Mel Gibson can testify at Harvey Weinstein sexual assault trial, judge says

2:54am October 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The actor and director can testify about what he learned from one of Harvey Weinstein's accusers, a judge ruled Friday in the rape and sexual assault trial of the former movie mogul.

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez addresses a press conference held at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 15, 2021, in Los Angeles. The president of the Los Angeles City Council resigned from the council on Wednesday after she was heard making racist comments and other coarse remarks in a leaked recording of a conversation with other Latino leaders.

Questions remain about who recorded the audio that led to L.A. City Council scandal

8:51pm October 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

An anonymously leaked recording of crude, racist remarks and political scheming that led to Council President Nury Martinez's resignation left behind a mystery: Who made the tape, and why?

Protesters outside City Hall call for the resignations of LA City Council members Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo on Wednesday.

What the city council scandal reveals about LA's racial divides — and solidarity

5:03pm October 14, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The leaked LA City Council recording underscores long-simmering racial tensions. But the city also has a history of Black-Latino partnership, which activists hope to build on in the wake of scandal.

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz reacts at his trial in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday.

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A juror in the Parkland shooting case says she felt threatened by another juror

4:49pm October 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

Prosecutors in the case of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are calling for an investigation after a juror said she felt threatened by another member of the jury during deliberations.

The history of U.S. intervention in Haiti is stopping U.S. officials from intervening

4:19pm October 14, 2022

by Michele Kelemen

Foreign intervention could be a solution to Haiti's multiple woes, but the history of U.S. intervention there is giving many in Washington pause.

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The Jan. 6th committee subpoenaed Trump. What comes next?

4:19pm October 14, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with University of Chicago constitutional law professor Aziz Huq about what happens now that the House Jan. 6th Committee has subpoenaed former President Donald Trump.