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Experts Weigh In On The CDC's Gamble That Fewer Masks Will Lead To More Vaccinations

4:45pm May 19, 2021

by Yuki Noguchi

The CDC's new mask guidelines are, at one level, a gamble: The removal of face masks will prompt more people to get vaccinated. But will it? Some behavioral economists weigh in with predictions.

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Critics say American officers should be trained in defensive tactics, especially empty-hand techniques, so that they depend less on tasers and guns.

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American Cops Are Under Pressure To Rely Less On Guns And Take More Personal Risk

4:45pm May 19, 2021

by Martin Kaste

Some blame the U.S.'s high rate of police shootings on racism or militarism. But another theory says there's a simpler problem: American police aren't taught how to grapple with armed suspects.

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Police arrest a man after a group of pro Israelis got into a fight with protesters and activists condemning Israel and supporting Palestinians on May 18, 2021 in New York City.

PHOTOS: Across The U.S., People Protest The Violence In Gaza And Israel

3:25pm May 19, 2021

by Jason Breslow

From Dearborn, Mich., to the gate of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, to the Federal Building in Los Angeles, protesters expressed their anguish and anger at the fighting and its toll.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates to choose between the electric chair or a firing squad if lethal injection drugs aren't available. The state's electric chair is seen here in Columbia, S.C.

With Lethal Injections Harder To Come By, Some States Are Turning To Firing Squads

2:48pm May 19, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

Unable to obtain lethal injection drugs, some states have turned to outmoded alternatives to execute prisoners on death row.

New York Attorney General Letitia James' investigation into the Trump Organization has expanded into a criminal probe, her office confirmed.

New York's Probe Into Trump Organization Is Now A Criminal Inquiry

2:47pm May 19, 2021

If enough evidence is found, the Trump Organization could face criminal charges from two New York prosecutors: the New York state attorney general and the Manhattan district attorney.

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Attempts to audit the controversial and costly F-35A fighter jet program has been plagued with problems.

The Pentagon Has Never Passed An Audit. Some Senators Want To Change That

12:00pm May 19, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The Department of Defense had its first independent financial audit in 2017. After three failed attempts, lawmakers are losing their patience. A new bill could impose financial penalties on the DoD.

The State Department has updated its policy regarding granting citizenship to children born via in vitro fertilization or surrogacy. Its earlier rules denied citizenship to those children unless they had direct genetic ties to their parent who was a U.S.

U.S. Ends Policy Of Denying Citizenship To Children Born Via IVF Or Surrogacy

10:42am May 19, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The State Department says its updated policy "takes into account the realities of modern families" and advances in reproductive technology.

Speaking to reporters on April 27 in Elizabeth City, N.C., Wayne Kendall, one of the lawyers representing the family of Andrew Brown Jr., points to an autopsy chart showing where Brown was shot.

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Andrew Brown Jr. Did Not Use Vehicle As A Weapon Against Deputies, Attorney Says

10:40am May 19, 2021

An attorney for Andrew Brown Jr.'s family is disputing a North Carolina prosecutor's contention that Brown used his vehicle as a deadly weapon against deputies who fatally shot him.

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Prosecutor: Deputies Were Justified In Fatal Shooting Of Andrew Brown Jr.

8:17am May 19, 2021

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Wayne Kendall, an attorney representing the family of Andrew Brown Jr., after a prosecutor in North Carolina said sheriff deputies were justified in the fatal shooting.

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David Reinert holds up a large "Q" sign that represents QAnon while waiting in line to see then-President Donald Trump at his rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Aug. 2, 2018.

America's Satanic Panic Returns — This Time Through QAnon

7:43am May 19, 2021

In the 1980s, false accusations of satanic ritual abuse spread across the U.S. Now, QAnon has revived those fears, borrowing from the playbook of the Satanic Panic from decades prior.

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