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Emergency vehicles crowd Main Street in Kirkersville, Ohio, on Friday morning, after a shooting at a nursing home that left four dead, including the town's police chief.

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4 Dead, Including Police Chief And Suspect, After Shooting At Ohio Nursing Home

4:24pm May 12, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Chief Steven Eric Disario responded to a report of a man with a gun at the Pine Kirk nursing home Friday morning. Disario had been on the job for only three weeks.

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe (from left), Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Vincent Stewart and Nation

4 Big Intelligence Stories You Missed Amid The Comey Headlines This Week

4:19pm May 12, 2017

by Philip Ewing

There's a lot more going on in the shadowy world of America's spies than just the controversy over the abrupt dismissal of James Comey as director of the FBI.

Senate Judiciary Committee member Ben Sasse, a Republican, listens to witnesses Monday during a subcommittee hearing on Russian interference.

Sen. Sasse: Comey Firing 'Troubling' Amid 'Crisis Of Public Trust'

3:20pm May 12, 2017

by Steve Inskeep

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that he will not yet call for an independent Russia investigation because it would be a "vote of no confidence" in the Senate panel's current probe.

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Mitch Daniels, shown leaving the White House after a meeting in 2012, was governor of Indiana in 2011 when the state adopted its voucher program. These days he's the president of Purdue University.

The Promise And Peril Of School Vouchers

3:03pm May 12, 2017

Indiana's private school voucher program is the largest of its kind in the U.S. Whether it's "social justice" or "an assault" on public schools depends on whom you ask.

President Trump sent a flurry of tweets Friday morning, saying "The Fake Media is working overtime today!" and suggesting that there could be "tapes" of his private conversations with former FBI Director James Comey.

Trump Tweet Suggests His Conversations With Comey Might Have Been Recorded

2:35pm May 12, 2017

by Miles Parks

The president seemed to be cautioning the former FBI director against "leaking to the press." Democrats have already seized on the tweets and requested that any such tapes be provided to Congress.

Protesters march during a May Day demonstration outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office on May 1, 2017 in San Francisco, California.

Where ICE Already Has Direct Lines to Law-Enforcement Databases With Immigrant Data

1:44pm May 12, 2017

by George Joseph

Immigration and Customs Enforcement documents show that for years, law enforcement in hundreds of jurisdictions, including major sanctuary cities, are feeding information into regional databases.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses the Sergeants Benevolent Association of New York City at an event Friday in Washington, D.C. During his speech, Sessions said federal prosecutors "deserve to be unhandcuffed and not micromanaged from Washington."

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Sessions Tells Prosecutors To Seek 'Most Serious' Charges, Stricter Sentences

1:19pm May 12, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The move, which was announced in a memo, reverses an Obama-era recommendation that asked federal prosecutors not to hit low-level drug offenders with charges that carry mandatory minimum sentences.

Lauren Bloomstein holds her newborn daughter.

Focus On Infants During Childbirth Leaves U.S. Moms In Danger

1:06pm May 12, 2017

The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world: Sixty percent of the 700 to 900 deaths each year are preventable, including that of neonatal nurse Lauren Bloomstein.

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The soft, impermeable and uneven sleep surface of an air mattress can pose a danger to infants.

Inflatable Beds: Dangerous For Infants, Attractive To Cash-Strapped Parents

12:48pm May 12, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Inflatable beds are increasingly popular, and their soft, impermeable surfaces, increase risk of sudden infant death. But they are often the only bed that a family can afford.

Emergency workers search for injured passengers after an Amtrak train carrying more than 230 people from Washington, D.C., to New York derailed in Philadelphia in May 2015.

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Judge Orders Charges Brought Against Amtrak Engineer, Reversing Prosecutors' Decision

12:45pm May 12, 2017

by Mark Katkov

Brandon Bostian was at the controls of an Amtrak train when it derailed in Philadelphia in 2015, killing eight and injuring hundreds. Prosecutors Tuesday said he would not face criminal charges.