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GOP House Leaders Retain Positions In The New Congress

5:46pm November 15, 2016

by Ailsa Chang

The current Republican Party leadership have all been re-elected by unanimous voice vote for the 115th Congress. Speaker Paul Ryan was also re-nominated to lead the GOP in the new Congress.

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Trump's Election Raises Host Of Issues For Supreme Court

5:46pm November 15, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

Statements from President-elect Donald Trump raise questions about the incoming administration, big issues before the Supreme Court and progress toward nominating a ninth Supreme Court justice.

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Demonstrations Continue At The Dakota Access Pipeline

5:46pm November 15, 2016

by Cheryl Corley

Demonstrators across the country are protesting against the completion of the Dakota Access pipeline. The pipeline is located near the reservation of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. The federal government has halted construction, but the companies building the pipeline have asked a federal court to let them complete the project.

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Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck at a news conference in October.

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LAPD Report Finds Racial Disparity In Approval And Trust Of Police

5:39pm November 15, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The civilian police commission overseeing the Los Angeles Police Department held a public hearing on Tuesday devoted to the issue of bias in policing.

Biomedical Researchers Ponder Future After Trump Election

5:18pm November 15, 2016

by Richard Harris

The federal government spends more than $30 billion a year to fund the National Institutes of Health. How will a new administration affect academic research? What about pharmaceutical research?

The broken windows theory of policing suggested that cleaning up the visible signs of disorder — like graffiti, loitering, panhandling and prostitution — would prevent more serious crime as well.

How 'Broken Windows' Helped Shape Tensions Between Police And Communities

5:14pm November 15, 2016

by Shankar Vedantam

As the mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani was a proponent of a controversial policing philosophy that calls for police to go after small crimes in hopes of preventing bigger problems.

A man uses the dating app Tinder in New Delhi in 2015.

Tinder Now Lets Users Identify As Genders Other Than Male Or Female

4:58pm November 15, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The dating app will now allow users to type in the gender that they identify with. The company said the change is meant to make the app more inclusive to transgender or gender non-conforming people.

The mantis shrimp has "hexnocular vision" (as opposed to our binocular vision), thanks to its three "pseudopupils" in each eye.

WATCH: Mantis Shrimp's Incredible Eyesight Yields Clues For Detecting Cancer

4:10pm November 15, 2016

by Elliott Kennerson

Cancer cells, it turns out, reflect light in a particular, polarized way that mantis shrimp can see. A tiny camera based on the shrimp's eye might help doctors better visualize tumors during surgery.

Students of the segregated Hoover and 17th Street schools in Westminster, Calif., pose for a school photo. Gonzalo Mendez Jr., one of the Mendez kids, was in this class.

Tougher Times For Latino Students? History Says They've Never Had It Easy

4:07pm November 15, 2016

by Claudio Sanchez

Despite a lot of rhetoric, decades have passed — and administrations have come and gone — with little progress in educating language-minority students.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan arrives for a press conference at the U.S. Capitol this morning.

Paul Ryan Re-Nominated By Republicans As Speaker

3:39pm November 15, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

The GOP leadership elections are a show of unity heading into the new year where Republicans will control both the legislative and executive branches.