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State Laws Restrict Release Of Police Body Cam Footage

4:36pm July 13, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Nancy La Vigne, director of the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute, about a survey of state laws restricting the release of police body cam videos.

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Mourners Gather At Funerals For 3 Slain Dallas Police Officers

4:36pm July 13, 2016

by Wade Goodwyn

Three Dallas officers killed when a gunman opened fire on a peaceful protest were buried Wednesday. Sgt. Michael Smith, Senior Cpl. Lorne B. Ahrens and Brent Thompson, an officer with Dallas Area Rapid Transit, are the first of five officers killed last Thursday to be buried.

Probable Vice Presidential Pick Tim Kaine To Campaign With Hillary Clinton

4:36pm July 13, 2016

by Susan Davis

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is a on a short list to become Hillary Clinton's vice president. Kaine was also a finalist to become President Obama's running mate.

Lucky laboratory mice got to watch scenes from Orson Welles' classic Touch of Evil, starring Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston.

A Mouse Watches Film Noir And Offers Clues To Human Consciousness

4:36pm July 13, 2016

by Jon Hamilton

Researchers in Seattle have created a public observatory for studying the visual circuitry in a mouse's brain. Among the attractions: watching 18,000 neurons respond to Orson Welles' Touch of Evil.

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Map showing the area where some several thousand dollars from the D.B. Cooper hijacking was found in February 1980 by 8-year-old Brian Ingram while on a family outing.

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FBI Is Giving Up On Solving The Mystery Of D.B. Cooper

3:23pm July 13, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The FBI says it is giving up on the D.B. Cooper investigation, 45 years after the mysterious hijacker parachuted into the night with $200,000 in a briefcase, becoming an instant folk figure.

The Citgo sign in Boston's Kenmore Square is being considered for official landmark status. The building on which it is mounted is up for sale.

Boston Considers Landmark Status For Legendary Citgo Sign

3:11pm July 13, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The Boston Landmarks Commission voted to study whether the modern - and some say - tacky, Citgo sign is culturally important enough to warrant state protection as a historic landmark.

Margolis laughs as FBI Director James Comey appears at the lectern dressed as him for his 50-year pin ceremony in 2015.

Remembering A Career Prosecutor Who Leaned Into Controversy — And Took The Heat

1:52pm July 13, 2016

by Carrie Johnson

David Margolis died Tuesday after serving 51 years at the Justice Department. In those years, he touched nearly every major case and controversy.

A U.S. Marine amphibious assault vehicle makes its way to shore after leaving an amphibious transport dock ship during a landing exercise on a beach at San Antonio in the Philippines' Zambales Province on April 21, 2015. The exercise was part of annual Ph

Will Hague Tribunal's South China Sea Ruling Inflame U.S.-China Tensions?

1:43pm July 13, 2016

by Jackie Northam

Beijing rejects the ruling that China's claims are illegal. U.S.-China friction could grow over the Scarborough Shoal, also claimed by the Philippines.

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After Mass Shootings, Action On Gun Legislation Soars At State Level

1:23pm July 13, 2016

by Nathan Rott

Over 20,400 pieces of gun-related legislation have been proposed in the past 25 years after mass shootings. Whether they tighten or loosen gun laws depends on the state's dominant political party.

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A woman lobbying Congress holds two versions of naloxone which can be used to reverse an opioid overdose.

Opioid Bill Reframes Addiction As A Health Problem, Not A Crime

12:33pm July 13, 2016

by Alison Kodjak

The Senate bill, an amalgam of more than a dozen proposals, will expand access to medication-assisted treatment. It also will encourage police to send drug users to treatment rather than to jail.