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NYC Correction Officers' Union Head Charged In Corruption Probe

12:46pm June 09, 2016

by Joel Rose

The head of the New York City corrections officers union was arrested Wednesday on corruption charges. It's the latest development in a probe of alleged corruption inside the NYPD and City Hall.

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Baltimore police Officer Caesar Goodson (right) walks past Deputy Donald Rheubottom before entering a courthouse in Baltimore in January. Goodson, one of six Baltimore police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray, goes on trial sta

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Murder Trial Begins For Officer Who Drove Van In Freddie Gray Case

12:06pm June 09, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Officer Caesar Goodson, who faces the most serious charge related to Freddie Gray's death in 2015, heads to court in Baltimore on Thursday. Two trials of other officers ended without convictions.

Pan-seared buffalo tenderloin with a corn and sweet potato hash and chimichurri sauce is served up at The Local, a restaurant in Jackson, Wyo.

Beyond Bison Burgers: Around Yellowstone, The National Mammal Is Local Cuisine

11:09am June 09, 2016

by Clare Leschin-Hoar

Bison sliders, bison bratwurst, hot-off-the-grill bison ribeye — around Jackson, Wyo., it's not hard to find this shaggy beast's meat on menus. (Don't worry: It's all farm-raised.)

Luis Alberto de la Rosa says he sells lots of misoprostol, a drug used in abortions and in ulcer treatment, to women from Texas who come to his Miramar Pharmacy in Nuevo Progreso, Mexico.

Legal Medical Abortions Are Up In Texas, But So Are DIY Pills From Mexico

10:23am June 09, 2016

by John Burnett

Women seeking an abortion in restrictive Texas now often pick the medical version, thanks to FDA rules making it easier. Others seek cheaper pills in Mexico, and aren't getting guidance from a doctor.

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The White House was illuminated in rainbow-colored light on June 26, 2015, after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that made same-sex marriage legal nationwide.

Not Always A 'Thunderbolt': The Evolution Of LGBT Rights Under Obama

9:53am June 09, 2016

by Scott Horsley

Much has changed during the Obama administration — including the legalization of same-sex marriage. The president praised that Supreme Court decision, but activists have not always applauded him.

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Ex-CIA Spy Says She Is To Be Extradited To Italy To Serve Prison Sentence

5:04am June 09, 2016

Mary Louise Kelly talks to former CIA agent Sabrina de Sousa, who was convicted in absentia of having a role in the extraordinary rendition of an Islamist from a Milan street in 2003.

Among the hominin fossils found at the Mata Menge site on the Indonesian island of Flores was part of a lower jaw.

Fossils Suggest That Island Life Shrank Our 'Hobbit' Relatives

8:30pm June 08, 2016

by Christopher Joyce

Scientists say tiny bones dating back 700,000 years on the Indonesian island of Flores shine new light on how these mysterious, 3-foot-tall creatures got that way.

Stanford Tops Federal List With 5 Sexual Violence Investigations

7:57pm June 08, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Just before the Brock Turner case sparked fresh outrage, a federal agency issued its latest list of inquiries into how sexual assault allegations are handled on U.S. campuses.

In Texas, Strict Laws On Clinics Drive Demand For Abortion Pill

7:35pm June 08, 2016

by John Burnett

The abortion pill is booming in Texas. Since the FDA loosened restrictions, more women are circumventing strict state laws on Texas abortion clinics by taking the pill as an alternative to surgery.

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Former CIA operative Sabrina De Sousa, photographed in her then-home in Washington, D.C., in 2013, has lost an appeal to the Portuguese court system and will be extradited to Italy, she says.

Former CIA Officer Says She Is Set To Be Extradited To Italy

6:29pm June 08, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Sabrina de Sousa was convicted by an Italian court of involvement in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric 13 years ago, as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.