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DNC Restores Sanders Campaign's Access To Voter Files After Data Breach

2:41am December 19, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

A software glitch let Sanders staffers see data from rival Hillary Clinton's files. But Sanders said the retaliation went too far, and filed a lawsuit in federal court to regain access to the data.

The U.S. Marshals Service has joined the search for Couch, who was on probation for killing four people in a 2013 drunken-driving wreck. His defense was that he suffered from

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Manhunt Underway For 'Affluenza' Teen

9:43pm December 18, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Ethan Couch was sentenced to probation in 2013 for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck when he was 16. Now 18, Couch is on the run, possibly with his mother, after violating parole.

Bernie Sanders Campaign Sues DNC After Breach Of Voter Database

7:40pm December 18, 2015

by Ron Elving

The Bernie Sanders campaign is suing the Democratic National Committee after it suspended access to a voter database. The DNC says the campaign inappropriately accessed Hillary Clinton's data.

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Veterans' Advocates Highlight Progress On Homelessness, Claims Backlog

7:06pm December 18, 2015

by Quil Lawrence

New Year's day 2016 is the deadline for two ambitious goals set at the Department of Veterans Affairs — ending the backlog of disability claims and reaching zero homeless veterans. Neither goal has been met, but veterans' advocates hope momentum on progress isn't lost.

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Preparing To Break Away From GOP Field, Ted Cruz Organizes In Tennessee

7:06pm December 18, 2015

by Chas Sisk

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz believes the road to the GOP nomination runs through the South — especially the southern states voting on March 1st. NPR explores what he's up to in Tennessee.

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NPR's Code Switch Team Explores Political Correctness On College Campuses

7:05pm December 18, 2015

by Gene Demby

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch team about his recent article, "The Long, Necessary History of 'Whiny' Black Protesters At College."

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The Graffiti Education and Mural Arts program in San Diego aims to keep kids off the streets — and maybe even make art like this, an example of the famous chicano artists murals found on a series of freeway overpasses, someday.

Preventing Juvenile Detention With A Blank Canvas And A Can Of Spray Paint

7:05pm December 18, 2015

by Quinn Owen

San Diego County is successfully revamping its juvenile justice system: The number of children in detention is down by nearly half from just six years ago. How are kids diverted from a life of crime?

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Young Burn Victim's Simple Christmas Wish Comes True

7:04pm December 18, 2015

Earlier this month, 8-year-old burn victim Safyre Terry shared a Christmas wish: to fill her Christmas card holder with as many cards as she could. After her request went viral, she received some 300,000 cards and gifts from around the world.

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Friend Of San Bernardino Shooter Charged For Conspiring To Support Plot

7:04pm December 18, 2015

NPR's Ari Shapiro interviews Brian Bennett, national security correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. He's been covering the investigation into the San Bernardino terrorism attack and tells us the latest known about the attackers.

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Evangelical College Suspends Professor For Showing Solidarity With Muslims

7:04pm December 18, 2015

by Odette Yousef

Wheaton College, an Evangelical school outside of Chicago, has been roiled by questions about Christianity's posture toward Islam and academic freedom at religious schools. An associate professor who vowed recently to wear a headscarf in solidarity with Muslims was suspended from her job this week. The college says it's not because of the headscarf, but because of theological questions raised by a Facebook post in which she cited Pope Francis's recent statement that Muslims and Christians worship the same God.

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