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Nebraska Legislators Overturn Governor's Veto Of Death Penalty Repeal

7:11pm May 27, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Nebraska Sen. Jerry Johnson, who said he switched his vote in the decision to repeal the death penalty in Nebraska after speaking with his constituents.

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Soccer Fans In Latin America React To FIFA Corruption Charges

7:11pm May 27, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Several of those indicted on corruption charges were from Latin America or the Caribbean. Most people from Brazil, the country that just hosted the World Cup, see the soccer leadership as corrupt.

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5 Things You Should Know About Rick Santorum

7:07pm May 27, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

The former Pennsylvania senator is getting in the race for president again. Here's a reminder of who he is.

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Nebraska Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto Of Death Penalty Repeal

5:55pm May 27, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The vote was 30-19. Nebraska is now the first Republican-controlled state in the U.S. to repeal the death penalty since North Dakota in 1973.

Officials Of Soccer's Governing Board Arrested On Corruption Charges

5:40pm May 27, 2015

Swiss authorities have arrested several FIFA officials suspected of both receiving and paying bribes. David Greene talks to Matt Apuzzo, one of the reporters working the story for The New York Times.

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Rick Santorum speaks in Des Moines, Iowa, on Sept. 24, 2012. The Republican announced Wednesday that he is running for president.

Rick Santorum Announces Presidential Run

5:38pm May 27, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The former Republican senator from Pennsylvania appeals to his party's social conservatives. Rick Santorum won the Iowa caucuses in 2012, but this time around he faces a crowded Republican field.

Federal Appeals Court Blocks Arkansas Ban On Abortion After 12 Weeks

4:43pm May 27, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has blocked an Arkansas law that bans abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The case was filed by two doctors on their own and their patients' behalf.

Students Carmen Boucher (left) and Hilda Castillo collaborate at a College Unbound weekly seminar.

A New Kind Of College Wins State Approval In Rhode Island

4:33pm May 27, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

College Unbound aims to provide students who have some college experience a personalized path to a degree.

Family Leader CEO Bob Vander Plaats said he does not want to see the "Marriage Vow" pledge used as a weapon against the candidates they might support.

Iowa Group Divorces Itself From Controversial Marriage Pledge

4:25pm May 27, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

An anti-same-sex-marriage pledge from a social-conservative group included a lot more than that in 2012. Looking to avoid the backlash it created in the last presidential election, the group nixed it.

Should chimps have the same legal rights as these lawyers? Steven Wise, president of the Nonhuman Rights Foundation, who is representing research chimps Hercules and Leo, says yes. Assistant Attorney General Christopher Coulston disagrees. They both made

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Research Chimps Get Their Day In Court In New York

4:02pm May 27, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

But neither Hercules nor Leo, who are at the center of a legal battle over whether chimpanzees should have the same legal rights as people, were physically present in the Manhattan courtroom.