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While digging through local laws concerning backyard chickens, Selders found a racially restrictive covenant prohibiting homeowners from selling to Black people.

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Racial covenants, a relic of the past, are still on the books across the country

2:42pm November 17, 2021

Racial covenants made it illegal for Black people to live in white neighborhoods. Now they're illegal, but you might still have one on your home's deed. And they're hard to remove.

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The NRA after Columbine

4:55pm November 14, 2021

by Tim Mak

The National Rifle Association is in deep legal and financial peril. We discuss why — and what it could mean for the organization's future.

Rioters take to the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. An NPR analysis found more Capitol riot defendants may have ties to the Oath Keepers, a far-right group, than was previously known.

Capitol riot suspects had more ties to Oath Keepers than previously known

10:40am November 11, 2021

by Tom Dreisbach

NPR has identified previously undisclosed connections between the far-right anti-government group the Oath Keepers and defendants charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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Charlton Heston (left), then president of the NRA, meets with fellow leaders Wayne LaPierre (far right) and Jim Baker (center) on April 30, 1999, ahead of the NRA's annual meeting in Denver. Around the same time, leaders discussed how to respond to the sh

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A secret tape made after Columbine shows the NRA's evolution on school shootings

4:18pm November 09, 2021

by Tim Mak

Just after the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School, NRA leaders agonized over what to do. NPR obtained recordings of the calls, which lay out how the NRA has handled mass shootings ever since.

A man using a wheelchair hands his ID to an officer at a security screening checkpoint at Orlando International Airport in 2020.

Despite calls to improve, air travel is still a nightmare for many with disabilities

12:57pm November 09, 2021

Congress told the Transportation Security Administration and airlines in 2018 to improve air travel for people with disabilities. But TSA data and stories from flyers suggest little has improved.

A demonstrator wears a badge for the extremist group the Oath Keepers on a protective vest during a protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., the day before the Capitol siege.

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Active-duty police in major U.S. cities appear on purported Oath Keepers rosters

8:05pm November 05, 2021

Hacked records purported to be from the extremist group Oath Keepers include the names of active-duty law enforcement officers in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, NPR and WNYC/Gothamist found.

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Judy Chartier holds a photograph of her missing daughter, also named Judith "Judy" Chartier, in May 1990. The car belonging to Judith and her remains were discovered nearly 40 years later.

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Items belonging to a teen who vanished in 1982 were found in a Massachusetts river

7:48pm November 05, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

The car and a work ID belonging to Judy Chartier, 17, were found in the Concord River, officials say. The teen previously went missing after attending a party in June 1982.

Prior to his arrest on charges stemming from the riot at the U.S. Capitol, Alan Hostetter led protests against lockdown policies related to COVID-19 and pro-Trump "Stop The Steal" rallies in California. In a recent video posted to the platform BitChute, h

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Why some alleged Capitol rioters are acting as their own attorneys

9:33am October 27, 2021

by Tom Dreisbach

More than 100 people charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol have pleaded guilty. But others are promising to take their cases to trial, including some who have decided to represent themselves.

Wongel Estifanos of Colorado Springs, Colo., died from her injuries on Sept. 5, 2021, after investigators said she fell 110 feet. She was visiting the amusement park during Labor Day weekend while on vacation with her family.

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Parents of a 6-year-old girl killed at a theme park file a wrongful death lawsuit

6:59pm October 20, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

The lawsuit says there were at least two prior incidents at Glenwood Caverns in Colorado where the ride operators failed to properly secure passengers on the Haunted Mine Drop ride.

Police stand in a line outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

A Capitol Police officer is accused of telling a Jan. 6 suspect to hide evidence

6:39pm October 15, 2021

by Tom Dreisbach

Federal prosecutors have accused a U.S. Capitol Police officer of obstruction of justice for allegedly encouraging a suspect in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to hide evidence of their participation.