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DHS Ends Temporary Protected Status For Hondurans

6:11pm May 05, 2018

The Trump administration is ending special immigration protections for some 57,000 Hondurans. They've been allowed to live and work in the U.S. since a devastating hurricane hit Honduras 20 years ago.

National

Barbershop: NRA's Annual Meeting

6:11pm May 05, 2018

As the NRA holds its annual meeting in Dallas, Michel Martin talks about the NRA's role with former NRA member Joe Plenzler, author and activist Charles Cobb, and firearms instructor Beth Alcazar.

Trump Policy Leads To Worker Shortage In Crab Industry

6:11pm May 05, 2018

The Maryland seafood industry is facing a labor shortage just in time for crab season. Michel Martin talks with Harry Phillips, the owner of Russell Hall Seafood, about the shortage.

President Trump is confronting federal investigations and civil lawsuits, but he calls the focus on his legal challenges a distraction.

Get Caught Up On Donald Trump's Complex Web Of Legal Challenges

4:09pm May 05, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

The president is dealing with three lawsuits from two women, a federal criminal investigation of his longtime attorney and the Justice Department's probe of the 2016 election.

Members of the opposition to the administration of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez march on Friday to protest the U.S. government's decision to end the Temporary Protected Status designation for nearly 57,000 people from Honduras. Hernandez call

Trump Administration Ends Temporary Protected Status For Hondurans

11:09pm May 04, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

The Trump administration is revoking deportation protections from 57,000 Hondurans and giving them 18 months to leave or find another way to remain in the U.S. legally.

A 1969 message from the Zodiac Killer includes a cryptogram in San Francisco on Nov. 11, 1969. Authorities hope to use DNA databases in a similar manner that police used in the Golden State Killer case to identify the suspect.

National

Hope For New DNA Leads In Zodiac Killer Case

11:04pm May 04, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The case has confounded police for 50 years but officials are optimistic they can using DNA databases, like the one used to arrest the Golden State Killer suspect, to identify the infamous killer.

Michael Skakel enters the Connecticut Supreme Court for a hearing in 2016. The court on Friday vacated Skakel's murder conviction in the 1975 slaying of Martha Moxley, his neighbor.

National

Kennedy Relative's Murder Conviction Vacated, New Trial Ordered

10:46pm May 04, 2018

by Nicole Hernandez

Michael Skakel will get a new trial after the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled his attorney failed to adequately represent him. Skakel's aunt is the widow of Robert F. Kennedy.

Steven Lopez, poses for a portrait in 2015, ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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4 Accusers Sue Taekwondo Champion Brothers For Alleged Sexual Abuse

10:19pm May 04, 2018

by Alexandra Starr

For nearly two decades, Steven and Jean Lopez were the undisputed champions of USA Taekwondo. Last month, Jean Lopez was banned from the sport for a pattern of sexual misconduct.

Politics & Government

How All Of President Trump's Legal Teams Interact

5:48pm May 04, 2018

President Trump has a lot of lawyers — personal attorneys, members of the White House counsel's office and people he asks for casual legal advice. How do they all communicate? What happens if there's conflict? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Bob Bauer, former White House counsel under President Obama, about how those teams interact.

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In California, Critics Say Sheriff-Coroner Gig Is A Conflict Of Interest

4:43pm May 04, 2018

by Julie Small

Forty-nine of California's 58 counties has a coroner who is also an elected sheriff. Alleged abuse of power by one sheriff-coroner is pushing a move toward more independent medical examiners.

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