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Charleston Residents Respond To Church Shooter's Death Penalty Sentence

4:29pm January 11, 2017

by Alexandra Olgin

Charleston, S.C., has been through a lot of racial tension in the last two years. Community leaders are reacting to Dylann Roof's death penalty sentence in the 2015 church shootings.

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Police Officers Fear More For Their Safety, Pew Survey Finds

4:29pm January 11, 2017

by Martin Kaste

Police officers say recent tensions in some communities have made their jobs more dangerous and have made some reluctant to do their jobs. The findings were part of a national survey by Pew Research.

Law Professor: Trump's Plan Fails To Adequately Address Conflicts Of Interest

4:29pm January 11, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University in St Louis, who says President-elect Trump failed to adequately address his conflicts of interest in the plan laid out at Wednesday's press conference.

Witnesses Testify About Sen. Jeff Sessions In Confirmation Hearing

4:29pm January 11, 2017

by Carrie Johnson

Former Justice Department officials, civil rights advocates and a current senator are among the witnesses testifying about Sen. Jeff Sessions and his bid to become U.S. attorney general.

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Police Say High-Profile Fatalities, Protests Have Made Their Jobs Harder

4:14pm January 11, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Pew surveyed nearly 8,000 officers. Among other things, the group asked about recent killings of black civilians by police and the protests that followed. Officers said they now feel less safe.

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Volkswagen has agreed to plead guilty to three criminal felony counts as part of the settlement announced Wednesday by the Justice Department.

Volkswagen To Plead Guilty, Pay $4.3 Billion In Emissions Scheme Settlement

3:42pm January 11, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The Justice Department also announced the indictments of six VW executives. Volkswagen has admitted equipping diesel vehicles with software to cheat emissions tests and then lying to regulators.

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Steven McDonald, A Symbol Of Forgiveness And An NYPD Icon, Dies At 59

3:21pm January 11, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

McDonald was just 29 when he was rendered quadriplegic by a teenage gunman. Months later, McDonald penned a letter of forgiveness that turned him into an ambassador for New York's police force.

Politics & Government

2 Ethics Lawyers Plan To Listen Closely To Trump's News Conference

2:03pm January 11, 2017

Donald Trump is holding a long-awaited press conference on Wednesday. Rachel Martin talks 2 people waiting for what Trump has to say: former White House ethics lawyers, Norm Eisen and Richard Painter.

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Judge To Formally Hand Down Death Sentence For S.C. Church Shooter

7:30am January 11, 2017

by Alexandra Olgin

A federal jury in Charleston, S.C., has sentenced Dylann Roof to death for the 2015 church killings. The same jury convicted him last month in the nine shootings.

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Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca leaves federal court in Los Angeles, near the end of his December 2016 trial of charges of obstruction and conspiracy. A mis-trial was declared. Baca will be retried.

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Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca To Be Retried On Obstruction of Justice Charges

8:26pm January 10, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

Federal prosecutors say they will try again to convince a jury that Baca was responsible for a wide-ranging conspiracy to cover up reports of prisoner abuse and thwart investigators.