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Alabama Chief Justice Orders Judges To Stop Issuing Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

5:15pm January 06, 2016

by Debbie Elliott

The chief justice of Alabama's Supreme Court has once again ordered the state's probate judges not to issue same-sex marriage licenses. The move comes despite a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court last year legalizing gay marriage.

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Y'all Qaeda: Law Enforcement Strategy In Oregon Prompts Sharp Criticism

4:50pm January 06, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Jamelle Bouie of Slate about the hashtag "Y'all Qaeda" and the conversation surrounding law enforcement response to the Oregon standoff.

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Enrique Marquez Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Terrorism Charges

4:24pm January 06, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The former neighbor of one of the San Bernardino shooters is accused of providing two guns that were used in the Dec. 2 attack that left 14 people dead.

A passerby walks past a Chipotle restaurant in Seattle in November that closed following one of two E.coli outbreaks that sickened scores of people.

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Chipotle Faces A Criminal Investigation Into Its Handling Of A Norovirus Outbreak

2:23pm January 06, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

More than 200 employees and customers were sickened last August at a restaurant in California. A grand jury subpoena requires Chipotle to produce a range of documents in connection with the outbreak.

A U.S. flag hangs over a sign in front of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters on Tuesday near Burns, Ore. An armed group has occupied the refuge since the weekend.

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Why There's No Sign Of Law Enforcement At Site Of Oregon Takeover

1:50pm January 06, 2016

by Martin Kaste

The armed occupiers of a federal wildlife refuge have been free to come and go. After deadly government raids in the 1990s, such as Waco and Ruby Ridge, there's less appetite for force these days.

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Hilda Ramirez and her son, Ivan, are staying at a shelter home in Austin. They fear that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will come and arrest them any minute.

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Central American Families Fear Deportation As Raids Begin

1:46pm January 06, 2016

by John Burnett

Immigration agents are rounding up Central American families who entered the U.S. illegally within the past two years. They are mainly mothers with children whose asylum claims have been rejected.

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Prices, as seen at a gas station in Woodbridge, Va., on Tuesday, are 21 cents a gallon cheaper than this time last year. The drop violates the historic rule that tension such as that currently between key producers Saudi Arabia and Iran causes the cost of

Troubles Are Up In The Middle East, But Oil Prices Are Down. Huh?

7:27pm January 05, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

In the past, when political tensions increased, oil prices went up too amid supply risks. But now OPEC's power is down and U.S. oil supplies are much greater, helping hold prices steady.

Obama Outlines New Rules For Gun Sales In The U.S.

7:05pm January 05, 2016

by Mara Liasson

President Obama announced executive action on guns in a speech that was both emotional and politically charged. Gun rights supporters immediately denounced the move.

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Obama Announcement On Gun Control Measures Sparks Republican Outrage

4:37pm January 05, 2016

President Obama formally announced Tuesday new executive actions on gun control. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Rep. Bradley Byrne of Alabama for the reaction from Republican lawmakers.

As U.S. Begins Deportations, Central America Prepares For Influx

4:37pm January 05, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Natalia del Cid, who studies migration in El Salvador, about what happens to Central American immigrants when they return home after being deported from the U.S.