How Will The Next President Protect Our Digital Lives?
For the first time in a White House race, the candidates will need a game plan for cyber policy for Day 1 in the Oval Office and will have some tough choices to make.
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Officer's Acquittal Highlights Tense Police, Community Relations In Cleveland
There were relatively peaceful protests after a white police officer in Cleveland was acquitted Saturday in the deaths of two unarmed black motorists in a barrage of police gunfire in 2012.
Supreme Court Says Locals Can Make Pill-Makers Pay For Drug Disposal
The court decision means companies are on the hook for helping at least some consumers in California safely dispose of leftover pills and other medicine. Similar measures are in the works elsewhere.
Test Of '1 Person, 1 Vote' Heads To The Supreme Court
Analysts have noted that dividing districts based on eligible voters rather than total population would tend to shift representative power to localities with fewer children and fewer immigrants.
Before Cleveland, About 30 Police Departments Entered DOJ Agreements
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, about the history of Justice Department involvement in reforming local police departments.
Federal Appeals Court Leaves Hold On Obama's Immigration Orders
The president has sought to give temporary protection from deportation to people who were brought to the U.S. as children, and to the parents of people who live in the U.S. legally.
In America's Heartland, Heroin Crisis Is Hitting Too Close To Home
Midwestern and Southwestern states struggle with an influx of heroin being sold for cheap by Mexican cartels. In one community, a spike in heroin-related deaths has everyone on high alert.
Chicago Bears Release Ray McDonald After Arrest For Domestic Violence
It is the defensive end's second arrest in the past nine months. Police in Santa Clara, Calif., say McDonald assaulted a woman while she was holding a baby.
Brelo Verdict Shows The Difficulty In Applying Use Of Force Standards
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Michael Benza, law professor at Case Western Reserve University, about what questions remain after Cleveland officer Michael Brelo was acquitted of manslaughter.
Cleveland Simmers In Wake Of Officer's Manslaughter Acquittal
Cleveland residents are on edge after a white police officer was found not guilty in the 2012 shooting deaths of an unarmed black driver and his passenger. The shooting ended a high-speed car chase.