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Trial Of Former Auschwitz Guard To Begin In Germany

6:23pm April 20, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The trial begins Tuesday of a 93-year-old man who is accused of committing war crimes while working at Auschwitz. There are doubts that he will live long enough for the trial to be completed.

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Jayne Rowse (left) and April DeBoer with their four children, Jacob (from left), Rylee, Nolan and Ryanne at a news conference in March.

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Meet The 'Accidental Activists' Of The Supreme Court's Same-Sex-Marriage Case

6:23pm April 20, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

The legal battle over same-sex marriage hits the Supreme Court next week. It's an extraordinarily high-stakes clash, but the men and women at the center of it see themselves as incredibly ordinary.

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FBI Arrests 6 People In 2 States In Terrorism Investigation

11:48am April 20, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The men, originally from the Twin Cities area, are charged with giving support to ISIS, the group that calls itself the Islamic State, with plans to travel to Syria to fight for the group.

Spectators bow their heads during a moment of silence during a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing at the Oklahoma City National Memorial, on Sunday.

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2 Decades Later, 168 Victims Of Oklahoma City Attack Are Remembered

4:53pm April 19, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Former President Bill Clinton and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin spoke at a ceremony remembering the April 19, 1995 bombing — the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.

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Rules For No-Fly List Disclosures Get An Update

6:25pm April 18, 2015

Hundreds of Americans are on the list, but often don't know it — or how they got there. The Washington Post's Adam Goldman explains the DOJ's new guidelines for informing people of their status.

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Oklahoma Approves Nitrogen Asphyxiation For Executions

1:02pm April 18, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The new method was proposed after the botched execution by lethal injection last year of an Oklahoma inmate.

In rural North Dakota, where Melanie Hoffert grew up on her family farm, discussing subjects like homosexuality and same-sex marriage is often considered taboo.

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A North Dakota Family Breaks The Silence On Gay Marriage

12:17pm April 18, 2015

by David Greene

Author Melanie Hoffert grew up gay in rural America, where coming out was difficult. But that hasn't stopped her family from having a frank and challenging conversation about same-sex marriage.

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#NPRreads: From The Hell Of The North To 'Trash' Food

2:38pm April 17, 2015

by Ina Jaffe

We highlight a 160-mile cycling race, reminiscences of an interview with the Oklahoma City bomber, the Finnish prison system, the nuclear deal with Iran, and the meaning of calling someone "trash."

Congress Repeals Medicare 'Doc Fix' Law, Ending Annual Scramble

7:40pm April 16, 2015

The "doc fix", which postpones cuts in Medicare payments to doctors, has been an annual ritual in Congress for years. Now a permanent repeal of the doc fix takes care of the problem for good.

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Robert Crooks, founder of the Mountain Minutemen, and others returned to Cliven Bundy's ranch over the weekend to mark one year since the armed standoff, and to claim victory in their cause against the federal government.

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Year After Denying Federal Control, Bundy Still Runs His Bit Of Nevada

2:50pm April 16, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

Rancher Cliven Bundy successfully stood down Bureau of Land Management agents near Las Vegas. He's considered a symbol for a national movement to wrest Western lands from U.S. agencies' authority.

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