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At many U.S. jails, keeping in touch with loved ones is unaffordable

5:25pm December 04, 2022

by Beenish Ahmed

People in Detroit jails are struggling to stay in touch with loved ones. The pandemic shut down in-person visits and many are finding the cost of phone calls prohibitive.

This "100" on a fence marks the site of the 100th victim of femicide in France in 2019.

Mexican authorities are investigating Shanquella Robinson's death as a femicide

6:00am December 04, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

It's the latest development in a homicide case that continues to capture attention both in the U.S. and abroad.

Zooey Zephyr, state Rep.-elect for the 100th district of the Montana House of Representatives, is the first openly trans woman to be elected in the state legislature. Zephyr poses for a portrait at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington D.C., on Dec. 2, 2022.

After record election year, some LGBTQ lawmakers face a new challenge: GOP majorities

5:00am December 03, 2022

by Shaylee Ragar

Montana state Rep.-elect Zooey Zephyr is the first openly trans woman elected to the state legislature. She and other lawmakers across the country are now faced with trying to curb anti-LGBTQ bills.

Axel Cox, 24, of Gulfport, Miss., was charged with violating the Fair Housing Act after burning a cross in front of a Black family because of their race.

National

A man who burned a cross to intimidate his Black neighbors pleads guilty to hate crime

3:54pm December 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

Axel Cox, 24, of Gulfport, Miss., who burned a cross in his front yard, was charged with violating the Fair Housing Act over the December 2020 incident.

Politics & Government

The felony tax fraud trial of the Trump Organization is winding down

7:11am December 02, 2022

Closing arguments are underway in the Trump Organization's tax fraud trial in New York. Defense attorneys claim a former senior executive committed crimes to benefit himself.

News brief: Trump Organization trial, student loan relief, South Africa scandal

6:39am December 02, 2022

Prosecutors to make closing arguments in Trump Organization trial. Supreme Court to hear Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. Cash-stuffed sofa leads to calls for South Africa's president to resign.

Queue Listen Now

Crosses, flowers and other memorabilia form a make-shift memorial for the victims of the shootings at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

National

Uvalde survivors file a $27 billion class-action lawsuit against police and others

6:27am December 02, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Parents, teachers, school staff and students who were on scene the day of the shooting are demanding redress for "the indelible and forever-lasting trauma" caused by the failures of law enforcement.

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman robocalled roughly 85,000 voters across five states, falsely telling them that voting by mail would risk "giving your private information to the man."

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