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California's Juvenile Justice System Undergoes Major Overhaul

6:57am December 25, 2020

by Marisa Lagos

California is eliminating its three state juvenile detention centers — sending responsibility back to counties. Advocates say it could mean substantial changes in the way juveniles are treated.

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Comparing Trump's Wave Of Pardons To Those Of Past Administrations

6:25am December 25, 2020

NPR's Noel King talks Kim Wehle, law professor at the University of Baltimore and author of How to Read the Constitution, about President Trump's pardons or commutations issued to dozens of people.

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Politics & Government

President Trump Pardons Roger Stone, Paul Manafort And Charles Kushner

7:23am December 24, 2020

by Ayesha Rascoe

Trump granted more pardons Wednesday to 26 people, including some people who are close to him. On Monday Trump granted full pardons to 15 individuals and commuted part or all of the sentences of five.

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A long investigation by Ken Dornstein, a documentary filmmaker whose brother died in the attack, identified Libyan Abu Agela Mas'ud as the possible maker of the bomb that shattered the New York-bound Boeing 747 as it flew over Lockerbie, Scotland on Dec.

Filmmaker Details Investigation That Identified Alleged Pam Am Flight 103 Bomb-Maker

6:29am December 24, 2020

Ken Dornstein talks about how his 2015 documentary led to the recent indictment of Abu Agela Mas'ud as the man suspected of making the bomb that took down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

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China's market regulator announced Thursday that it had opened an investigation into the e-commerce giant, Alibaba, for alleged anticompetitive activities.

World News

Chinese Regulators Open Investigation Into E-Commerce Giant Alibaba

5:08am December 24, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

China's State Administration for Market Regulation is focusing on allegations that Alibaba forces merchants on its website to sell only on its platform.

President Trump emerges from the Oval Office on Wednesday as he departs the White House en route to Florida's Mar-a-Lago, where he will spend Christmas and New Year's Eve.

Politics & Government

Trump Pardons Roger Stone, Paul Manafort And Charles Kushner

10:37pm December 23, 2020

The announcement comes as part of a wave of pardons and commutations in the final weeks of Trump's presidency.

Blackwater guards, from left, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Nicholas Slatten and Paul Slough were pardoned by President Trump this week. The former government contractors were convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more a dozen Iraqi civilians de

Shock And Dismay After Trump Pardons Blackwater Guards Who Killed 14 Iraqi Civilians

8:14pm December 23, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

"We were surprised that the American president issued a decision to pardon these criminals, murderers and thugs," says an Iraqi man who was shot in the 2007 massacre at Baghdad's Nisour Square.

Migrants from Haiti, Africa, and Central America wait to see if their number will be called to cross the border and apply for asylum in the United States, at the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019.

National

Immigrant Advocates Vow To Keep Up The Pressure As Biden Asks For Patience

2:51pm December 23, 2020

by Joel Rose

President-elect Joe Biden says he will roll back many of President Donald Trump's actions on immigration — but it will take longer than immigrant advocates might have hoped.

A Columbus, Ohio, police officer was removed from duty temporarily following the fatal shooting of a Black man early Tuesday. The officer behind the shooting didn't turn on his body-worn camera to record the shooting.

National

Ohio Officer Removed From Duty After Fatal Shooting Of Black Man

1:09pm December 23, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

The shooting of the as-yet unidentified man in Columbus is the second this month where officers' body cameras weren't switched on.

Politics & Government

President Trump Pushes The Boundaries Of His Pardon Power

8:22am December 23, 2020

by Carrie Johnson

Trump granted clemency to 20 people. That includes three former GOP congressmen, two people prosecuted in the Russia probe and four contractors involved in a deadly incident in Iraq.

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