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Education Secretary DeVos Acknowledges Problems With Teacher Grant Program

4:37pm May 22, 2018

by Cory Turner

In response to exclusive NPR reporting into a troubled federal grant program for public school teachers, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told Congressional leaders Tuesday that she is aware of the program's problems and has taken steps to fix it.

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In this video, Amazon's Ranju Das demonstrates real-time facial recognition to an audience. It shows video from a traffic cam that he said was provided by the city of Orlando, where police have been trying the technology out.

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Orlando Police Testing Amazon's Real-Time Facial Recognition

4:37pm May 22, 2018

by Martin Kaste

American police have been reluctant to use systems that can scan live video for the faces of "persons of interest." Amazon wants to change that with a cheaper, cloud-based version of the technology.

The U.S. Capitol is pictured at dusk in Washington, D.C., in July 2011.

Senators Reach Tentative Deal On Sexual Harassment Legislation

4:36pm May 22, 2018

by Kelsey Snell

A Democratic and a Republican senator announced Tuesday that they reached a tentative deal to address sexual harassment in Congress.

Flowers representing the 53 countries in the Commonwealth adorn the veil worn by Meghan Markle.

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Not Everybody Was A Fan Of Meghan Markle's Wedding Veil

4:35pm May 22, 2018

by Kamala Thiagarajan

The veil depicted 53 flowers representing the nations of the Commonwealth. And that has prompted a backlash in India.

Marcos Carbono (center) joins a protest against the weekend's election in Venezuela in front of that country's consulate in Miami. President Nicolás Maduro may have won the vote count but in the process lost the legitimacy to govern, one expert writes.

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What The World Needs To Do After Venezuela's Vote

4:17pm May 22, 2018

by Ted Piccone

Venezuela's latest vote will worsen its crisis as it consolidates its socialist authoritarian system. But Washington is not well-positioned to lead the charge to stop it, writes Ted Piccone.

A Bible and other religious symbols sit on a table inside Ms. A.B.'s home.

This Salvadoran Woman Is At The Center Of The Attorney General's Asylum Crackdown

3:50pm May 22, 2018

by Joel Rose

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is personally intervening in the case of one woman from El Salvador. He is questioning whether she and other crime victims deserve asylum in the U.S.

Judge Orders Boy Who Started Oregon Wildfire To Pay $36 Million In Restitution

3:39pm May 22, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The judge acknowledged the teenager is unable to pay the full amount. He admitted throwing fireworks that started the Eagle Creek Fire, burning nearly 47,000 acres last year.

Customers look at Tesla cars at a showroom in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on April 4. The cut in Chinese auto import tariffs could help Tesla, which has been looking to break into the Chinese market.

China Cuts Tariffs On Autos, Possibly Easing Trade Tensions With U.S.

3:19pm May 22, 2018

by Dustin Dwyer

China is cutting tariffs on vehicles from the U.S. and other countries after President Trump railed against the imbalance in trade tariffs. The cuts could help German automakers as well as Tesla.

A protester holds a European Union flag next to cardboard cutouts depicting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as Zuckerberg and leaders of the European Parliament prepare to meet in Brussels.

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'Are You Telling The Truth?' European Parliament Questions Mark Zuckerberg

3:14pm May 22, 2018

by Bill Chappell

One member asked the Facebook CEO how he'll be remembered: "As one of the three big Internet giants... or [as] a genius who created a digital monster, that is destroying our democracies."

DNA isolated from a small sample of saliva or blood can yield information, fairly inexpensively, about a person's relative risk of developing dozens of diseases or medical conditions.

Routine DNA Screening Moves Into Primary Care

2:31pm May 22, 2018

by Michelle Andrews

The Pennsylvania-based health care chain Geisinger Health System plans to soon offer DNA sequencing as part of routine care for all patients. Is there a downside?