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Michelle Carter, at her trial earlier this week, had exchanged text messages about suicide with a friend who eventually killed himself.

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Text Messages Urging Suicide Result In Involuntary Manslaughter Conviction

2:41pm June 16, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Michelle Carter's defense attorney had maintained that the case was one of suicide, not homicide. But a judge said her "wanton and reckless conduct" resulted in Conrad Roy's death.

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Amazon Will Buy Whole Foods In $13.7 Billion Deal

2:38pm June 16, 2017

Web giant Amazon has announced it will buy the Whole Foods grocery chain for more than $13 billion. The deal is indicative of big changes in the grocery and food business.

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In a study that tested the vision of people from a variety of professions, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley found that dressmakers who spend many hours doing fine, manual work seemed to have a superior ability to see in 3-D.

Research Finds Dressmakers Have Good Eyes, And Not Just For Style

1:52pm June 16, 2017

by Andrea Hsu

In a study of people from a variety of professions, dressmakers were found to have superior 3-D vision. Could their endless hours of delicate handwork be honing eyesight?

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., discusses the release of the House Republican plan on health care reform at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research on June 22, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

Scalise Is The 17th Member of Congress Shot While In Office

1:08pm June 16, 2017

by Christianna Silva

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., remains in critical condition after being shot Wednesday during a morning baseball practice.

Yale graduate student instructors (from left) Kelly Goodman, Robin Canavan and Gwen Prowse block an intersection in downtown New Haven, Conn., on May 11, to protest what they say is the university's inaction on sexual harassment.

At Yale, Protests Mark A Fight To Recognize Union For Grad Students

1:02pm June 16, 2017

by Yuki Noguchi

The dispute pits graduate student teachers who voted to unionize against an administration that refuses to bargain and disputes the election's validity. Yale says it's awaiting a federal review.

Fresh Air host Terry Gross interviewed former Vice President Joe Biden in front of a live audience at the WHYY studios in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Biden Talks Trump, Faith And Fate In Front Of A Live 'Fresh Air' Audience

11:54am June 16, 2017

by Terry Gross

Joe Biden became a senator at 30 and this is the first time in 44 years that he hasn't been in office. He talks with Terry Gross about patterns in U.S. politics and his hopes for the Trump presidency.

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Pictures of Kapor Klein's SMASH scholars and which college they will attend are on display in the office.

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The Investor Who Took On Uber, And Silicon Valley

11:40am June 16, 2017

by Aarti Shahani

In Silicon Valley, you're supposed to build businesses unapologetically. You're not supposed to speak out against injustice. Freada Kapor Klein breaks those rules.

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Amazon Says It Will Buy Whole Foods In $13.7 Billion Deal

10:46am June 16, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Whole Foods, which opened its first store in Austin, Texas, back in 1980, now has 465 markets in North America and the U.K.

People gather on the steps of the Montgomery County Courthouse in Pennsylvania this week as jury deliberations in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial take place.

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The Cosby And Yanez Juries Appear Deadlocked. Now What?

10:20am June 16, 2017

by David Schaper

With two high-profile cases seemingly teetering on the brink of hung juries this week, you might think it happens quite often. But hung juries are actually relatively rare.

Darrow Brown, 52, and Juan Calvo, 55, live in Baltimore. The men started fostering children after volunteering to take care of drug-addicted infants in 2007.

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2 Dads And Their Experience With Foster Fatherhood

9:53am June 16, 2017

After caring for drug-addicted infants, two men became foster parents. It was hard saying goodbye to the first child, but when offered the chance to do it again they said, "How can you say no?"

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