Law

Police tape cordons off a street in Waukesha, Wis., after an SUV plowed into a Christmas parade hitting multiple people on Sunday.

National

5 people are dead and 40 injured after a driver speeds through a Wisconsin parade

7:46am November 22, 2021

Children were among those struck by the car and at least five people are dead after an SUV drove through crowds at the 58th annual Waukesha Christmas Parade in Wisconsin.

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Closing arguments are to begin in the Ga. murder trial over a Black jogger's death

7:20am November 22, 2021

by Debbie Elliott

On Monday, closing arguments are to begin in the trial of three white men accused of murdering 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed as he ran through their Georgia neighborhood last year.

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A Nordstrom sign is displayed outside of a mall in 2017 in Indianapolis. Police described an "organized theft" at a Nordstrom near San Francisco.

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80 people stormed a California Nordstrom store and stole merchandise

9:58pm November 21, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

Police in Walnut Creek said they arrested three people in connection with the incident at the luxury department store, including one person allegedly in possession of a gun.

Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath, from Georgia speaks as the House Judiciary Committee hears investigative findings in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. When redrawing her district, Republicans in Georgia removed several

As Georgia grows more Democratic, its members of Congress will not

5:09pm November 21, 2021

by Stephen Fowler

Facing political and demographic changes in the state over the last decade, Republicans in Georgia used redistricting to expand representation in Congress while ceding ground in the state legislature.

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Health & Safety

Iowa law allows workers to refuse the vaccine, while federal law mandates it

9:28am November 21, 2021

by Katarina Sostaric

Some state Republicans are against federal vaccine mandates. In Iowa, a new law allows workers to opt out if they think the vaccine would hurt their well-being or that of those they live with.

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Lawyers for men exonerated in Malcolm X killing discuss wrongful convictions

8:33am November 21, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with attorneys Barry Scheck and David Shanies, who represented the two men exonerated this week for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X.

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Politics & Government

Far right extremists herald Kyle Rittenhouse's acquittal

8:02am November 21, 2021

by Odette Yousef

Right-wing extremists have continued to use Kyle Rittenhouse in their messaging, with new themes emerging since his acquittal last week.

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A TSA employee screens travelers at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Ga., November 2007. TSA is expecting to screen 20 million travelers this Thanksgiving season.

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Atlanta's airport had an active shooter scare as millions prepare for holiday travel

10:20pm November 20, 2021

by Dustin Jones

The accidental discharge of a weapon at a security checkpoint sent travelers into a panic on Saturday. Atlanta police are still looking for the individual who fled the scene with the gun.

Gaige Grosskreutz was shot and injured by Kyle Rittenhouse. He testified on Nov. 8.

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What we know about the 3 men who were shot by Kyle Rittenhouse

8:56pm November 20, 2021

On Aug. 25, 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz.

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Rittenhouse verdict disappoints outside courthouse of Arbery trial

5:06pm November 20, 2021

by Debbie Elliott

In Brunswick, Ga., where three men are on trial in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, activists and local residents react to the acquittals in the Kyle Rittenhouse case.

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