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Health & Safety

News brief: Biden vaccine mandate, climate protests, Oath Keepers rosters

6:46am November 05, 2021

The Biden administration says millions of U.S. workers must be vaccinated by Jan. 4. Young people are protesting at the climate summit. Some police have ties to a far-right anti-government militia.

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People opposed to Texas Republicans' effort to pass new voting restrictions gather at the state capitol in Austin on July 10.

Politics & Government

The Biden administration is suing Texas over its new voting law

6:45pm November 04, 2021

by Ashley Lopez

The U.S. Department of Justice claims the Texas law contains several provisions that "will disenfranchise eligible Texas citizens who seek to exercise their right to vote."

Former President Donald Trump has sued to stop the National Archives from turning over requested records to the Jan 6 committee.

Politics & Government

Lawyers for Trump, Jan. 6 panel spar in federal court over records fight

4:53pm November 04, 2021

by Claudia Grisales

The case the marks the first legal test that pits a current president against his predecessor over what records can be released.

National

What it means for the jury to be nearly all white in trial for Ahmad Aubrey's killing

4:53pm November 04, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Wake Forest University professor Francis Flanagan, on the role of race in a jury following the nearly all-white jury selected in the trial over the death of Ahmaud Arbery.

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National

A look at Bruce Schroeder, the judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial

4:53pm November 04, 2021

by Cheryl Corley

Judge Bruce Schroeder, who is overseeing the Rittenhouse trial in Kenosha, Wis., has a reputation as a no-nonsense judge. But his rulings over evidence and language in the case has sparked outrage.

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National

Felony drug convictions tied to a corrupt former police sergeant have been thrown out

4:53pm November 04, 2021

by Chip Mitchell

In Chicago, five more people had their felony drug cases exonerated in an ongoing effort tied to a former Chicago sergeant convicted of corruption. 83 people hope their cases will also be thrown out.

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A Russian analyst has been charged with lying to the FBI as part of a special counsel investigation into the Trump-Russia probe.

Politics & Government

A key source for the infamous Trump-Russia dossier is charged with lying to the FBI

4:53pm November 04, 2021

by Ryan Lucas

Igor Danchenko was taken into custody Thursday as part of special counsel John Durham's investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.

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Kyle Rittenhouse waits for his legal team at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Thursday.

National

A juror in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial was dismissed for joking about Jacob Blake

3:31pm November 04, 2021

by Becky Sullivan

The juror, a retired white man, told a court police officer a joke about the Black man whose shooting by police in 2020 sparked the protests where Rittenhouse killed two and wounded a third.

Las Vegas Metro Police investigators work at the scene of a fatal crash Tuesday. Police say Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was involved in a fiery crash that left a woman dead and Ruggs and his female passenger injured.

Ex-Raiders player was driving 156 mph before a deadly crash, prosecutors say

9:03am November 04, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Henry Ruggs III, a wide receiver with the Las Vegas Raiders, was released by the team hours after details were made public of Tuesday's fatal crash.

DOJ's China Initiative aims to counter theft of U.S. secrets and technology

8:08am November 04, 2021

by Ryan Lucas

Critics say the initiative has created a climate of fear among Chinese Americans, and has had a chilling effect on scientific research.

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