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Richardson, Claiborne serving life in prison despite 1998 murder acquittal.
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The state plans to appeal a decision finding its departure from RGGI unlawful.
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The president ordered all government employees to return to office.
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The county is required to buy 12M gallons of water a day from the city.
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In total, 87 Virginians were charged in connection to the 2021 riot.
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A blizzard of executive orders signals Trump's desire to remake American institutions.
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A federal appeals court said it would not intervene — at least for now — to thwart the Trump administration's plans for the near-total dismantlement of Voice of America.
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The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.
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The judge says the administration "unquestionably" violated his earlier order, which stated migrants cannot be deported to a country other than their own without having adequate notice and a chance to object.
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The U.S. Department of Justice and top state officials are investigating a proposed Muslim housing development in North Texas known as EPIC City for potential religious discrimination. The project's developers say they're years away from breaking ground.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Daniel Shapiro, former U.S. ambassador to Israel and distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council, about the shooting deaths of two Israeli embassy staffers in D.C.