| Supreme Court Justices Seem Incredulous At Repeated Racial Bias In Jury Selection
- In a Mississippi death-penalty case, the justices were skeptical of the way the state picked and dismissed black jurors and appeared ready not to uphold the conviction.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:04:04 -0400
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| Civil Rights And Faith Leaders To FBI: Take White Nationalist Violence Seriously
- Civil rights and faith leaders are demanding a meeting with the FBI director. The message: time to prioritize white nationalist violence.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:52:25 -0400
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| Fed Signals Rate Hikes May Be Over For 2019
- The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday and signaled that no more rate hikes may be necessary this year amid signs of economic slowing.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:43:00 -0400
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| Trump Backs Public Release Of Mueller Report
- The president told reporters "let people see" special counsel Robert Mueller's report as he again denied any collusion with Russia prior to his election in 2016.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:24:18 -0400
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| Plight Of Survivors After Cyclone Idai: No Power, No Homes, No Roads
- Charities are trying to help with what a Red Cross staffer calls "the worst humanitarian crisis in Mozambique's history." Zimbabwe and Malawi were also struck.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 13:56:14 -0400
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| Democratic Candidates Embrace The Risk Of Radical Ideas
- Increasing the size of the Supreme Court and scrapping the Electoral College are two of the latest provocative proposals sweeping the 2020 Democratic field.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 13:37:56 -0400
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| EU Fines Google $1.7 Billion Over 'Abusive' Online Ad Strategies
- For years, AdSense contracts gave Google a wide range of control, including how its rivals' search ads would appear — and their size, color and font, the EU says.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 13:25:07 -0400
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| In Wake Of Mass Shooting, New Zealand's Ardern Calls For Global Fight Against Racism
- The prime minister visited a school that lost two current students and one former student in the Christchurch mosque shootings last week.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:48:54 -0400
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| #AbledsAreWeird: People With Disabilities Share Uncomfortable Encounters
- "There's really no common sense attached when able-bodied people approach disabled people," says activist Imani Barbarin, who started the hashtag.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:45:22 -0400
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| Radovan Karadzic Gets Life As Hague Court Upholds Genocide Conviction
- Judges in The Hague upheld the Bosnian Serb leader's conviction in connection with the 1995 Srebrenica massacre that claimed the lives of 8,000 Muslim men and boys.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:39:41 -0400
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| Advice On How To Be Happy From The 3rd Least Happy Country In The World
- Afghanistan ranks extremely low on the World Happiness Report, released for World Happiness Day on March 20. But that doesn't mean it is a place devoid of happiness.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:31:00 -0400
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| Avalanche Forecasters Say Rocky Mountain Region Now At Higher Risk
- Avalanche forecasters in Colorado say it's going to be a bad year. They're predicting the highest danger level for snow slides since they began forecasting in 1973.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:00:20 -0400
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| 'The Lost Gutenberg' Traces One Bible's 500-Year Journey
- The depth of Margaret Leslie Davis' research on the tome's history cannot be understated — her writing is straightforward and, at times, heartbreaking, but outstanding reporting lies at the core.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:58:00 -0400
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| U.S. Airstrikes In Somalia May Amount To War Crimes, Says Rights Group
- A new report by Amnesty International alleges that the U.S. killed at least 14 people in five different airstrikes in Somalia. The U.S. says it has never killed or injured a civilian.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:37:14 -0400
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| In 'Horizon,' Considering All That Is Connected
- Barry Lopez's new book is a biography and a portrait of some of the world's most delicate places, but at heart it's a contemplation of the belief that the way forward is compassionately, and together.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:34:00 -0400
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