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APM Reports: 'In the Dark: The Trials of Curtis Flowers'

APM Reports: 'In the Dark: The Trials of Curtis Flowers'

Reporter Madeleine Baran examines the case of Curtis Flowers, who has been tried six times for the same crime. The Supreme Court just agreed to hear Curtis Flowers' appeal.
by APM Reports

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Serving time, and fighting California wildfires for $2 a day

Serving time, and fighting California wildfires for $2 a day

For the inmates who volunteer, the state program offers sentence reductions and more comfortable prison accommodations. But some critics have decried the practice as slave labor.
by Lakshmi Singh

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Minnesotan named Rhodes scholar to focus on U.S. drug policy

Minnesotan named Rhodes scholar to focus on U.S. drug policy

"We treat it (drug addiction) as a criminal issue instead of a public health issue," said Riley Tillitt, who lost his brother to a heroin overdose. That attitude is leading to more people overdosing, he said.
by Associated Press

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Six years after museum heist, missing Picasso painting possibly found in Romania

Six years after museum heist, missing Picasso painting possibly found in Romania

Thieves entered Rotterdam's Kunsthal in 2012 and made off with seven paintings, allegedly later burned in an oven by the ringleader's mother. Now the story has taken another strange turn.

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Inside the business of school security to stop active shooters

Inside the business of school security to stop active shooters

Schools in the U.S. have spent billions of dollars on systems to stop shooters. Washington Post reporter John Woodrow Cox says it's not clear how effective these measures can be.
by Lakshmi Singh

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How a 'court records nerd' discovered the government may be charging Julian Assange

How a 'court records nerd' discovered the government may be charging Julian Assange

One minute, Seamus Hughes was reading the book "Dragons Love Tacos" to his son. The next minute, he stumbled on what could be one of the most closely guarded secrets within the U.S. government.
by Jason Breslow

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Wisconsin hunters asked to help in search for Jayme Closs

Wisconsin hunters asked to help in search for Jayme Closs

Wisconsin's firearms deer season begins Saturday, and officials are asking hunters across the state to keep an eye out for any evidence that might provide a break in the case of a missing 13-year-old girl.
by MPR News Staff

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St. Cloud police investigate deer carcasses left on vehicles

St. Cloud police investigate deer carcasses left on vehicles

Police said they considered whether the two vehicles were chosen because their owners are Somali-American, but said that nothing visible on the vehicles would have identified the race of either car's owner.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Federal appellate court hears from woman who accused Derrick Rose of sexual assault

Federal appellate court hears from woman who accused Derrick Rose of sexual assault

Derrick Rose is a star player for the Minnesota Timberwolves. But a woman who accuses him of sexual assault brings his past under scrutiny. NPR host Rachel Martin speaks with Clinton Yates, a columnist for The Undefeated.

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