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The Coronavirus Crisis
Millions of people are using Zoom to communicate, but the company is facing mounting scrutiny over whether it is adequately protecting users.

Senator Asks FTC To Investigate Zoom's 'Deceptive' Security Claims

Apr 03, 2020
Lawmakers and state attorneys general are scrutinizing the popular video conferencing company for potential violations, after users reported harassment and researchers uncovered security flaws.
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National
The Justice Department has placed a high national security priority on its probe of the shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, insisting that investigators must get access to data from two locked and encrypted iPhones that belonged to the al

Trump Administration Targets Your 'Warrant-Proof' Encrypted Messages

Feb 21, 2020

Encryption is going mainstream, and some tech companies "throw away the key" so they can't decrypt messages even when police get a warrant. The government says that's taking privacy too far.

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Law
A joint investigation involving the U.S., Germany, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom helped take down the WeLeakInfo site, which the Justice Department says sold billions of stolen usernames, passwords and other data.

FBI Seizes Website Suspected Of Selling Access To Billions Of Pieces Of Stolen Data

Jan 17, 2020
The site weleakinfo.com is now down. The Justice Department says that for a fee, users could access stolen personal data names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses. Two people were arrested in Europe.
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Law
An FBI official at the scene of a shooting, Thursday in Miramar, Fla. Four people, including a UPS driver, were killed in the shootout between the armed robbers and police authorities.

4 Dead After Armed Robbers Hijack UPS Truck

Dec 06, 2019
Police officers in South Florida exchanged gunfire with two armed robbers Thursday. The resulting skirmish ended with both suspects dead, along with a hostage and a bystander.
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Criminal Justice Collaborative
A man wearing a Stronger Than Hate yarmulke stands outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the site of a shooting that killed 11 worshippers in 2018. Anti-Semitic homicides in the U.S. reached their highest level ever as a result of the shootin

FBI Reports Dip In Hate Crimes, But Rise In Violence

Nov 12, 2019
The FBI released its annual tally of hate crimes on Tuesday. Attacks on individuals surged to a 16-year high in 2018 and hate-crime-related homicides rose from 15 to 24.
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National
A marijuana plant grows in California's Shasta-Trinity National Forest. This plant is part of an illegal growing operation by highly organized drug cartels that take advantage of the forests' thick canopy to help hide their operations.

Illegal Pot Operations In Public Forests Are Poisoning Wildlife And Water

Nov 12, 2019
Insecticides and other chemicals found at the sites threaten long-term damage to ecosystems. California law enforcement, ecologists and others are cracking down.
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National
Craig Stivender, a Republican candidate for Colleton County sheriff in South Carolina, released a photo of himself in blackface in a recent campaign video. He says he was dressed as Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison f

South Carolina Sheriff's Candidate: I Wore Blackface 10 Years Ago

Oct 10, 2019
In a political ad, Craig Stivender, a Republican candidate for sheriff in Colleton County, S.C., says he wanted to share his past mistakes before opponents tried to use them to disparage him.
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National
Kelly Lytle Hernández is a historian and professor at UCLA and newly named MacArthur Fellow. Her work focuses on the U.S. history of mass incarceration and immigrant detention.

Rebel Historian Who Reframes History Receives MacArthur 'Genius' Grant

Sep 25, 2019
Kelly Lytle Hernández's work challenges the historical narratives surrounding mass incarceration and immigrant detention. The UCLA professor was named one of this year's 26 MacArthur Fellows.
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National
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg (center), head of Big City Mayors, discusses the homeless problem after the group met with California Gov. Gavin Newsom in March. Steinberg says it's time for any adversarial relationship between cities and the Trump ad

The Ongoing Clash Between Trump And Big Cities

Sep 24, 2019
Mayors of some of the cities the president targets say they aren't worried about jeopardizing federal funding and will continue fighting the rhetoric and policies they believe will harm urban areas.
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Criminal Justice Collaborative
Crime Stoppers lets people call in anonymous tips to its programs across the United States.

Do Cash Rewards For Crime Tips Work?

Sep 17, 2019
Offering rewards to catch criminals may, in rare instances, motivate people to come forward with a tip. However, few people actually claim rewards and there's little evidence that they actually work.
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National
Philip Smith is the president and founder of the National African American Gun Association. Since its creation in 2015, the group has seen rapid growth with roughly 30,000 members and 75 chapters nationwide.

With A Growing Membership Since Trump, Black Gun Group Considers Getting Political

Jul 10, 2019
The African American Gun Association is at a crossroads, trying to decide whether to stay a community-oriented organization or get into the political fray.
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National
Courtney Irby is charged with misdemeanor trespassing in connection with guns owned by her estranged husband. A member of her family told local media that Irby had feared for her life.

Woman Accused Of Turning In Husband's Guns To The Police Will Face Misdemeanor Charge

Jul 03, 2019
Courtney Irby had taken her husband's guns from his home, and given them to police. At the time he was under arrest for allegedly ramming her car with his.
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Book Reviews
<em>Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History</em> by Peter Houlahan

'Norco '80' Is A Gripping Account Of One Of America's Most Notorious Bank Heists

Jun 14, 2019
Peter Houlahan's account of the violent robbery and its aftermath is based on interviews with civilians, officers and robbers involved; his prose reads like a crime novel in the best way possible.
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Newscast headlines

Audit Finds Lost Evidence At Utah Police Departments

May 03, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state audit finds police lost track of dozens of pieces of evidence in Utah, including drugs, paraphernalia and at least one gun.

The audit released Wednesday found missing evidence at five out of the seven agencies in the review sample.

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Newscast headlines

Nevada Bill Aims For Reporting Of Undocumented Transfers

Mar 23, 2019
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada bill seeks to require police departments to tell lawmakers how many undocumented people they transfer to federal authorities.

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Law
As of Dec. 27, this year 144 federal, state and local law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty — a rise from the 129 officers killed in 2017. Here, wounded Dekalb County Police K9 Indi stands by his handler's side during a funeral service

More Police Officers Died From Gunfire Than Traffic Incidents In 2018, Report Says

Dec 27, 2018
"Firearms-related fatalities were the leading cause of officer deaths, with 52 officers shot and killed in 2018," the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund says.
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National
Officials say a woman fired a gun killing and wounding multiple people at a Rite Aid distribution center in Maryland.

Multiple People Killed And Wounded In Maryland Shooting

Sep 20, 2018
The suspect, a woman, has died, and officials say there is no additional threat to the community. The shooting occurred at a Rite Aid distribution center in Aberdeen, Md.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Henderson: There's A New Chief In Town

Aug 29, 2018

LaTesha Watson is the first black person and only the second female to be chief of the Henderson Police Department.

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National
Demonstrators carry banners on the campus of the University of Virginia on Saturday during a rally on the anniversary of last year's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

Small Group Of White Supremacists Rally In D.C. Amid Mass Counterprotests

Aug 12, 2018
A white supremacist rally took place next to the White House on Sunday, one year after the "Unite the Right" demonstration by the same organizer turned deadly in Charlottesville, Va.
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Criminal Justice Collaborative
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and in solidarity with the family and supporters of Stephon Clark and others killed by police, demonstrators protest and march in the Magnificent Mile shopping distri

Chicago Debates If Civilian Groups Should Oversee Police

May 28, 2018
Overhauling police has been a critical issue for more than two years after the release of a video which showed a white Chicago police officer shooting and killing a black teenager.
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Criminal Justice Collaborative
In this video, Amazon's Ranju Das demonstrates real-time facial recognition to an audience. It shows video from a traffic cam that he said was provided by the city of Orlando, where police have been trying the technology out.

Orlando Police Testing Amazon's Real-Time Facial Recognition

May 22, 2018
American police have been reluctant to use systems that can scan live video for the faces of "persons of interest." Amazon wants to change that with a cheaper, cloud-based version of the technology.
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Criminal Justice Collaborative
Real-time facial recognition has made huge iPhone leaps in accuracy in recent years. This image of NPR's Martin Kaste, is from a Cognitec demonstration at the Connect ID conference.

Real-Time Facial Recognition Is Available, But Will U.S. Police Buy It?

May 10, 2018
Instant facial recognition is ramping up in China and other places, but will U.S. law enforcement follow suit?
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National
Susan Riehl says her family tried in vain to get her son Matthew mental health treatment in the months before he killed a Douglas County sheriff's deputy and wounded four law enforcement officers and two civilians in a shootout on New Year's Eve 2017.

Colorado Lawmakers Weigh 'Red Flag Law' As Gun Owners Push Back

May 03, 2018
Coloradans are debating a bill that would allow guns to be temporarily taken away from someone who is a significant risk to themselves or to others.
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National
The rifle used in Sunday's deadly shooting at the Waffle House.

Waffle House Shooting Underscores How Gun Laws Vary From State To State

Apr 23, 2018
Travis Reinking's guns were seized in Illinois, but he may have broken no laws by having those guns — including an AR-15 — when he moved to Tennessee late last year.
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The Two-Way
Bystander video captured an incident in which police in Cambridge, Mass., are seen punching a black Harvard student who was naked in the median.

Video Shows Police Tackling, Punching Black Harvard Student

Apr 17, 2018
Police in Cambridge, Mass., had responded to calls of a naked man in the street. "Cambridge affirms that Black Lives Matter, but it must be true in practice as well," the city's mayor said.

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