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Sotomayor's Memoir Already A Best-Seller

The nation's first Latina justice tells her story of rising from poverty to reach the epitome of the legal world.

Oregon jury awards $85 million to 9 victims of deadly 2020 wildfires

The verdict comes in a series of legal proceedings that are expected to put the utility PacifiCorp on the hook for billions of dollars over its liability for the blazes.

Bringing birther back, Donald Trump questions Nikki Haley's right to be president

The former governor of South Carolina, Haley was born in the southern state. But as she surges in Republican polls, Trump is elevating false conspiracy theories about her citizenship on social media.

Could Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Be Tried As A War Criminal?

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Alex Whiting, a former prosecutor at the International Criminal Court and Harvard law professor, to get a sense of how war crimes charges against Assad could work.

When Changing Jobs And Retirement Programs, Good Information Can Be Hard To Find

Audie Cornish talks to Charlie Jeszeck, who oversaw a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on handling retirement savings when workers change jobs. Jeszeck is the director of Education, Workforce and Income Security Issues at the GAO.

Tessa was a chatbot originally designed by researchers to help prevent eating disorders. The National Eating Disorders Association had hoped Tessa would be a resource for those seeking information, but the chatbot was taken down when artificial intelligence-related capabilities, added later on, caused the chatbot to provide weight loss advice.

An eating disorders chatbot offered dieting advice, raising fears about AI in health

The National Eating Disorders Association took down a controversial chatbot, after users showed how the newest version could dispense potentially harmful advice about dieting and calorie counting.

After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has opened up 73 jobs to internal candidates. They include roles just vacated by people who are receiving full pay and benefits through September.

Rebekah Flowers, a University of Louisville student, said she felt her statement about her concern with diversity, equity and inclusion offices was misrepresented as a statement in support of a Kentucky anti-DEI bill.

Black student's statement on anti-DEI legislation misrepresented to Kentucky lawmakers, she says

A Black University of Louisville student says a Frankfort lobbyist acting in a personal capacity misrepresented a statement from her under oath to support anti-DEI legislation.

A burned vehicle outside the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after the Sept. 11 attack.

Reports: Militants Quickly Claimed Responsibility For Benghazi Attack

Emails sent to the White House and other agencies reported Ansar al-Sharia's claim, Reuters and Fox News say. The issue of how quickly officials knew that terrorist groups may have been involved has become a hot topic on the campaign trail.

A woman uses a cellphone while driving in Los Angeles in 2011.

Americans More Distracted Behind The Wheel Than Europeans

Nearly 70 percent of American drivers say they talked on their cell phones while driving at least once in the previous month, according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And about a third admitted to reading or sending texts or emails while driving.

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