A few more current npr versions of continuing stories that have captured attentions over the last while.
US Department oif Justice has released some of its findings in its probe of the local law enforcement police practices in and around Ferguson, MO. A DOJ probe had been ordered following the uprisings of people after the killing of Michael Brown in Missouri last summer.
A conversation at the train station in Paris, a trip to the suburbs and a sit down cafe, reveal layers of context about French muslim youth. 8 min audio
A conversation shows some ways in which Jews in France can be uncomfortable politically.
Timeline documenting the shooting of three students in North Carolina. The motives are not known but the gunman turned himself in. The fact that they were muslim has attracted international attention.
Jury selection completed on the Tsarnaev Boston bombing case. The Dpartment of Justice is accusing Dzhokhar Tsarnaerv of thirty crimes, half of which receive the death penalty, if convicted. His defense attorneys are not happy about the jury selection. Tomorrow begin opening statements.
A quick primer on bribery to gain health care, education in developing countries.
Fly-on-the-wall source gives a view into House Speaker John Boehner speaking to his supporters in the House of Representatives. That the Senate Democrats blocked them in their attempt to block the President's executive action regarding immigration. So, after a big show of drama last week where the House ended up looking ridiculous, today, the House goes ahead and votes to fund the Department of Homeland Security until the end of the fiscal year. The House has been threatening to pull a stunt like this for over six months -- not to fund the DHS if the president's executive action remains -- so it seems just the way it blew up in their faces. Let them get blamed for the tactic as well, and with them in such a majority 'leadership' position. Yes, they passsed the funding and didn't get their way and looked inept and petulant all last week.
Ex-CIA chief and Army General famous for having authored the surge in the Iraq War, The Man They Call Petraeus entered a plea in court responding to accusations by the Department of Justice. He apparently gave secret information to his mistress biographer. Just what army men and spooks are not supposed to do. They are calling them criminal misdemeanor charges.
Did Bibi have his last hooray before Congress today? A sober assessment.
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