‘We Were Representing Our Whole Race’: A Mom Passes On Her Civil Rights Story
Charisse Spencer grew up in the country’s largest black suburb during the 1960s. She tells her son about being one of the first African-Americans to integrate an all-white school in Virginia.
News Brief: Koreas Summit Begins, Bill Cosby Convicted, Pruitt’s Future
Kim Jong Un crossed the South Korean border to begin a historic meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday. Also, Bill Cosby was convicted of sexual assault.
Teachers Walk Out In Colorado
Colorado’s largest school districts will be closed Friday to accommodate further teacher walkouts. Teachers are asking for better pay, more school funding and a protected retirement plan.
Cosby Convicted Of Sexual Assault
A Pennsylvania jury found Bill Cosby guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004. A previous trial on the same charges ended in a hung jury last year.
Cosby Accuser Reacts To Verdict
Bill Cosby was found guilty of sexual assault on Thursday. NPR’s David Greene speaks with Donna Motsinger. She accused Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 1972.
Flint Activist On Water Crisis
NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to LeeAnne Walters, who recently won the Goldman Environmental Prize, about the current state of the water crisis in Flint, Mich.
Former NBC Correspondent Accuses Tom Brokaw Of Sexual Misconduct
Linda Vester, who worked for a decade at NBC before moving to Fox News, says the legendary news anchor groped her and forcibly tried to kiss her on two separate occasions in the 1990s.
Militia Leader Who Tried to Bomb a Remote Federal Cabin Pleads Guilty
A Utah man who the government said tried to blow up a Bureau of Land Management cabin in Arizona has pleaded guilty in federal court in Salt Lake City.
Kids Of White House Reporters Take Over And Trump Seems To Prefer It
“Do you want your parents in the Oval Office or out?” Trump asked. “Out!” the kids cried. “I agree. Come on, let’s go,” Trump said.
New York Gov. Cuomo To Federal Immigration Officials: ‘The State Will Sue’
On Wednesday, the governor sent a cease and desist letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying their arrest of a dairy farmer in upstate New York last week violated the law.
Senate Ethics Panel Admonishes Sen. Menendez
The bipartisan panel unanimously agreed that Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., violated Senate rules and codes of conduct in his relationship with a longtime friend who was convicted of Medicare fraud.
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