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How lawyers with high-profile clients approach jury selection

NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with attorney Camille Vasquez about how defense attorneys approach jury selection when they have a high-profile client.

California’s salmon fishing season is canceled

California’s salmon fishing season has been canceled — again. The fish have dwindled as a result of drought, heat waves, agriculture and damming.

Jury selection to begin for Trump’s hush money trial

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe asks attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo about Donald Trump’s upcoming hush money trial.

30,000 people will run the Boston Marathon. How many porta-potties will it take?

How many porta-potties does it take to relieve the Boston Marathon? A look at the “potty math” behind keeping thirty thousand runners and numerous spectators comfortable.

Chicago shooting kills 7-year-old girl and wounds 7 people including small children

Eight people were shot including a young girl who was killed in what Chicago police believe was gang-related violence on the city’s South Side on Saturday night.

Trump attacks judge and prosecutors in his hush money case in last rally before trial

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday lit into New York prosecutors and the criminal hush money case they brought against him during his last rally before his trial begins Monday.

Tiger Woods sets Masters record, making 24th consecutive cut

The 48-year-old golf legend’s energetic return to Augusta comes after he withdrew mid-tournament last year due to a foot injury.

Kansas governor vetoes proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly also vetoed a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a “vague” bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion.

U.S. border arrests decline amid increased enforcement in Mexico

Arrests for crossing the U.S. border illegally fell slightly in March, authorities said, bucking a usual spring increase amid increased immigration enforcement in Mexico.

Patients die every day waiting for organ transplants. The problem isn’t a lack of donations

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Jennifer Erickson, senior fellow with the Federation of American Scientists, about the organ transplant system and how eligible donated organs wind up in the trash.

In Florida, an activist provides a safe space for transgender people

In north Florida, an activist provides services for transgender people as the state passes laws limiting transgender rights.

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