A House committee narrowly cleared a change Wednesday to the Indiana Constitution to dramatically expand who can be held in jail without bail before trial.
Direct support professionals can provide a critical service to people in Indiana with disabilities by providing in-home and group-setting care. But in some cases, DSPs abuse and neglect those they’re supposed to care for and, advocates say, often get away with it by switching jobs.
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The agency's decision allows California — which has some of the nation's worst air pollution — to require truck manufacturers to sell more zero-emission trucks over the next couple of decades.
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The Pennsylvania Democrat had been receiving treatment for depression at Walter Reed hospital in Washington, D.C. Fetterman's depression is now in remission, according to his doctor.
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A conspiracy theory that claims governments are trying to enslave people and force them to eat bugs has made the leap from online message boards to national politics in at least two countries.
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Gwyneth Paltrow has won her ski crash case. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with 'New Yorker' writer Naomi Fry about the trial's viral moments and why celebrity trials tend to capture so much attention.
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Unions say labor law is too weak, allowing companies to illegally interfere with workers' right to organize. The issue was front and center at a hearing in the Senate this week.
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A rare species of beetle has been named after former California Gov. Jerry Brown after scientists found one on his ranch.
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Former President Donald Trump's lawyer Jim Trusty expects his legal team to fight to dismiss the case.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with actress and singer Teyana Taylor about the new film A Thousand and One, which follows a woman and her son's story for more than a decade.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with former President Donald Trump's lawyer Jim Trusty about his indictment in the Stormy Daniels case.
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The criminal indictment of Donald Trump is a first for a U.S. president and a first for Trump — but his family's business dealings have raised questions with authorities in New York for decades.
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Millions of Americans may lose access to free preventive health care services. Insurers have been required to cover those services under the ACA, but a federal judge in Texas struck that down.
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NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Nicole Auerbach, senior writer for The Athletic, ahead of the Men's and Women's Final Four games happening across Texas this weekend.
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Early reports that the Nashville school shooter may have been transgender have fueled an anti-trans backlash on right-wing media. Trans advocates are worried about an escalation of hate.
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The blockbuster $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit is set to go to trial next month in a Delaware court.
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