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  • U.S. Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer says Charles Daum, a longtime lawyer, betrayed his profession.
    When The Lawyer Becomes The Object Of Prosecution
    An accused drug dealer has turned the tables and helped prosecutors convict his defense lawyer of manufacturing evidence to help his case. The hard-nosed strategy is raising questions about whether the Justice Department is chilling the relationship between a defendant and his lawyer.
  • Senate panel to vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination
    NPR's A Martinez speaks with SCOTUSblog reporter Amy Howe about Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's possible influence on the high court, if the full Senate votes to confirm her this week.
  • Chestnuts at the Missouri Chestnut Roast Festival on Oct. 2. Chestnut farming is a growth opportunity for Missouri agriculture.
    Midwest farmers are beginning to make money by swapping chestnuts for row crops
    The U.S. imports a lot of chestnuts, and there is an opportunity for more of them to be homegrown. (This encore story originally was published Oct. 15, 2021.)
  • Barriers stand near Trump Tower in New York City on Friday.
    What happens after Trump's indictment? Here are some of the logistical considerations
    The historic indictment of the former president raises all sorts of legal, political and logistical questions. While it's early days, experts expect a delayed trial after Tuesday's arraignment.
  • Wanda Irving holds her granddaughter, Soleil, in front of a portrait of Soleil's mother, Shalon Irving, at her home in Sandy Springs, Ga., in 2017. Wanda is raising Soleil since Shalon died of complications due to hypertension a few weeks after giving birth.
    Maternal deaths in the U.S. spiked in 2021, CDC reports
    After years of high rates, the country hit a new high during the pandemic, far exceeding rates in other developed nations. Black women are at especially high risk.
  • Wanda Irving holds her granddaughter, Soleil, in front of a portrait of Soleil's mother, Shalon Irving, at her home in Sandy Springs, Ga., in 2017. Wanda is raising Soleil since Shalon died of complications due to hypertension a few weeks after giving birth.
    Maternal deaths in the U.S. spiked in 2021, CDC reports
    After years of high rates, the country hit a new high during the pandemic, far exceeding rates in other developed nations. Black women are at especially high risk.
  • Today on KRPS for Saturday August 12
    Today's highlights on KRPS include:This American Life at noon and Sunday at 2 pm, which will feature stories about the final days of summer.The New Yorker Radio Hour at 4 pm, where host David Remnick will speak with Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona about the end of affirmative action.
  • From left: U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis County, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, U.S Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten attend a roundtable discussion on student mental health on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, at Compton-Drew Middle School in St. Louis, Mo.
    Biden cabinet members visit St. Louis to talk mental health in schools, HBCUs
    Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra visited St. Louis on Wednesday.
  • More than 50 million Americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home over the upcoming July Fourth weekend. Traffic in Austin, Texas, is seen here in April.
    Traveling over the Fourth of July weekend? So is everyone else
    AAA is forecasting record-high travel this weekend, when more than 50 million Americans are expected to get out of town. That could mean clogged roads and snarls at airports.
  • Today on KRPS for Sunday July 9
    Show highlights today on KRPS include three music shows.First, join us for Live from Cain’s this afternoon at 3. A special eight-week series exploring the American music experience in every song and story from the historic Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Also, two KRPS show premieres.Tonight at 9, join us for NPR’s All Songs Considered with Bob Boilen and producer Robin Hilton. Every week the duo go through hundreds of new CDs to find sneak previews of music that's worth getting excited about, whether it's the latest Swedish pop band, a hip hop artist going ambient, or a singer-songwriter with a twisted new take on love.Followed by..Alt. Latino at 9:30. This week Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras round up their favorite albums of 2023 so far, from the modern corridos tumbados of Peso Pluma, a new, reimagined version of one of Fito Paez's greatest albums, dream pop from Y La Bamba and more. Plus: a run down of regional Mexican's current explosion.
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