Control legislature didn t vote on any of these proposals now come January Democrats will control the governor s mansion and its general assembly for the 1st time since 1993 Brecht a booker n.p.r. News former Brazilian President Lula to solve them has left prison after serving nearly 2 years for money laundering and corruption and P.R. s Philip Reeves has more the supporters of Lula as he s universally known here have always argued he was the victim of a plot to stop him securing a 3rd term in last year s elections which were won by Shi a Bilson out of from the far right places other corruption allegations but this isn t deterring his supporters in Brazil and throughout Latin America from celebrating the return to the landscape of one of the left s major figures N.P.R. s Philip Reeves reporting you re listening to n.p.r. News. Methodists are moving closer to a major division over the status of people in the church a group of conservative congregations is indorsing a plan to split into
Wall Street higher by the bell the Dow up 6 points to end the day at 27681 The Nasdaq up 40 points to end at 8475 the s. And p. 500 up 7 points to end in record territory at 3093 you re listening to n.p.r. News from Washington former Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck will will back rather will serve as Chicago s interim superintendent as the city searches for a permanent replacement for retiring fully superintendent Eddie Johnson to Mitchell of member station. Ports the former l.a.p.d. Chief is promising to win over Chicago officers who may be skeptical about an outsider Charlie Beck says he comes from a law enforcement family and he says he ll win over Chicago cops quote face to face handshake to handshake he also addressed criticism from some black activists in Los Angeles about shootings by officers on his watch there while I have supported the vast majority of Officer involve use of force when I see something wrong I say and I demand prosecution and in certain cases I ve made
Northerners began to realize slavery wasn t just a southern issue after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of $850.00 requiring fugitive slaves to be returned to their owners it led to black people in the north being seized on the streets and put in chains having that happen in your own neighborhood in front of your eyes and being told that if you try to do anything about it you re committing a federal crime was a whole new experience we ll talk about how some of the Civil War s wounds never healed and Justin Chang reviews no A-Bomb box new film marriage story starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansen. First the news. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Janine Herbst House impeachment investigators released transcripts from 2 additional witnesses today N.P.R. s Brian Naylor reports the transcripts are from National Security Council Ukraine analyst Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Van den and former White House adviser Fiona hell venue been in hill each testified behind closed door
The dilute t.h.c. Invade cartridges this week the c.d.c. Announced that more than 2000 people in more than half the country have gotten sick and of these 39 people have died this is n.p.r. Live from k.q.e.d. News I m Terris Seiler law enforcement investigators have shut down a sprawling cell phone fencing ring that involved the theft of merchandise from delivery drivers across the state that was then shipped abroad for sale that s according to Fremont police that that department along with 8 other law enforcement agencies served search warrants in 10 locations including at Tor spin wireless in Hayward today no one answered the phone at that company 11 people have been arrested and investigators are looking for another person the suspects were allegedly connected to $62.00 robberies in 31 cities across the state and stole nearly a $1000000.00 worth of merchandise. After more than a year of renovation the historic lighthouse high point raise national seashore is set to reopen today the
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