Nic Grzecka, owner of Club Q, stands outside the business after a news conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Thomas Peipert/AP hide caption
Investigations
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Investigators enter the headquarters of major advertising company Dentsu in Tokyo Friday, Nov. 25, 2022 as the investigation into corruption related to the Tokyo Olympics widened. (Kyodo News via AP) AP hide caption
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Former DOJ Prosecutor Jack Smith at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers court in The Hague, Netherlands, Nov. 9, 2020. Attorney General Merrick Garland named Smith a special counsel on Friday to oversee two investigations involving Donald Trump. Jerry Lampen/AP hide caption
Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan depict reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey in She Said. JoJo Whilden/Universal Pictures hide caption
'She Said' is a movie about journalism that knows whose story to tell
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Clockwise from upper left: Holly Sox, Catarino Escobar, Frank Thompson, Bill Breeden, Craig Baxley and Ron McAndrew have all been affected by work related to executions. Sean Rayford, Emily Najera, Celeste Noche, Scott Langley and Octavio Jones for NPR hide caption
Carrying out executions took a secret toll on workers — then changed their politics
Thursday
A man wearing American flag pants casts his ballot at a voting station in Los Angeles on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the LA County district attorney dropped charges against the CEO of Konnech, which makes scheduling software for poll workers. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP hide caption
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Voters cast their ballots on Election Day in Columbus, Ohio on Nov. 3, 2020. Several Democratic state lawmakers have proposed bills to make Election Day a holiday. Republican lawmakers are proposing similar legislation, some influenced by prominent election deniers. Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images hide caption
Should voting day be a holiday? Some election deniers say yes
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Lois Curtis was the plaintiff in a civil rights case that gave people with disabilities and older people the right to live outside of institutions and in their own homes. Curtis died Thursday of cancer. John Poole/NPR hide caption
Lois Curtis, who won a landmark civil rights case for people with disabilities, died
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Ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on July 14, in Washington, DC. Jordan and House Judiciary Republicans plan to investigate the FBI and Justice Department--if conservatives retake the house--for political bias. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
Former President Donald Trump is pictured at a rally on Oct. 22 in Robstown, Texas. Trump was subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in October, ordering him to turnover documents and testify before the panel. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
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A police vehicle is parked outside the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco, on Saturday. Accused assailant David Wayne DePape faces felony charges — assault and attempted kidnapping of an immediate family member of a U.S. official — which could land him in prison for a maximum of 50 years. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
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Chicago police officers arrive at the scene of a May 19 mass shooting outside a McDonald's restaurant. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times hide caption
In Chicago, handguns turned into high-capacity machine guns fuel deadly violence
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FTC Chairperson Lina Khan, speaking at a Senate Committee hearing in 2021. Last week, the FTC moved closer to modernizing a rule that requires funeral businesses to provide prices to consumers when they visit or call. SAUL LOEB/AP hide caption
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In August, the conservative publisher Regnery abruptly recalled Dinesh D'Souza's election denial book 2,000 Mules from stores citing an unspecified "publishing error." NPR compared the recalled version of the book with the version that Regnery published this week. Willy Sanjuan/AP hide caption