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Katie Gorz (left) performs the ammo can lift next to male Marines as they go through the combat fitness test. The Marine Corps is experimenting with inserting some women into combat infantry roles that have historically been limited to men. At Camp Lejeune, female Marines are undergoing the same training as their male counterparts for combat arms.

Combat Training: Can Female Marines Get The Job Done?

The Marine Corps has begun a yearlong experiment to decide whether women can enter ground combat. Hundreds of men and women began training a few weeks ago at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

A courtroom sketch of R. Kelly telling Judge Ann M. Donnelly he won't take the stand in his own defense.

R. Kelly's Federal Trial Is In The Hands Of The Jury

After six weeks of emotionally charged testimony, jury deliberation begins in the New York federal trial of disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly. If convicted, he could spend 10 years to life in prison.

Anita Hill teaches courses on gender, race, social policy and legal history at Brandeis University.

Anita Hill Started A Conversation About Sexual Harassment. She's Not Done Yet

Hill doesn't regret testifying against Clarence Thomas during his 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearing: "There is victory in being able to come forward and state what has happened to you."

Sam Mehran photographed in Griffith Park in Los Angeles in 2016.

A Posthumous Album Captures The Humor — And Heartache — Of Sam Mehran

The underground musician always played by his own rules in a world he found ridiculous. Three years after his death, Sam Mehran's friends and family explain how they released his album, Cold Brew.

State Medicaid programs sign lucrative deals with transportation companies that are supposed to provide reliable free rides to and from medical care. But some shuttle drivers never show, or some patients have been injured during rides because their wheelchairs were not properly secured, according to lawsuits.

Medicaid pays millions for patient transportation. Sometimes the ride never comes

Medicaid's transportation contracts can be worth tens of millions for companies that land them. But patients say rides to and from medical care often show up late — or sometimes not at all.

Mick Chivers signed up to be a stem cell donor last spring and was found to be a match for a leukemia patient in February. He was committed to helping a man he never met.

Giving a stranger a new life: One student's story about donating stem cells

Mick Chivers signed up to give stem cells. When it came time to help an elderly man with leukemia, the 20-year-old didn't let multiple setbacks stop him from giving a stranger a second chance at life.

Annoying Mother's Day Music

Jim Nayder delivers a bouquet of stinky songs for Mother's Day, including Frank Sinatra's stunning performance of "Mrs. Robinson." Nayder hosts The Annoying Music Show, produced at WBEZ in Chicago.

This artist sketch depicts Guy Wesley Reffitt, left, and his lawyer William Welch, right, in Federal Court in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28.

In the first Jan. 6 trial, a jury found Capitol riot defendant Guy Reffitt guilty

A jury found Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The case has been widely watched by other defendants as a potential bellwether.

Author Anne Tyler on writing her 24th novel and why she writes about families

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with writer Anne Tyler about her 24th novel French Braid. Set in Baltimore, the book tracks one family, the Garretts, across decades and generations

In an undated photo, Melissa Lucio is pictured with one of her young children.

Melissa Lucio is scheduled to be executed for a crime that may not have occurred

Lucio is scheduled to be executed for the death of her 2-year-old daughter. Her supporters say she was forced into a false "confession" and that new evidence exists that proves her innocence.

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