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The overwhelming conviction of Raj Rajaratnam this week didn't give federal prosecutors a breather in their campaign against insider trading. The U.S. attorney in Manhattan has 11 defendants waiting in the dock and another big trial scheduled to begin Monday.

African Americans make up 6.8% of Wisconsin's population. In Milwaukee, Black people comprise nearly 40% of all residents. High Black voter turnout in the state's largest city is key for Democrats.

The parents of a young boy made a terrible discovery while looking through photographs they had taken of him as a baby. They noticed a white dot where a black pupil should have been.

FBI Director James Comey said a bureau employee made a mistake in reviewing Dylann Roof's application to purchase a weapon.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield about agenda priorities, including: human rights and global food security. Action may be stymied by Russia and China.

For a record 35 years, Bob Barker has hosted The Price is Right television game show. His last show airs Friday. Barker's charisma has endured for an incredible three decades on one popular game show.

Vice President Cheney paid an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Wednesday, where he met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders. As NPR's Jamie Tarabay tells Robert Siegel, the idea of "benchmarks" aren't yet part of Iraq's political discourse.

The Jamaican women's soccer team has advanced to the round of 16 after a long fight to keep the team going. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to Charles Edwards, a former coach of the team.

Your whole idea of the Triassic period is about to be disrupted. Paleontologists are shifting their focus from dinosaurs to fossils so small they have to be reassembled under microscopes.

After multiple tries, Senate Bill 90 — or the Racism Free Schools Act — was passed by the state legislature in the spring, signaling a policy victory for Teach Plus Illinois, a group of educators working for legislative solutions in the education field.