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Monterrious Harris, inside his East Memphis, Tenn., home, says he was beaten by the same police unit days before Tyre Nichols was killed in January 2023. "It was like three or four guys. They were all wearing black masks. I remember two of them had big assault rifles."

Memphis Police pressured to change culture after high-profile killings and beatings

After the beating death of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers in January and other abuses that have come to light, the police department is under mounting pressure to change its culture.

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President Biden speaks at the United Nations. Five Americans travel to the U.S. after a prisoner swap with Iran. Canada blames the Indian government for the assassination of a Sikh leader in June.

Interview With The Author Of 'My Vanishing Country'

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with attorney Bakari Sellers about his new memoir, My Vanishing Country.

A Meta data center in Ashburn, Va., in 2025. Virginia is the state with the most data centers.

Data centers are expensive, unpopular — and could be a tipping point in the midterms

Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections.

Former sheriff's deputy Shannon McManus looks out over the data center project construction site in Boyce, La., last month. He's one of the local residents who has objected to nondisclosure agreements that kept negotiations for the project from the public.

NDAs are hiding data center deals, drawing ire from locals — and attention from lawmakers

Nondisclosure agreements covered up negotiations between a tech company and several local and state officials, surprising local residents. It's a tactic used around the country in data center deals.

Bear Ransacks Montana House

Police say the bear in Missoula County opened an unlocked door, deadbolted the door behind him and then ripped a room apart. Fish and Wildlife officials finally tranquilized the bear.

Surveillance Camera Records Its Own Theft

A man in Louisiana was caught on camera breaking into his neighbor's home and taking a surveillance camera that was still live streaming.

Sen. John McCain Dies At 81

Sen. John McCain died at his home in Arizona this weekend. Later today, hear a one-hour special from Weekend All Things Considered.

Since he was forced out of his home in 1993, Yuri Gvasalia has lived in a former hotel. Kartli, as it's called, sits on the far fringes of Tbilisi, Georgia's capital city. It was one of thousands of buildings the Georgian government opened up as temporary housing for people displaced by the war. Two decades later, people are still living there.

Displaced By War, A New Apartment Means Leaving Friends Behind

The government of the Republic of Georgia, resettled those displaced by war in crumbling apartments. Now that they're getting new homes, what happens to the sense of community that survivors forged?

U.S. Women's Soccer Beats The Netherlands, Advances To Semifinals In Tokyo

The U.S. team wants to become the first-ever reigning Women's World Cup champion to take home Olympic gold.

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