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Harvey Weinstein Will Turn Himself In To Police On Criminal Charges

By Audie Cornish • 25 minutes ago

Movie producer Harvey Weinstein will surrender to the New York Police Department on Friday in Lower Manhattan, a source familiar with the matter tells NPR's Rose Friedman.

He's expected to turn himself in around 8 a.m. to be arrested on charges of rape and sexual assault, reporter Benjamin Mueller of The New York Times told NPR's All Things Considered.

NTSB: Uber Self-Driving Car Had Disabled Emergency Brake System Before Fatal Crash

By Colin Dwyer • 2 hours ago

The Uber self-driving vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian two months ago in Tempe, Ariz., took note of the victim with its sensors, but its software did not engage the car's brakes to prevent the collision, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board.

'That's A Cat!' Video Star Has Been Identified And Is Doing Fine

By Vanessa Romo • 2 hours ago

Here's a word problem for you: How fast can a video show up across all social media platforms and local and national news(ish) programs when it captures a terrified cat clinging to the roof of a minivan that's traveling nearly 60 mph? ... And how long before someone finds out its name?

The answers are six days and Rebel.

Ronda Rankin, who recorded the cellphone video in question, shot the footage last Friday sitting in the backseat of a car in Omaha, Neb.

Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel Reacts To Cancellation Of Planned North Korea Summit

By editor • 2 hours ago

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

Congressman Eliot Engel is the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Here's what he said on the House floor today when he learned that President Trump had pulled out of the summit with North Korea.

Australian Woman Sentenced To Die In Malaysia For Drug Smuggling

By Amy Held • 3 hours ago

An Australian woman was sentenced to die by a Malaysian appeals court on Thursday after being convicted of drug trafficking in the country.

Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto's lawyer says the ruling will be appealed.

"An appeal will be filed in the Federal Court — the final appeal," lawyer Muhamed Shafee told CNN.

Exposto, 54, was arrested in December 2014 in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur on her way home to Sydney from Shanghai.

Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein Expected To Turn Himself In

By editor • 4 hours ago

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

Congressman Eliot Engel is the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Here's what he said on the House floor today when he learned that President Trump had pulled out of the summit with North Korea.

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New Census Data Shows Texas Cities Are Growing Faster Than All Other States

By Vanessa Romo • 4 hours ago

Feel like packing up everything you own and moving to a big city?

The latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday, indicate you're most likely to be thinking of relocating from the Northeast to one of the fastest growing large cities in the South. Specifically, to Texas where seven of the nation's fastest growing cities are located.

In Papua New Guinea's Sorcery Wars, A Peacemaker Takes On Her Toughest Case

By Durrie Bouscaren • 4 hours ago

Things were going terribly wrong. Ato Boropi could feel it.

Dozens of villagers had squeezed next to each other on the floor of a one-room church perched on a mountain in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Several more huddled along the walls outside, as rain pummeled the corrugated metal roof.

Top House Democrat Requests Probe Into How FBI Source's Name Was Leaked

By Carrie Johnson • 4 hours ago

A top congressional Democrat is urging the Justice Department and the FBI to launch a criminal investigation into how a confidential informant's name made its way into media coverage.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, of New York, said he was "deeply disturbed" after the identity of an FBI source who met with Donald Trump's campaign officials in 2016 to gather intelligence on Russian election interference was later conveyed to reporters.

Catholic Church Remains Quiet During Ireland's Fierce Abortion Debate

By Alice Fordham • 5 hours ago

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

Congressman Eliot Engel is the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Here's what he said on the House floor today when he learned that President Trump had pulled out of the summit with North Korea.