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Maria Hamilton holds a photo of her son Dontre Hamilton, who was fatally shot by a Milwaukee police officer in April 2014.

Milwaukee Reaches Tentative Settlement Agreement Over Fatal 2014 Police Shooting

If the $2.3 million deal is approved, the city of Milwaukee will pay the family of a black man with schizophrenia who was shot dead by a police officer three years ago.

Yuliana Rocha Zamarripa's workers' comp claim for a serious knee injury at work prompted her arrest. The mother of three spent the next year cycling through county and immigration jails.

Florida Lawmakers To Review Law Targeting Injured Undocumented Workers

Employers and insurers were using the statute to deny workers' comp benefits, an NPR and ProPublica investigation found. Republican state Sen. Anitere Flores is now calling for action.

Part of the gains in the U.S. job market last month came in health care, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says. Here, a nurse screens a patient in Emporia, Va.

222,000 Jobs Added To U.S. Payrolls In June; Unemployment Rate Rises To 4.4 Percent

The U.S. economy added jobs in health care, social assistance, financial activities and mining. But wage growth hasn't topped 4 percent since 2008.

Former Alabama police Officer Eric Parker, seen in September, has been acquitted on a federal charge of violating a man from India's rights by using excessive force.

Judge Tosses Case Against Alabama Officer Accused Of Injuring Indian Man

Eric Parker, accused of using excessive force on the unarmed grandfather, went on trial twice last year. Both trials ended in hung juries. The judge said federal prosecutors won't get a third chance.

Florida Lawmakers To Review Law Targeting Injured Undocumented Workers

Employers and insurers were using the statute to deny workers' comp benefits, an NPR and ProPublica investigation found. Republican state Sen. Anitere Flores is now calling for action.

"I buy up the stuff, retail, full monty," Mike Hallatt told NPR last year. "I own it, I get to do with it whatever I want to and I just happen to want to sell it to my friends in Canada." That argument was not enough to convince Trader Joe's, however.

It's Checkmatey For Pirate Joe's: Canadian Grocery Reseller Lowers Its Sails

Break out the pirate pun of your choice, for an era has come to a close: After five years buying Trader Joe's products in the U.S. and reselling them in Vancouver, Pirate Joe's is shuttering the shop.

Erika Harrell writes the Justice Department's annual report about crime against all people with disabilities.

The Sexual Assault Epidemic No One Talks About

People with intellectual disabilities are the victims of sexual assault at a rate seven times higher than those without disabilities. But this epidemic receives little attention.

Masoud Barzani stepped down last week as president of Iraq's Kurdistan regional government. The independence referendum he pushed through resulted in a military attack by Iraqi forces. But, he tells NPR, "I am very proud that we have given the opportunity for the Kurdish people to express their vote." He says the region will reassess its relationship with the U.S.

After Iraqi Kurdish Independence Vote Backfires, 'I Do Not Regret It,' Says Barzani

In his first interview since pushing through an independence referendum that resulted in an Iraqi military attack, Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani tells NPR he's still "very proud" of the result.

The reflection of Brazil's National Congress stands splintered in the broken glass of a federal building in Brasilia on Thursday, one day after protesters flooded the city's streets in opposition to President Michel Temer.

After Brief Deployment, Brazilian Troops Recalled From Streets Of Capital

Brazil's embattled President Michel Temer mobilized members of the military amid clashes between police and protesters calling for his ouster. By midday Thursday, he had revoked his deployment order.

Demonstrators protest outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday as the court hears arguments about partisan gerrymandering.

Partisan Gerrymandering: How Much Is Too Much?

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a gerrymandering case that could have sweeping political consequences.

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