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This combination of undated photos shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev left and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. During a gun battle with police days after the Boston bombing, Dzhokhar ran over and killed his older brother.

Jury Selection To Begin Monday In Boston Marathon Bombing Trial

The surviving suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, is charged with 30 counts of murder and terrorism. He faces the death penalty if convicted. An appeals court rejected an emergency bid to move the trial.

This map shows nitrate contamination across California.

EPA And Lawmakers Call Lack Of Clean Drinking Water Unacceptable

The EPA and lawmakers say California needs to do more to provide communities with safe drinking water.

A worker at New York's Kings County Distillery, which opened in 2010. Before going legit with the operation, co-founder Colin Spoelman (not pictured) learned to make moonshine in his Brooklyn apartment without a permit.

Making Moonshine At Home Is On The Rise. But It's Still Illegal

Within days after each season premiere and season finale of the Discovery Channel's reality show "Moonshiners," they come -- a small but perceptible wave of people -- to purchase suspiciously large amounts of corn, sugar and hardy strains of fermenting yeast at Austin Homebrew Supply.

A Russian capsule that housed a gecko space-sex experiment. The geckos all died.

Russian Space Experiment On Gecko Sex Goes Awry

A returned space capsule was opened to reveal frozen gecko remains inside, disappointing scientists. On the bright side, the fruit flies that were aboard made it.

The Navajo Nation is the largest reservation in the country. It spans across Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.

Navajo Nation Seeks Help to Fix Pipes

The Navajo Nation in northern Arizona has sought help from state and federal agencies to repair broken water lines. About 10,000 people are experiencing severe water shortages.

Kevin Bollaert, who ran a revenge porn website from his Pacific Beach home, listens in San Diego Superior Court as a jury finds him guilty on multiple counts of identity theft and extortion, Feb. 2, 2015.

San Diego Man Found Guilty In Revenge Porn Trial

Jurors delivered guilty verdicts Monday in the trial of a San Diego man who ran a revenge porn website. But they were unable to reach verdicts on two counts.

Efforts to resolve the government shutdown are at a standstill.

You've Got Shutdown Questions. We've Got Answers

Earlier this week, All Things Considered asked you to submit your questions about the shutdown, then assembled a crack team of NPR reporters to answer them. Find out what the government shutdown means for food safety, military pay and more.

Protesters participate in a rally near the federal courthouse March 18 in New York. Lawyers for four men who say they were illegally stopped said many of the 5 million people stopped, questioned and sometimes frisked by police in the past decade were wrongly targeted because of their race.

Court Case Winds Down In New York's Stop-And-Frisk Challenge

Closing arguments are set to take place Monday in the federal class action trial involving New York City's stop-and-frisk policy. The trial has been going on for two months in Manhattan.

In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, sailors from Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 49) assist in the rescue of a family with a sick infant via the ship's small boat as part of a joint U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and California Air National Guard rescue effort, Sunday, April 6, 2014.

No Plans To Charge San Diego Family For Sea Rescue Of Baby

Helping at sea is a time-honored tradition and a requirement of international maritime convention, said the U.S. Coast Guard. The cost of the total operation is not known yet.

Under Executive Action, Immigrants Are Entitled To Social Security Benefits

Immigrants protected under President Obama's executive action will, after working for 10 years, be eligible for retirement benefits.

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