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A photo released in 2020 by the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority shows Reta Mays, a former nursing assistant at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, W.V. Mays was sentenced to multiple life terms after pleading guilty to intentionally using fatal doses of insulin to kill several patients.

Woman Who Murdered 7 Veterans In VA Hospital Gets Multiple Life Sentences

The former nursing assistant pleaded guilty to intentionally using lethal doses of insulin to kill the elderly veterans who ranged in age from 81 to 96.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine, pictured in 2019, is hoping to change how the justice system handles cases involving 16- and 17-year-olds who are charged as adults.

Teens Can Get Swept Into Adult Prisons. D.C.'s Attorney General Wants To Change That

Karl Racine's proposal could overhaul the way juveniles are charged as adults and offer greater opportunities for rehabilitation.

Elizabeth Holmes walks into the United States Federal Courthouse in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021.

Elizabeth Holmes Promised Miracles By A Finger Prick. Her Fraud Trial Starts Tuesday

Holmes and her former business partner and ex-boyfriend, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, have pleaded not guilty to charges of defrauding investors and patients of the blood-testing company Theranos.

A protester holds a sign across the street from the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on April 6 during the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin. The testimony ran for three weeks.

Revisiting Key Moments From The Derek Chauvin Trial

The jury has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd. As the country reacts, NPR revisits key moments from the last three weeks.

Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former chief executive officer of Theranos Inc., right, exits U.S. federal court in San Jose, in May.

Elizabeth Holmes Promised Miracles By A Finger Prick. Her Fraud Trial Starts Tuesday

Holmes and her former business partner and ex-boyfriend, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, have pleaded not guilty to charges of defrauding investors and patients of the blood-testing company Theranos.

Kaori Fukuyama: Between the Lines

The time (and the light) is right for the San Diego Art Prize finalist's newest solo exhibition

Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., lead author of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, speaks during an event on police reform last year at the U.S. Capitol.

House Approves Police Reform Bill Named After George Floyd

The bill, which would ban chokeholds and eliminate qualified immunity for law enforcement, will now advance to the Senate.

Abdul Muhaymin al-Salim (center), a 49-year-old who was formerly incarcerated on drug charges, works at the Tayba Foundation, where he mentors incarcerated Muslims.

There Are 11,073 Muslims In Federal Prisons But Just 13 Chaplains To Minister To Them

Muslims, the third-largest faith group in federal prisons, are significantly underrepresented among the chaplaincy, according to a recent Department of Justice report.

Satellite images show the effects of a prolonged warm spell on Eagle Island, in the far north of the Antarctic Peninsula, NASA says. An inch of snowpack melted in just one day, the agency says. The blue areas in snow on the right are ponds of melted water.

'Antarctica Melts,' NASA Says, Showing Effects Of A Record Warm Spell

Taken just nine days apart, two images illustrate the impact a recent warm period had on the Antarctic Peninsula. NASA says such warmth "has become more common in recent years."

An undated rendering of the common area in Park Circle master-planned community being developed by Touchstone Communities.

Homebuilders Announced For New Master-Planned Community In North County

Shea Homes and Beazer Homes will construct some of the 632 planned residences in the 186-acre Park Circle in Valley Center being developed by Touchstone Communities

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