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City police Chief Randal Taylor has promised thoroughness and transparency, as his department investigates the killings of two black men in eight hours.

Guatemala finishes its first round of voting. A former general vowing to crack down on crime in Central America's most violent country and a businessman who promises to alleviate desperate poverty were in a near-tie in Guatemala's presidential vote.

It has been nearly 40 years since the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tenn. We remember King with a recording of his speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop" — the last the civil rights leader would deliver. King would have turned 79 this year.

President Biden announced the relief for attendees of the now-shuttered art schools, saying they "falsified data, knowingly misled students, and cheated borrowers into taking on mountains of debt."

"I needed to ... take it out of the frame, which was old and dusty, to take a closer look because it is very rare to find something like this at a thrift store," said art expert Melanie Smith.

Would it bother you to find the neighbors' cattle grazing on your front lawn? Just how long can you live without power when it's 20 degrees outside? Some communities in western states have drafted ground rules for newcomers -- a new "Code of the West." Read some helpful hints for life on a new frontier.

NPR's Bob Mondello reviews Jim Jarmusch's new movie Broken Flowers. It stars Bill Murray, who plays a modern Don Juan.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Sara Qudah of the Committee to Protect Journalists about a new report on the abusive treatment that Palestinian journalists endure in Israeli prisons.

"This was an incredible ice-dance event," Maia Shibutani said of a competition marked by high scores and high drama — and an electric program by Canadian legends Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.

Prosecutors say Isabel dos Santos, billionaire daughter of Angola's ex-president, engaged in rampant financial misconduct — following the release of over 700,000 documents known as the Luanda Leaks.