Press Play with Madeleine Brand
US Supreme Court considers when police can open fire
When police enter someone’s home without a search warrant and then fear for their lives, do they have the right to open fire? That’s the question before the Supreme Court today in a case out of Los Angeles.
By Madeleine Brand • • 43m ListenPhoto: Police training exercise: active shooter in Monterey, CA. (By Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs)
We retracted the audio for the segment titled ' LA County v. Mendez: A case of when police can open fire' because the guest misstated the central question of the case. LA County vs Mendez is about whether or not anyone is liable at all for the injuries sustained by the couple at the center of the case. The case is not about who will have to pay damages if the court rules in favor of the couple. For more information, see here.
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4 storiesFor TV writers, higher employment but stagnant salaries
The Writers Guild of America is negotiating a new 3-year contract with film and TV producers. There are more than 450 series this season, which is twice as many shows than in 2011. There’s also a surge in the number of TV writers, but their wages have been flat. Stress over money is stirring up talks of a strike.
Read the story9 minBig mystery: Why more millennials are diagnosed with colon cancer
Overall rates of colon and rectal cancers have dropped steadily in the U.S. over the past few decades. But for people in their 20s and 30s, colorectal cancer rates have been rising at an alarming rate, and no one knows why. Those are the findings in a new study from the American Cancer Society.
Read the story9 minNew Yorker writer on losing everything
Magazine writer Ariel Levy had it all: cush job, marriage, a baby on the way, vacation place on Long Island. It all fell apart in one month. She lost the baby, her spouse went into rehab for alcoholism, and she had no money. It’s all in her new memoir “The Rules Do Not Apply.”
Read the story16 minRemembering Chuck Barris, the godfather of the game show
Chuck Barris passed away yesterday at 87 years old. He created the Gong Show, a platform for amaeatur performers. Some were so terrible that celebrity judges banged a gong to get them offstage when they couldn’t stand watching anymore. Barris also created The Dating Game and the Newlywed Game.
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