"Police"

An NPR analysis of equipment given to police agencies by the Pentagon since 2006 — 84,258 assault rifles, 951 armored vehicles, for example — found a vast majority of it would fall outside the ban.

Following the death of Freddie Gray, the city’s mayor and Maryland’s congressional delegations had asked the federal agency to look for possible discriminatory practices by local law enforcement.

One Pittsburgh middle school teacher is giving his black students a valuable education in social studies — and life.

Warrants have been issued for the officers’ arrest, Baltimore’s chief prosecutor says. Stating that “no one is above the law,” Marilyn J. Mosby named charges that include second-degree murder.

On the streets, some said violence is the only way to get authorities to pay attention to the plight of blacks in Baltimore. Others said they understood the anger, but not the violence.

The Afghan army is now fully in charge of combat operations. NPR’s Tom Bowman heads out on a mission with troops as they engage the Taliban in one of its strongholds near the Pakistani border.

The NYPD is denying allegations that officers were forced to make a certain number of warrantless stops, and faced retaliation from superiors when they didn’t.

The rally, similar to protests held around the country, attracted about 40 people in the capital city.

President Obama has been meeting with civil rights leaders and other officials to discuss mistrust of police in communities of color. Obama is announcing a task force on “21st century policing.”