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The jury found Dominique Heaggan-Brown, the former Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot Sylville Smith in a foot chase last summer, not guilty of first-degree reckless homicide on Wednesday.

Two weeks ago, Saudi Arabia announced it had closed its border and cut diplomatic ties with neighboring Qatar. Other Gulf countries joined in, and the tiny gas-rich monarchy became a pariah seemingly overnight. But tensions have been simmering for some time. To understand what's happening to Qatar, Planet Money traces the long, dramatic relationship between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, two brother monarchies.

Mourners packed a mosque in Sterling, Va., Wednesday for the funeral of Nabra Hassanen. The 17-year-old was killed early Sunday as she returned to the mosque after a pre-dawn meal with friends.

Federal officials are investigating the stabbing of a police officer at the airport in Flint, Mich., as a potential act of terrorism. A Canadian man is being held in the attack.

Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio has been critical of his party's election strategy, saying that their "brand is worse than Trump." He talks to David Greene about the way forward for Democrats.

In Fort Worth, Texas, police say a man tried to shoplift some DVDs including The Lego Batman Movie. Ironically, an off-duty officer dressed as the caped crusader arrested him for shoplifting.

The "ban the box" movement is designed to open opportunities to the tens of millions of Americans with some kind of criminal record.

Many of the nearly 200 Iraqis currently under detention are from the minority Chaldean Christian community, which faces severe persecution in Iraq.

The way we offer assistance to people fleeing conflict no longer works, says Paul Spiegel, a former director of program management at the U.N. refugee agency. He has a few ideas about how to fix it.

The archbishop of Canterbury offered "an unreserved apology" for how the church handled a bishop's crimes against young men. The apology followed the release of a "harrowing" report on the incidents.