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The University of Michigan announced Wednesday it will comply with a new voter-approved ban on affirmative action and immediately stop considering race and gender in admissions. ADVERTISEMENT The move came in the middle of the admissions process for next fall's freshman class. The university has already begun sending out acceptance and rejection letters. The state constitutional amendment approved by the voters in November bans the use of race and gender preferences in public university admissions and government hiring and contracting. After it passed, the university put its admission process on hold and asked the courts that it be given until...

KQED and The Center for Investigative Reporting in association with theRake, present GunShots, a one-hour television documentary examining the illicit gun market, gun violence and safety in our neighborhoods. GunShots investigates the largest gun trafficking case in the Bay Area. It also takes a look at citizens and law enforcement officials who are making an effort to stop the gun violence that has infected California and the nation. GunShots also examines current federal efforts to limit gun trafficking. The program also investigates a federal gun tracing program begun in 1996 that emphasizes finding the sources of crime guns and...