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Wisconsin police search the home of a former officer who may be connected to two dead bodies found stuffed in abandoned suitcases on the side of a road. WTMJ’s Katie Crowther reports.

One year ago, a majority of Supreme Court justices weakened the federal government's ability to prevent voter discrimination. In a sweeping decision, they decimated the Voting Rights Act, which has helped fulfill the ideals of our democracy for nearly 50 years, and added a new stain to the United States' complicated history on the issue of voting rights.

The decision casts a legal cloud over similar provisions in 15 other states.

Here are some headlines from the working families’ news we're reading today (after the jump).

A 12-year-old boy in Detroit who had been missing for 11 days is found alive and well, barricaded in his father's basement. WDIV's Chauncy Glover reports.

Recent court filings by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allege that Brian Sutter, the staff director of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, could have been the source of inside information on changes in health care policy that led to illegal insider trading.

A 12-year-old Detroit boy missing for 11 days and the subject of an FBI search turned up in his family’s own basement. His father expressed shock at the news while appearing live on “Nancy Grace.” MSNBC’s Betty Nguyen reports.

As investigators say they’ll refocus their efforts along an area called the “7th arc,” officials say the missing jet was likely on autopilot when it crashed into the Indian Ocean. NBC’s Tom Costello reports.

In an exclusive interview with TODAY’s Matt Lauer, General Motors CEO Mary Barra says "it's absolutely not true" she was picked to be CEO because she is a woman who could soften the damage from the recalls.

A dramatic scene played out in a California intersection when a family was caught in a shootout between police and an armed suspect. The gunman was killed by police. No one else was hurt.