Morning news brief
Israel and Hamas agree to a four-day pause in fighting to free some hostages. Sam Altman will return to OpenAI as CEO. Wisconsin's Supreme Court hears case that could change district voting maps.
Law
He disappeared in 1995. His mother's search led to a mass grave and changed laws
LaMont Dottin was a sophomore at Queens College when he vanished one day in 1995. His mother became a "one-woman search party" whose journey would lead her to a mass grave.
Over 200 convicted in relation to Italy's most powerful mafia group
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Queens University professor Antonio Nicaso about the conviction of 207 people in a trial against Italy's most powerful crime syndicate.
A novel prison program for pregnant women and their babies
Minnesota is believed to be the first state that allows some mothers to live outside of prison with their new babies.
Genocide is the word hanging over the unfolding humanitarian disaster in Gaza
NPR's Leila Fadel asks David M. Crane, founding prosecutor for the U.N. special court for Sierra Leone, to define genocide in legal terms.
Musk's X sues Media Matters over its report on ads next to hate groups' posts
Elon Musk's social media company X, formerly called Twitter, filed a lawsuit against the liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America on Monday.
A proposed bill wants schools in the Netherlands to hold more classes in Dutch
A proposed bill in the Dutch parliament would force universities to conduct more classes in Dutch, rather than English.
An appeals court has struck down a key path for enforcing the Voting Rights Act
Who can sue to enforce key voting protections for people of color under the Voting Rights Act could be severely limited by a lawsuit out of Arkansas, which may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.
An appeals court has struck down a key path for enforcing the Voting Rights Act
A federal appeals court has struck down the main path for enforcing a key set of Voting Rights Act protections for people of color. The new ruling out of Arkansas sets up a likely Supreme Court fight.
A Wisconsin redistricting case centers on voter 'islands' and could lead to new maps
The Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that could toss what critics say are the state's lopsided legislative maps.