Law

In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, U.S. Capitol Police push back rioters trying to enter the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Ex-State Department aide sentenced to nearly 6 years in Capitol riot attacks

1:54am November 06, 2023

by The Associated Press

Federico Klein joined other Trump supporters in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6 siege — a mob's fight with outnumbered police for control of a Capitol tunnel entrance.

Kris Perry (left) and Sandy Stier, two plaintiffs in the landmark 2010 lawsuit that overturned California's ban on same-sex marriage, share photographs from their wedding ceremony during an interview at the KQED offices in San Francisco on March 3. Stier and Perry came to the studio to watch clips of their testimony in federal court, which KQED had fought to get unsealed, for the first time.

This trial struck down California's same-sex marriage ban. Now you can see the tapes

8:00am November 04, 2023

by Scott Shafer

More than a decade after the trial to overturn Prop. 8 ended, trial videotapes remained sealed, until NPR member station KQED won a long legal battle that got the U.S. Supreme Court to unseal them.

The Indiana Supreme Court has found the state's attorney general, Todd Rokita, violated professional conduct rules in his remarks about an abortion provider. Rokita is seen here speaking in Indianapolis in 2021.

Indiana high court reprimands AG for remarks about 10-year-old rape victim's doctor

4:34pm November 03, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Both the attorney general and the doctor have now been separately reprimanded over the case, which ignited a media firestorm after abortion rights were overturned at the federal level.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is found guilty of all charges including fraud

7:05am November 03, 2023

A jury in New York found the so-called crypt king guilty of securities fraud and six other criminal counts. Now, the founder of the crypto firm FTX could spend the rest of his life in prison.

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Settlement: Uber and Lyft drivers in New York will get $328 million in back pay

5:11am November 03, 2023

by A Martínez

Uber and Lyft will pay to settle allegations they short-changed drivers. The $290 million from Uber and $38 million from Lyft will go to drivers for Uber from 2014 to 2017 and Lyft from 2015 to 2017.

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Sam Bankman-Fried leaves a Manhattan federal court in New York City on Jan. 3, 2023.

Economy

Sam Bankman-Fried is found guilty of all charges in FTX's spectacular collapse

10:21pm November 02, 2023

by David Gura

The conviction marks a spectacular fall from grace for a once shining star in finance. He faces decades in prison.

National

Sam Bankman-Fried is found guilty of all seven charges

8:40pm November 02, 2023

by David Gura

A jury in New York City has found the former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried guilty — of securities fraud, money laundering, and five other criminal counts.

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Donald Trump's New York trial continues with testimony from sons Eric and Donald Jr.

4:28pm November 02, 2023

by Andrea Bernstein

Donald Trump's two sons testified Thursday in a New York courtroom in the civil fraud trial against them.

Trans teens' families ask Supreme Court to protect gender affirming care in Tennessee

4:28pm November 02, 2023

by Marianna Bacallao

Families of transgender youth in Tennessee are appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to block a state law that bans gender affirming care.

National

DOJ opens civil rights probes into South Carolina jails beset by deaths and violence

3:44pm November 02, 2023

by The Associated Press

Jails in Charleston and Columbia where incarcerated people have died violently at the hands of employees or others held behind bars are under federal investigation, the U.S. Justice Department said.