Law

Is It Fair That Businesses Get To 'Carry Forward' Their Losses?

6:00am October 04, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

A developer such as Donald Trump can use a net operating loss "carryforward" to lower his taxes. That may sound weird, but the law has been in place for nearly a century, and experts say it's fair.

National

Los Angeles Police Guided By Compassion In New Homeless Strategy

4:30pm October 03, 2016

by Anna Scott

Los Angeles has a new strategy for policing the homeless: one guided by compassion. It's rolling out a new team of officers dedicated to "helping" rather than "dealing with" homeless people. They're acting more like social workers than cops.

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Larry Greene, public information director of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, demonstrates how a curtain is pulled between the death chamber and witness room at the prison in Lucasville, Ohio.

National

Using New Drug Cocktail, Ohio Seeks To Resume Death Penalty

2:50pm October 03, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

The state says it intends to use a three-drug cocktail to execute Ronald Phillips in January. While state officials did not disclose where they acquired the drugs, they say they are FDA approved.

Pedestrians walk by the outside of The New York Times Building in June.

Politics & Government

Donald Trump, Those Taxes And 'The New York Times'

1:36pm October 03, 2016

by David Folkenflik

The Times' story revealing Trump's huge losses two decades ago relies on documents sent anonymously to the newspaper. No criminality by Trump was alleged, but critics of the Times say it broke laws.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her chambers in Washington, D.C.

No, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Does Not Intend To Retire Anytime Soon

11:26am October 03, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

"I will retire when it's time," the 83-year-old Supreme Court justice said in an interview with NPR. She also shares wedding advice from her mother-in-law and reads a letter from her late husband.

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Participants in Project GRIP celebrate one man's release. Through the yearlong course, prisoners are taught how to confront and deal with what got them into prison in the first place.

National

Psychologist Helps San Quentin Prisoners Find Freedom Through Self-Reflection

1:54pm October 02, 2016

by Rachel Martin

Since the mid-1990s Jacques Verduin has been implementing programs that have had a high success rate in helping reform convicts. But the journey isn't easy — and requires courage and vulnerability.

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Real estate magnate Donald Trump stands above the New York Stock Exchange after taking his flagship Trump Plaza Casino public in New York City. Trump's business losses in 1995 were so large that they could have allowed him to avoid paying federal income t

'NYT' Report: Trump's Tax Records Show He May Not Have Owed Taxes For 18 Years

10:29am October 02, 2016

Documents obtained and published by The New York Times suggest the presidential candidate's $916 million declared business losses in 1995 may have allowed him to legally avoid paying income taxes.

Grace Hospital in Morganton, N.C., was funded in part by the Hill-Burton Act. Construction began in 1969.

A Bygone Era: When Bipartisanship Led To Health Care Transformation

6:00am October 02, 2016

by John Henning Schumann

A federal law enacted shortly after the end of World War II provided grants and loans to fund hospital construction that have left a lasting legacy.

National

Where Does Colorado's Marijuana Money Go?

5:19pm October 01, 2016

Colorado was the first state to legalize marijuana and its tax has brought in significant revenue for the state. But some cities want to repeal it. Ricardo Baca of The Cannabist explains why.

National

Sexual Assault Numbers Vary By Who's Tracking It

5:12pm October 01, 2016

Various government agencies have very different estimates about prevalence of sexual assault in the U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., asked for a study on how agencies define sexual assault.