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Alex Murdaugh wants a new trial, accusing the clerk of court of jury tampering

3:49pm September 06, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Defense lawyers for convicted South Carolina lawyer Murdaugh say Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill violated her oath of office as well as their client's constitutional right to an impartial jury.

The Great Salt Lake this winter, before spring runoff increased its elevation

Green groups sue, say farmers are drying up Great Salt Lake

1:53pm September 06, 2023

by Kirk Siegler

Environmental groups have filed suit against the state of Utah arguing leaders aren't doing enough to prevent the state's namesake Great Salt Lake from drying up.

Former YouTube star Ruby Franke, pictured here in a video for her mental health counseling service ConneXions, was charged with six felony counts of child abuse.

YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke formally charged with 6 felony counts of child abuse

10:50am September 06, 2023

by Emily Olson

Ruby Franke, the YouTube mommy blogger behind the channel 8 Passengers, was arrested last week after her 12-year-old son climbed out a window and ran to a neighbor's house asking for food and water.

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years for Jan. 6 riot role

7:17am September 06, 2023

by Odette Yousef

The former national chairman of the far-right Proud Boys was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Tarrio had been convicted for seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Politics & Government

A clause in the Constitution may disqualify Trump from returning to the White House?

5:10am September 06, 2023

NPR's Daniel Estrin talks to Kim Wehle, constitutional law scholar at the University of Baltimore, and David Frum of The Atlantic, about whether the insurrection clause disqualifies Donald Trump.

Morning news brief

5:09am September 06, 2023

Secretary of State Blinken is in Kyiv. President Biden will head to Asia for the G20 summit in India and a stop in Vietnam. Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 riot.

Willis McGahee, No. 26 of the Cleveland Browns, is tended to on the field in the fourth quarter of a game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., on Dec. 8, 2013,

Former NFL players speak out against the league's handling of disability benefits

5:00am September 06, 2023

by Ajani Daniel

While the lawsuit lists 10 players, attorneys representing the former players say the lawsuit represents thousands who have filed for benefits before them.

Alabama Solicitor General Edmund LaCour (right) speaks alongside Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall after oral arguments in an Alabama congressional redistricting case outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2022.

Politics & Government

Alabama's congressional map is struck down again for diluting Black voters' power

6:16pm September 05, 2023

by Hansi Lo Wang

Alabama is once again appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court order that struck down the state's congressional map for likely violating the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.

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Impeachment trial of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is underway

5:38pm September 05, 2023

by Julian Aguilar

Ken Paxton faces 20 charges, including obstruction of justice, conspiracy, abuse of office and bribery — mostly involving his relationship with an Austin real estate developer and campaign donor.

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Judges strike down another Alabama congressional map over Voting Rights Act violation

5:21pm September 05, 2023

A panel of three federal judges struck down Alabama's latest congressional districting plan. Neither this map nor a prior version had more than one district with a majority Black population.

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