In Brazil, one of the biggest corruption scandals in its history has an unlikely hero. He is a 35-year-old Harvard educated lawyer who says his inspiration is Gandhi.
"The group of people who are really the managers of the criminal justice system in America are concentrated among one demographic group: white men," said an author of the report.
NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Shannon Ryan, a Chicago Tribune sports reporter, about the allegations that the women's basketball coach and assistant created a racially hostile environment.
FBI Director James Comey went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to make a case for Silicon Valley companies to continue to let law enforcement monitor communications over encrypted devices.
Baltimore's residents "deserve better" than recent results have shown, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says. The move comes two months after six officers were charged in the death of Freddie Gray.
Adam Liptak of The New York Times discussesthecourt's most recent session and says the rulings reveal deep philosophical differences regarding the role of judges and the Constitution.
Abdullahi Yusuf, 19, had pleaded guilty to charges he tried to leave Minnesota and aid the self-proclaimed Islamic State. He says through his lawyer that the box cutter is not his.