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Jan. 6 rioter says Trump should face the same fate as those who stormed the Capitol

6:29am August 06, 2023

by Arezou Rezvani

Pam Hemphill, a Jan. 6 rioter who served her sentence for her role in the insurrection, offers her views on Trump's indictment in connection with attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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A grizzly sow and cubs forage along Obsidian Creek in Yellowstone National Park.

Fatal grizzly attack renews debate over how many bears are too many

8:26am August 05, 2023

by Nick Mott

Authorities have been unable to find the bear that killed a woman near Yellowstone National Park late last month. The attack has renewed calls to take grizzlies off the endangered species list.

Former President Donald Trump gestures as he enters the Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pa., for a political rally while campaigning for the GOP nomination on July 29.

Should Trump's trial be televised?

6:02am August 05, 2023

by Scott Neuman

There would need to be an exception to a rule barring cameras and microphones in federal courtrooms to make it happen, but House Democrats and Trump's own lawyer are pushing for a televised trial.

The cases against Trump and Nixon raised crucial constitutional questions about how far could a president go to stay in office if convinced his reelection was crucial to the nation, Ron Elving writes.

Trump's defense in 2020 election case could conjure ghost of Nixon once more

5:00am August 05, 2023

by Ron Elving

How far could a president go to stay in office if convinced his re-election was crucial to the nation? What liability would he face? And how much stress can the fragile structure of democracy stand?

Harvard Law School professor and noted defense attorney Charles Ogletree, seen here in 2017, died on Friday at age 70.

Noted defense attorney Charles Ogletree dies

9:15pm August 04, 2023

by Tovia Smith

Harvard Law School professor and noted defense attorney Charles Ogletree has died at age 70.

"I Voted" stickers are ready to be distributed to voters on Nov. 8, 2022, at a Brandon, Miss., precinct.

Politics & Government

An appeals court blocks Mississippi's permanent ban on voting after certain felonies

5:33pm August 04, 2023

by The Associated Press

Mississippi is violating the U.S. Constitution by permanently stripping voting rights from people convicted of some felonies, a divided federal appeals court panel ruled. The state plans to appeal.

Politics & Government

GOP presidential hopefuls react to Trump's indictment

4:42pm August 04, 2023

After a third indictment was brought against former President Trump, some Republican rivals are reacting with caution.

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Why Trump wants to move his trial from D.C. to West Virginia

4:42pm August 04, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Hoppy Kercheval, host of MetroNews Talkline in West Virginia, about why former President Donald Trump wants to relocate his trial.

Karen Vergata was 34 years old when she went missing. There have been no charges made related to her death.

National

Long-time Jane Doe in Gilgo Beach serial killings is identified

1:50pm August 04, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Karen Vergata was one of four people who were left unidentified for years after their remains were found. The development comes three weeks after a suspect in a string of killings was arrested.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said the state's pardons board shouldn't review dozens of death-row inmates' requests for review, citing policy that requires such applications to come within one year of a judge ruling on an inmate's appeal.

National

Nearly every prisoner on Louisiana's death row filed for clemency this summer

8:16am August 04, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, recently said he is against the death penalty. Now a legal effort is racing to get requests for clemency to Edwards before he leaves office.