Law

Senators Work To Open Up Travel For Americans To Cuba

7:39pm January 30, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Several members of Congress — recently back from Cuba — are taking steps to further ease a decades old embargo on the communist island. But even as they announced new legislation to open up travel for Americans, Cuba's president is talking tough about what it will take to ultimately normalize ties.

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'Suge' Knight Charged With Murder After Fatal Hit-And-Run

6:29pm January 30, 2015

by Mandalit del Barco

The former rap music mogul, Marion "Suge" Knight has been arrested again — this time, on suspicion of murder. Knight allegedly ran over two people, killing one, on the set of the movie Straight Outta Compton.

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Abortions are legal in India. But many are performed by traditional midwives, called dais. Sometimes a dai rubs herbs on a woman's stomach or gives her plants to eat.

What Drives Abortion: The Law Or Income?

1:33pm January 30, 2015

by Michaeleen Doucleff

About 5 million women worldwide are admitted to hospitals each year because of complications after an abortion. But the key to stopping these injuries may have nothing to with changing the law.

Sen. McCaskill On Ferguson: 'We're Going To Get All The Facts'

10:39am January 30, 2015

Tess Vigeland speaks with Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill about the week of violence and tension in Ferguson, discussing the way forward for the community.

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Fieldale Farms in Gainesville, Ga., says it can't keep enough workers to meet demand for its poultry products, despite paying $16 per hour plus benefits.

National

Some Businesses Say Immigrant Workers Are Harder To Find

10:07am January 30, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

The president's recent executive actions will allow millions of immigrants to stay in the U.S. But many businesses say those changes aren't enough to help them find and keep all the workers they need.

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A memorial at the site of the first explosion in the Boston Marathon bombing. Defense attorneys say too many people in the potential jury pool have some kind of personal connection to the case.

National

Accused Bomber's Lawyers Say Boston Jury Pool Is Too Biased

9:58pm January 29, 2015

by Tovia Smith

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's attorneys are again asking that his trial, now in the jury selection phase, be moved. Lawyers say they have data showing that enough impartial jurors cannot be found in the city.

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Politics & Government

Attorney General Nomination Expected To Advance To Full Senate

4:49pm January 29, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

Loretta Lynch faced questioning from senators in her bid for confirmation. Republicans used the opportunity to criticize the president's executive actions on immigration and Eric Holder's record.

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A November 1989 photo of Tommy Thompson holding a $50 pioneer gold piece retrieved from the wreck of the SS Central America. Thompson, who had been on the lam for two years, was arrested on Tuesday.

National

Treasure Hunter Who Disappeared With Shipwreck Loot Appears In Court

1:50pm January 29, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Tommy Thompson, who found one of the most lucrative wrecks in history, had been living under an assumed name after failing to appear in a lawsuit brought by the recovery project's backers.

National

Supreme Court Tells Oklahoma To Put Off Executions, Citing Drug Dispute

4:41pm January 28, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The execution of three inmates has been put on hold, as the Supreme Court intervenes in a case that involves the controversy over the drugs used to put people to death.

National

Judge To Exonerate 'Friendship 9' Activists 54 Years After Arrest

8:09am January 28, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

The "Friendship Nine" were college students arrested for a sit-in at a South Carolina lunch counter in 1961. A judge is set to clear them of a five-decades-old trespassing conviction.

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