Law

EPA Wades Into Water Fight With Farmers

8:30pm August 20, 2014

by Frank Morris

The EPA wants to "clarify" the scope of its oversight of water under the Clean Water Act. Big farm groups like the American Farm Bureau Federation call this a power grab that would place every ditch and mud puddle under federal regulation, forcing farmers to get permits for small trenches around the farm.

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National

Amid The Chaos In Ferguson, Another Police Shooting

7:38pm August 19, 2014

Robert talks to St Louis Public Radio reporter Stephanie Lecci about Tuesday's police shooting in St Louis. Authorities say officers shot and killed a man brandishing a knife.

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National

Grand Jury Indicts Texas Gov. Rick Perry On Charges Of Abusing Power

11:25am August 16, 2014

by Robert Siegel

A grand jury in Austin, Texas, has indicted Gov. Rick Perry on charges of abusing his official powers. For more on the indictment, Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Wade Goodwyn.

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National

Ferguson Officer's Motives In Police Shooting Remain Murky

8:02pm August 15, 2014

by Cheryl Corley

New information was released Friday about the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., but the answers have prompted still more questions.

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N.C. Sheriff Terry Johnson On Trial For Racial Profiling

7:36am August 15, 2014

by Jessica Jones

Justice Department officials say Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson illegally targeted Latino drivers and detained people without probable cause. Johnson's attorneys say the charges are baseless.

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President Obama signs a memorandum establishing the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault in January.

How Campus Sexual Assaults Came To Command New Attention

11:27am August 13, 2014

by Tovia Smith

In just a few years, the issue has gone from mostly whispers to receiving the attention of the White House. Now, colleges throughout the country are trying to increase awareness about the issue.

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National

Federal Prosecuters Announce Charges Against 6 Philly Cops

8:19am August 11, 2014

NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Jeremy Roebuck, reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer, about what the city's police commissioner calls "one of the worst cases of corruption" he has ever heard.

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Federal Judge Rules Some College Players Are Entitled To Payment

9:52pm August 08, 2014

by Melissa Block

College athletes scored a victory in court. A federal judge issued a ruling that the NCAA violated antitrust law by prohibiting athletes from payment for the use of their names, images and likenesses.

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Political Adversaries Work To Reduce Alabama's Prison Population

8:09am August 07, 2014

Steve Inskeep talks to Republican State Sen. Cam Ward and Southern Poverty Law Center attorney Maria Morris about efforts to work across political lines to reduce the state prison population.

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Jim Brady, Press Secretary Turned Gun Control Activist, Dies At 73

7:09pm August 04, 2014

by Brian Naylor

Jim Brady, the White House press secretary who was shot in the head by a gunman trying to assassinate President Reagan, has died at age 73. NPR's Brian Naylor reports on a man whose later life was dedicated to changing gun laws.

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