Law

FBI director Christopher Wray testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday. Wray is photographed June 20 in Atlanta.

FBI Director Wray grilled as House GOP members allege 'politicization' of the agency

6:02pm July 12, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Wray faced a wide range of questions by House Judiciary Committee members, most framed as accusations that the FBI pursues a political agenda targeting conservatives.

Leslie Van Houten is now living in a halfway house in California, after an appeals court upheld her grant of parole. She's seen here speaking to Board of Prison Terms commissioners in 2002.

National

A former Manson Family member is free, after her parole was reversed 5 times

2:30pm July 12, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Leslie Van Houten was denied parole more than 20 times — including five reversals from California's governor's office — over the brutal murders of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca in 1969.

Bank of America agrees to pay $250 million for illegal fees, fake accounts

5:08am July 12, 2023

NPR's Michele Martin talks to Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, about penalties imposed on Bank of America for illegal business practices.

Jury rules handwritten will found under Aretha Franklin's couch cushion is valid

5:08am July 12, 2023

by Ryan Patrick Hooper

Aretha Franklin died in 2018 and her children have been locked in a legal battle over her will. A Michigan probate court ruled a four-page, hand-written document can legally be considered her will.

National

Elizabeth Holmes may be released 2 years earlier than originally sentenced

2:58am July 12, 2023

by The Associated Press

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' sentence hasn't changed, but like all prisoners who follow the rules, she can qualify for early release under the federal government's "good time" guidelines.

Kecalf Franklin, a son of music superstar Aretha Franklin leaves a court hearing with his family on Tuesday in Pontiac, Mich. A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death is a valid Michigan will, a jury said Tuesday, a critical turn in a dispute that has turned her sons against each other.

A jury rules a handwritten will found under Aretha Franklin's couch cushion is valid

9:17pm July 11, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Multiple handwritten wills were found in Franklin's home in 2019. Two of Franklin's sons would like a 2014 will to be honored and are up against their brother, who wanted to uphold a 2010 will.

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a Moms for Liberty meeting in Philadelphia on June 30.

Politics & Government

DOJ won't shield Trump from claims he defamed writer E. Jean Carroll

5:41pm July 11, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

The move reverses course on one of the Justice Department's most controversial decisions during the early stretch of the Biden administration.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor addresses attendees of an event in 2019 promoting her new children's book in Decatur, Ga.

Justice Sotomayor's staff urged schools and libraries to buy her memoir or kid's books

1:01pm July 11, 2023

by The Associated Press

The works have earned Sotomayor $3.7 million since she joined the court in 2009. Her taxpayer-funded staffers have been deeply involved in organizing speaking engagements intended to sell the books.

Pages from the unsealed federal indictment of former President Donald Trump. On Monday he asked a Florida judge to delay his trial. Prosecutors asked for it to begin in December.

Politics & Government

Trump asks the judge to delay the start of his classified documents trial

7:38am July 11, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

The former president foreshadowed some of the legal challenges he will mount against the unprecedented federal criminal case against him.

In this photo from 2022, hundreds of young people gather for the 'hill bomb' on Dolores Street and 20th Street in San Francisco.

Police clashed with skaters at 'hill bomb' event in San Francisco

5:04pm July 10, 2023

by Dustin Jones

The unauthorized annual skateboard event attracts hundreds of spectators who cheer on skaters as they charge down steep streets surrounding Mission Dolores Park in San Francisco.