Law

Judge's blistering ruling halts Florida's ban on gender-affirming care for minors

5:07pm June 06, 2023

by Melissa Block

In a strongly worded ruling, a federal judge said that minors who filed suit against Florida's gender-affirming care bans would "suffer irreparable harm." An appeal to the injunction is expected.

The silhouette AR-15-style rifle is displayed on signage for the Firearms Unknown Guns & Ammo gun store in Yuma, Ariz., last week.

Health & Safety

Gun deaths hit their highest level ever in 2021, with 1 person dead every 11 minutes

3:10pm June 06, 2023

by Scott Neuman

A new report released by Johns Hopkins University shows that gun homicides rose 7.6% from 2020, a year that set a previous U.S. record. Firearms are the leading cause of death for those under age 25.

Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 15.

Books
Arts

How the SCOTUS 'Supermajority' is shaping policy on everything from abortion to guns

1:34pm June 06, 2023

by Dave Davies

Constitutional lawyer Michael Waldman says there's a growing divide between the electorate and the Court: "the country is moving in one direction ... the Court is moving fast in another direction."

Queue Listen Now

Cuba Gooding Jr. appears in court in New York on Jan. 22, 2020. The actor has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago, according to court records.

Arts

Cuba Gooding Jr. settles a civil sex abuse case just as trial was set to begin

12:54pm June 06, 2023

by The Associated Press

The actor has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago. Gooding's lawyers had insisted that his encounter with the woman was consensual.

The U.S. Supreme Court has about four weeks left to release opinions for more than two dozen cases it heard this term.

Politics & Government

Here are the major Supreme Court decisions we're still waiting for this term

11:33am June 06, 2023

by Washington Desk

The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue opinions in 27 cases that it heard this term, and has about four weeks left to release them. Here are the major cases NPR is watching.

The SEC unveils 13 charges in a lawsuit against crypto exchange Binance

10:32am June 06, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed more than a dozen charges against Binance which runs the largest crypto trading site in the world.

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Morning news brief

5:06am June 06, 2023

A major dam near a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine collapses. Former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie is to officially announce his GOP presidential bid. The SEC sues a major crypto exchange.

Prince Harry is set to testify in a phone hacking trial involving British tabloids

5:09am June 05, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

He is scheduled to appear in a London court Monday — one of several plaintiffs suing British papers for allegedly hacking their phones. It's a practice the British tabloids have been notorious for.

National

The death of a woman in custody is throwing light on Rhode Island's probation rules

7:49am June 04, 2023

by Olivia Ebertz

A terminally ill Rhode Island woman was held in jail up until the day she died. Her bail had been denied over a previous minor crime, and her case has prompted debate over the state's probation rules.

Lawyers Benjamin Crump, left, and Carl Douglas, right, held a news conference in January to announce their filing of a $50 million claim against the city of Los Angeles over the death of Keenan Anderson, who is pictured on posters.

National

A teacher tased by the LAPD died of an enlarged heart and cocaine use, coroner says

6:07pm June 03, 2023

by Emma Bowman

Keenan Anderson, a Black man, died hours after Los Angeles police officers repeatedly tased him in January. The coroner's office said the manner of death was not determined.