Law

Activists and community members march into the Minnesota State Capitol building during a Trans Day of Visibility rally on March 31, 2023. Minnesota is one of at least 12 states that has restricted gender-affirming care for minors this year.

Minnesota to join at least 4 other states in protecting transgender care this year

6:35pm April 21, 2023

In 2023, a record number of states have passed rules or legislation to eliminate youth gender-affirming care, but a record number of states have also moved to protect care for trans youth and adults.

MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell talks to reporters at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., on Jan. 27.

Politics & Government

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell is ordered to pay $5M in election fraud challenge

5:12pm April 21, 2023

by The Associated Press

The election conspiracy theorist said he has no intention of paying the arbitration panel's order of $5 million and that he expects the dispute to land in court.

What the Justice Clarence Thomas scandal says about ethics on the Supreme Court

5:00pm April 21, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

With news that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose gifts of vacations, luxury experiences and business transactions, there is new scrutiny on the ethics governing the court.

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Supreme Court set to weigh in on availability of abortion pill mifepristone

4:43pm April 21, 2023

The Supreme Court is expected to weigh in by midnight Friday on whether to allow an abortion pill to remain widely available.

New U.S. Justice Department indictments contain this image of armed gang members allegedly associated with the Chapitos network of the Sinaloa cartel.

National

U.S. says it 'infiltrated' the Sinaloa drug cartel in the fight against fentanyl

2:31pm April 21, 2023

by Brian Mann

In sweeping indictments, the Justice Department targeted two dozen operatives in the Chapitos network of the Sinaloa cartel. But many drug policy experts say this won't slow fentanyl deaths.

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Lashawn Thompson, 35, died in the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta in September 2022. His family's attorney, Michael Harper, said Thompson's body was covered with insect bite marks.

Crump says Kaepernick to pay for autopsy for inmate who died in 'appalling conditions'

12:45pm April 21, 2023

by Juliana Kim

The former NFL quarterback is assisting the family of Lashawn Thompson, a Georgia jail inmate who died last year while covered in insects, civil rights attorney Ben Crump said.

Peter Manfredonia was sentenced to 55 years in prison for killing two people, injuring another, holding a man hostage and kidnapping a woman in 2020.

National

College student who killed a man with sword sentenced twice to 55 years in prison

12:35pm April 21, 2023

by Emily Olson

Two courts issued separate prison sentences to a man who attacked two people with a samurai sword, fatally shot a former classmate, kidnapped a woman and led police on a six-day manhunt in 2020.

Anti-abortion advocates demonstrate against abortion pills outside the Supreme Court on Friday.

Supreme Court ruling on mifepristone causes uncertainty for advocates

12:21pm April 21, 2023

by Jan Johnson

Ahead of the Supreme Court's decision on access to mifepristone, an anti-abortion advocate contends that the most commonly used abortion method is not safe for women.

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U.S. officials say they're poised to deal a 'crushing blow' to fentanyl traffickers

7:21am April 21, 2023

The officials say the U.S. has infiltrated the Sinaloa cartel, but the effort has sparked a backlash in Mexico. Some experts are skeptical fentanyl smuggling can be slowed.

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Prosecutors say Nasyrova gave her friend cheesecake laced with a highly potent sedative, then scattered pills around her unconscious body.

A woman gets 21 years for trying to kill her doppelganger with poisoned cheesecake

6:40am April 21, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Viktoria Nasyrova was convicted in February and sentenced this week in New York. Her lawyer says she'll eventually likely get deported back to Russia — where she's wanted for a 2014 murder.