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In states with abortion bans, hospital ethics boards have the power to make exceptions

8:10am March 12, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Dr. Anne Lyerly, a professor and OB-GYN, about how hospital ethics boards are being invoked when a patient requires a medical exception to an abortion ban.

A closer look at the findings from DOJ's investigation of Louisville police

5:17pm March 11, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke about the Department of Justice's report about the civil rights abuses in the Louisville Police Department.

National

A Texas lawsuit could have far-reaching implications for abortion pill access

5:17pm March 11, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

A Texas man is suing three women for allegedly helping his now-ex-wife obtain a medication abortion. It's believed to be the first such case since the Supreme Court decision upending abortion rights.

More than two decades after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, the five men accused have still not gone to trial, and four presidential administrations have wrestled with the Guantánamo problem.

A year after plea talks began, the 9/11 case is still in limbo, frustrating families

8:06am March 11, 2023

by Sacha Pfeiffer

Settlement talks began a year ago in the 9/11 terrorism case. But little progress has been made, dragging out the future of the problem-plagued U.S. military court and prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Queue Listen Now

Paul Flores listens during his murder trial in Monterey County Superior Court in Salinas, Calif., on July 18, 2022.

National

The man convicted of killing Kristin Smart in 1996 is sentenced to 25 years to life

8:01pm March 10, 2023

by The Associated Press

Smart, 19, disappeared from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo in 1996. Prosecutors maintained that Paul Flores, now 46, killed Smart during an attempted rape.

This combination photo shows Travis McMichael (from left), William Bryan and Gregory McMichael during their trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. The three men have filed appeals of their federal hate crime convictions.

National

3 men found guilty in Ahmaud Arbery's murder file appeals of hate crime convictions

5:51pm March 10, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The 25-year-old Arbery was shot and killed after he was pursued by two of the men, who saw him running in their neighborhood in Brunswick, Ga., on Feb. 23, 2020. The third man filmed the encounter.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference in January, after a sentencing hearing of the Trump Organization. Bragg's office has invited former President Trump to testify before a grand jury — a step that often precedes an indictment.

What we know about Trump possibly facing criminal indictment in New York City

4:40pm March 10, 2023

Trump has been invited to testify before a Manhattan grand jury, typically the last step before a criminal indictment. Trump could become the first former president in U.S. history to be indicted.

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton and Lt. Gov. Randy McNally speak ahead of Gov. Bill Lee's State of the State Address. Monday, Feb. 06, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn.

Tenn. Lt. Gov. McNally apologizes after repeatedly commenting on racy Instagram posts

4:10pm March 10, 2023

by Blaise Gainey

While supporting some of the state's most restrictive LGBTQ laws, Tenn. Lt. Gov. Randy McNally admitted to regularly commenting on nearly naked online photos of a gay man with heart and fire emojis.

A Canadian judge ruled that offending someone is not a crime after two neighbors got into a verbal dispute.

World News

Canada rules that flipping the middle finger is a 'God-given' right

3:48pm March 10, 2023

by Juliana Kim

A recent court case between two rival neighbors near Montreal boiled down to whether flipping someone off is considered a crime.

Biden administration releases Guantánamo inmate, its fourth transfer in a month

8:04pm March 09, 2023

by Sacha Pfeiffer

A Saudi man held at Guantánamo for more than two decades without being put on trial has been released by the U.S., making him the fourth inmate transferred out of Guantánamo in about the past month.