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Colorado plans to create special housing units for transgender women in prisons

5:27pm April 01, 2024

by Andrea Dukakis

Trans women in Colorado prisons will now be allowed to stay in separate housing units, according to a legal settlement aimed at making conditions safer for this often-targeted group.

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With Texas' border law in limbo, some migrants are worried. Others are undaunted

5:27pm April 01, 2024

by Angela Kocherga

An appeals court will hear arguments this week on Texas' new border enforcement law. With the state law in limbo, many migrants are looking at it with a mix of confusion, worry and determination.

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Dwayne Ehmer carries a U.S. flag as he rides his horse on the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 7, 2016, near Burns, Ore. An armed anti-government militia occupied the headquarters there to protest the jailing of two ranchers accused of arson.

A conservative Oregon county attempts criminal prosecution of a federal employee

1:15pm April 01, 2024

by Kirk Siegler

A U.S. Forest Service burn boss was due in court on charges stemming from a controlled burn that spread onto private land in 2022. His attorneys are trying to move the case to federal court.

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2 women put change in Colorado hate crime statute to the test

6:15pm March 31, 2024

Historically, Colorado set a very high standard for how it prosecutes hate crimes. A new provision in Colorado's hate crime statute is aiming to change that.

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Privacy concerns rise about Florida law requiring proof of age to join social media

8:07am March 31, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with NetChoice's Carl Szabo, a critic of Florida's new social media restrictions for kids, about age verification and fears of data collection.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks to reporters near the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 27, 2024 in Baltimore, Md.

Baltimore bridge collapse has put the spotlight on Maryland's young Black governor

5:00am March 30, 2024

by Jacob Fenston

Since before the political newcomer was inaugurated, there has been speculation that Maryland Gov. Wes Moore wants to run for higher office. The bridge collapse could be his first major test.

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Politics & Government

Trump lawyer's Jan. 6 actions 'threatened our democracy,' State Bar attorney says

4:33pm March 29, 2024

by Tom Dreisbach

Attorneys for the California Bar say their case against Trump lawyer John Eastman was about fighting a threat to democracy.

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Politics & Government

Justice Breyer warns of the perils of conservatives' judicial philosophy

4:33pm March 29, 2024

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer about his new book, Reading the Constitution, Why I chose Pragmatism not Textualism.

Ministering to death row: An unlikely friendship based on a shared calling

5:14am March 29, 2024

by Zanna McKay

Rev. Lauren Bennett, 33, leads a St. Louis church serving the LGBTQ+ community, and Father Gerry Kleba, 82, a retired Catholic priest, talk about ministering to inmates on death row in Missouri.

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National

Berkeley, Calif., repeals its first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new homes

5:14am March 29, 2024

by Kevin Stark

The city of Berkeley is repealing a landmark ban on natural gas hookups in new homes to comply with a court ruling. That could slow, but won't stop, the growing electrification movement.