Law

Social media bans for kids would violate their constitutional rights, some argue

4:22pm March 01, 2024

by Valerie Crowder

Efforts to curb social media for minors are popping up in state legislatures. Advocates say it'd help temper harmful mental health effects. But the constitutionality of all out bans is up for debate.

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022.

CVS and Walgreens to start dispensing abortion pill in states where it's legal

4:16pm March 01, 2024

CVS will start filling prescriptions for mifepristone in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Walgreens will start in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California and Illinois.

From left, Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times financial columnist, speak during the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Oct. 6, 2015, in San Francisco.

National

Elon Musk sues OpenAI for choosing profits over 'the benefit of humanity'

3:03pm March 01, 2024

by Juliana Kim

A former co-chair of OpenAI, Musk says he invested millions in the AI lab on "false promises" that it would be nonprofit and open-source. OpenAI is now backed by Microsoft.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear arguments in April about whether former President Trump enjoys blanket immunity.

Politics & Government

Will the timing of the Supreme Court's Trump case mean no trial before the election?

11:06am March 01, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

The court could have moved faster. It has historically done that in other big cases with political ramification.

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National

Recalling a Puerto Rican nationalist who took part in 1954's shooting at U.S. Capitol

8:09am March 01, 2024

by Jo Corona

The violent call for Puerto Rican independence earned Rafael Cancel Miranda 25 years in prison. He is remembered by his wife, María de los Ángeles Vázquez, and their son, Rafael Cancel Vázquez.

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A view of the Montana State Capitol on May 3, 2023, in Helena, Montana.

Montana judge declares 3 laws restricting abortion unconstitutional

7:16pm February 29, 2024

by Shaylee Ragar

The decision cited a 1999 Montana Supreme Court ruling that said the state Constitution's right to privacy includes a woman's right to abortion access.

ExxonMobil is suing investors who want faster climate action

6:45pm February 29, 2024

by Michael Copley

The oil and gas giant is suing investor groups that want it to slash climate pollution. Interest groups on both sides of the case say it could lead to more lawsuits against activist investors.

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman announces charges against Jeffery Epstein on July 8, 2019 in New York City. Epstein was charged with one count of sex trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors.

Florida is releasing Jeffrey Epstein's grand jury report

6:24pm February 29, 2024

by Greg Allen

Jeffrey Epstein was a wealthy financier, who was charged with paying dozens of girls over many years for sex. He died in a jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.

This photo illustration shows national guardsman Jack Teixeira reflected in an image of the Pentagon.

National

Jack Teixeira expected to plead guilty in documents leak case

6:15pm February 29, 2024

by Ryan Lucas

The request comes almost a year after Teixeira was arrested and charged with the illegal retention and transmission of national defense information. He originally pleaded not guilty to the charges.

New York state prosecutors are trying to stop JBS from making "fraudulent and illegal" marketing claims about its climate efforts.

New York sues beef producer JBS for 'fraudulent' marketing around climate change

5:58pm February 29, 2024

by Michael Copley

New York state Attorney General Letitia James said the food company is misleading the public about its efforts to cut its climate pollution.