Law

Health & Safety

What the Alabama IVF ruling means for parents going through IVF

7:57am February 25, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with bioethicist Judith Daar about the legal and ethical implications of the Alabama Supreme Court's decision that embryos can be considered children under state law.

Julie and her brother Steven Petrow. Petrow says she called him "her number one researcher and an instigator," because he helped her navigate the medical system.

Health & Safety

He didn't want his sister to die. But her suffering helped him understand her choice

7:00am February 25, 2024

Steven Petrow's sister was dying of cancer. She chose to take advantage of a law that lets doctors prescribe terminally ill patients life-ending medications.

Politics & Government

Trump's mounting legal fees could spell financial peril

5:10pm February 24, 2024

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with correspondent Domenico Montanaro and journalist David Cay Johnston about the status of former President Donald Trump's finances as he faces steep legal penalties.

National

Jury finds three top executives of the NRA liable for corruption

8:38pm February 23, 2024

by Brian Mann

A jury in Manhattan has found three top executives of the National Rifle Association liable for widespread corruption at the gun rights group. This is another blow for the conservative organization.

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Letitia James promised to "take on" then-President Donald Trump when she ran for New York attorney general in 2018. In the years since, she has sued Trump repeatedly, sparking controversy and winning major victories in court.

N.Y.'s crusading attorney general wins again with NRA verdict, Trump judgment

8:31pm February 23, 2024

by Brian Mann

New York Attorney General Letitia James has built a reputation targeting powerful national figures. Critics say her lawsuits are politically motivated, but she keeps winning in court.

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Former NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre (second from right) leaves New York State Supreme Court on Wednesday. Top NRA executives for were accused of using millions in donations for private luxuries.

Jury finds NRA, Wayne LaPierre liable in civil corruption case

7:33pm February 23, 2024

Top executives for the gun rights nonprofit were accused of using millions in NRA donations for private luxuries. A jury found former CEO Wayne LaPierre liable for more than $5.4 million in damages.

Mexico sues Arizona gun shops trafficking firearms across the border

4:50pm February 23, 2024

by Danyelle Khmara

A federal judge in Arizona is considering a lawsuit Mexico filed against gun shops in that state trafficking arms across the border.

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Morning news brief

5:09am February 23, 2024

Alabama lawmakers move to protect IVF treatment. Saturday marks two years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Leaked document show a Chinese hacking scheme focused on harassing dissidents.

National

New York rolls out a social-justice oriented weed legalization program

4:25pm February 22, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino about her latest piece, which chronicles the rollout of New York's social justice-oriented weed legalization program.

Uncertainty looms after Alabama's IVF court ruling

4:25pm February 22, 2024

Alabama's new court ruling that frozen embryos should receive legal protections as "unborn life," leaves fertility clinics and parents-to-be in limbo.