Law

Tennessee lawmakers propose more power to involuntarily commit mentally ill people

6:07pm January 08, 2024

by Marianna Bacallao

Tennessee lawmakers will consider expanding the state's power to involuntarily commit someone with severe mental illness. Advocates worry the measure would undermine the rights of the most vulnerable.

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Politics & Government

Congress has the power to grant Trump amnesty so he is eligible for primary ballots

5:07am January 08, 2024

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Indiana University's Gerard Magliocca about the role of Congress in deciding whether former President Trump appears on ballots in Colorado and Maine.

National

Alabama convicted killer waits to be executed this month by nitrogen gas

5:07am January 08, 2024

by Chiara Eisner

We hear from Kenneth Smith, a death row inmate in Alabama, who is scheduled for execution by nitrogen gas — a method of execution that has never been used in the U.S.

National

NRA corruption trial preview

5:13pm January 07, 2024

by Brian Mann

A civil trial in New York could further upend the National Rifle Association. The state alleges misuse of funds at the powerful group.

Anton Koen, a former police officer who now runs a private security firm that specializes in tracking and recovering hijacked and stolen vehicles, prepares to go out on patrol east of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023.

World News

As police lose the war on crime in South Africa, private security companies step in

10:12am January 07, 2024

by The Associated Press

Experts have warned that the South African police are losing the battle against crime and that has led those citizens who can afford it, to turn to a booming private security industry.

Jan. 6 investigations update

5:51pm January 06, 2024

by Tom Dreisbach

More than 1,200 people have been charged for crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and investigators are building cases against more suspects.

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Politics & Government

Supreme Court will rule on Trump's eligibility for state ballot

5:51pm January 06, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in on the Colorado State Supreme Court's decision to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot.

Joshua Powell, a former top executive at the NRA, is pictured. Powell has admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay $100,000 ahead of a civil corruption trial.

National

Former top NRA official admits wrongdoing in New York corruption case

2:42pm January 06, 2024

by Brian Mann

Joshua Powell has admitted wrongdoing on the eve of a corruption trial in New York. In recent years, the former top NRA executive has described the organization as a "grifter culture."

Nigel Lythgoe poses at a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 9, 2021, in Los Angeles.

Nigel Lythgoe departs 'So You Think You Can Dance' amid sexual assault allegations

2:31pm January 06, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

The 74-year-old TV personality, producer and choreographer is facing a lawsuit launched by high-profile co-host Paula Abdul.

A participant in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Peace Walk in Washington, D.C., holds a sign that says "PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS" in 2022.

Politics & Government

3 novel legal arguments by Republicans that threaten the Voting Rights Act in 2024

5:00am January 06, 2024

by Hansi Lo Wang

Republican state officials are advancing new legal arguments in the courts that threaten to erode the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination in the election process.