The NAACP event coincided with lawmakers return after a three-month hiatus due to COVID-19 fears. The march took on added urgency after Rayshard Brooks was killed by police over the weekend.
For years, the governor says, Democrats in the state didn't have the political or popular support to enact reforms. Now, lawmakers have passed sweeping police accountability and transparency measures.
At the heart of the case was a legal question about which federal agency — if any — had authority to grant a permit for the pipeline, which would cross under the trail in central Virginia.
With many U.S. prisons on lockdown amid the pandemic, keeping prisoners in their cells has emerged as a way to stop viral spread. Advocates worry that will increase the use of solitary confinement.
According to multiple news reports, the banner was taken down after President Trump and senior State Department officials expressed displeasure with it.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kris Hayashi of the Transgender Law Center about Monday's Supreme Court ruling and other issues trans people are facing right now.
Some government employees are starting to return to office work after the coronavirus pandemic. At the IRS, which is preparing for next month's tax filing deadline, workers face a host of challenges.
A Russian court has convicted an American, Paul Whelan, Monday of spying and sentenced him to 16 years of hard labor. The case could have repercussions for the already troubled U.S.-Russia relations.
Congress required health plans to fully cover COVID-19 testing, but insurance companies say they should only have to pay if tests are "medically necessary" or ordered by a doctor.