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Courts & Law

In this Nov. 25, 2014 file photo, demonstrators block Public Square in Cleveland, during a protest over the police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
Black Lives Matter
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Policing

Officer who killed Tamir Rice quickly leaves new police job in Pa.

Tioga Borough council President Steve Hazlett says Timothy Loehmann left the position Thursday without having worked a single shift.

3 years ago

File photo: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's attorney says Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill failed to ensure a fair trial for him. (Court TV via AP/ Pool)
Black Lives Matter
Policing
Social Justice

Chauvin gets 21 years for violating Floyd’s civil rights

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights.

3 years ago

File photo: Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) drives past Chicago Sky forward Candace Parker (3) during the first half of Game 1 of the WNBA basketball Finals, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso, File)
NPR
International
Sports

Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia

The Phoenix Mercury Center and Olympic medalist could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

3 years ago

Demonstrators hold up signs outside the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals building in New Orleans on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill)
Immigration
National

Appeals arguments heard on immigrants brought to U.S. as kids

Advocates are hoping a federal appeals court will uphold an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as kids.

3 years ago

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Government
International
Sports

Biden tells Griner’s wife he’s working to get her home

Biden's conversation with Griner's wife, Cherelle Griner, comes after Brittney Griner wrote Biden a letter on Monday.

3 years ago

Chief Defender Keisha Hudson gets applause from staff at announcement of wage increases. (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Employment
Government
Philadelphia

Philly public defenders, staff to get pay raise

Almost $6 million will be split among attorneys and support staff in an effort to gain pay parity with prosecutors.

3 years ago

Members of the FBI's evidence response team remove personal belongings one day after a mass shooting in downtown Highland Park, Ill., Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
National
Public Safety

Highland Park parade shooting suspect bought guns legally despite threats

Authorities said the purchases were allowed even though police were called to his home twice in 2019 for threats of violence and suicide.

3 years ago

John Eastman, attorney for former President Donald Trump, stands at left as Rudy Giuliani speaks in Washington at a rally in support of Trump. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
NPR
Elections
Government Accountability
National
Politics

Georgia grand jury subpoenas top Trump allies, including Giuliani and Eastman

Jurors have questions for former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman as well as others who advised the former president's attempts to reverse his defeat in 2020.

3 years ago

Smoke rises from a power plant, as the lights glow red in a snowy landscape at night.
Environment
Government
Law

In light of EPA court ruling, new focus on states’ power

Eighteen states have set 100% clean energy goals, according to the U.S. Climate Alliance, and they represent 42% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

3 years ago

People hold signs and march, with officers standing in the background between protesters and a house.
NPR
Law
Policing
Protests

The Supreme Court marshal asks state officials to act on protests at justices’ homes

The protests have carried on for weeks since the leak of a draft of the court's eventual decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

3 years ago

Silhouettes of the hands of different people in a crowd waving signs are visible in the foreground, with the U.S. Supreme Court building in the background.
NPR
Health Care
Law
National

The end of Roe v. Wade raises fear of more prosecutions for pregnancy loss

Now that the Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, experts warn that prosecutions will increase for miscarriages, stillbirths and self-induced abortions.

3 years ago

People hold signs and demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.
Gun Violence
Health Care
Law
Religion

‘Revolutionary’ high court term on abortion, guns and more

In its first full term together, the court’s conservative majority ruled on abortion, guns, and religion, and limited the government's regulatory powers.

3 years ago

Someone walks with a blindfold over their eyes in protest in Washington, D.C., carrying a sign that reads,
Health Care
National
Public Health

Texas Supreme Court blocks order that resumed abortions

The Texas Supreme Court has blocked a lower court order that had given some abortion clinics confidence to resume performing abortions.

3 years ago

Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing
International
Sports

WNBA’s Brittney Griner goes on trial in Russian court

The Phoenix Mercury center and two-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

3 years ago

Indicted Delaware auditor Kathy McGuiness (left) leaves Monday's abbreviated court session with defense lawyers Dean Elwell, Steve Wood and Chelsea Botsch.
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Government Accountability

Delaware auditor dodges felony charges, guilty of misconduct

Jurors on Friday acquitted McGuiness of felony theft and intimidation charges. But they found her guilty of conflict of interest official misconduct.

3 years ago

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