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Courts & Law

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

Women in sunhats look at the Supreme Court, Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Radio Times

A consequential Supreme Court term ends

With the end the Supreme Court's controversial term, we look at decisions overshadowed by the abortion ruling and where the Court's conservative majority is heading.

Air Date: July 1, 2022 12:00 am

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Voters line up to cast their ballots in the 2020 presidential election in Durham, N.C. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a North Carolina redistricting case this fall about how much power state legislatures have over how federal elections are run. (Gerry Broome/AP)
NPR
Elections
Government
Law

How the Supreme Court could radically reshape elections for president and Congress

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday that it has agreed to hear a case next term that could upend election laws across the country.

3 years ago

In this image provided by Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer administers the Judicial Oath to Ketanji Brown Jackson as her husband Patrick Jackson holds the Bible at the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via AP)
NPR
National
Race & Ethnicity

Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on the Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's first Supreme Court pick, has been sworn in as the 116th justice. She is the first Black woman to serve on the nation's high court.

3 years ago

Supreme Court
Immigration
Law
National

Supreme Court: Biden properly ended Trump-era asylum policy

The justices' 5-4 decision for the administration came in a case about the “Remain in Mexico” policy under President Donald Trump.

3 years ago

Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant
Energy
Environment
National

Supreme Court limits EPA in curbing power plant emissions

The court’s ruling could complicate the administration’s plans to combat climate change. Its proposal to regulate power plant emissions is expected by the end of the year.

3 years ago

Protesters who support more abortion restrictions and protestors who upset at the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling removing protections for abortions demonstrate in the lobby of the South Carolina Statehouse on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Columbia South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
Radio Times
Health Care
Home & Family
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Protests

The End of Roe: Protests, Celebration, and the Impact of Being Denied an Abortion

In the immediate aftermath of overturning Roe v. Wade, a look at the abortion debate, access to reproductive healthcare and the challenges for pregnant people turned away.

Air Date: June 30, 2022 10:00 am

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Roberto Marquez of Dallas adds a flower a makeshift memorial at the site where officials found dozens of people dead in an abandoned semitrailer containing suspected migrants, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Crime
Immigration
International
Public Safety

Toll now at 53 in San Antonio as families wait for answers

The driver and two other men from Mexico remained in custody Wednesday.

3 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. ((AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Government
Law
National

High court noon: Jackson to be sworn in as Breyer retires Thursday

The first Black woman confirmed for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is officially becoming a justice.

3 years ago

Lev Parnas, center, speaks to the media outside the federal courthouse in New York, Wednesday, June 29, 2022.  (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Criminal Justice
Government Accountability
Politics

Giuliani’s former Ukraine fixer gets 20 months in prison

Lev Parnas had sought leniency on the grounds that he'd helped the Congressional probe of Trump and his efforts to get the leaders of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden's son.

3 years ago

Kathy Jennings, Delaware’s Attorney General. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Government
Law
Public Health

Delaware judge overturns Seaford abortion ordinance after state AG sued

A Seaford ordinance that required burial or cremation of fetal tissue following an abortion or miscarriage has been invalidated by a Delaware judge.

3 years ago

In this courtroom sketch, R. Kelly and his attorney Jennifer Bonjean, left, appear during his sentencing hearing in federal court, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in New York. The former R&B superstar was convicted of racketeering and other crimes. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)
Crime

R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case

R&B star R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.

3 years ago

File photo: The Flint water plant tower is seen, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Flint, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Environment
Government Accountability
National
Public Safety

Court kills Flint water charges against ex-governor, others

The court says a judge sitting as a one-person grand jury had no power to issue indictments. It’s an extraordinary defeat for Attorney General Dana Nessel.

3 years ago

In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell, right, is seated beside her attorney, Christian Everdell, as they watch the prosecutor speak during her sentencing, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)
Criminal Justice

Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison

The sentencing was the culmination of a prosecution that detailed how she and Epstein flaunted their riches and associations with prominent people to groom vulnerable girls.

3 years ago

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