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Courts & Law

Elad Dvash-Banks (left) and his husband, Andrew, pose for photos with their twin sons, Ethan (center right), and Aiden in their apartment last year in Los Angeles. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
NPR
Home & Family
Immigration
Kids

Judge rules against State Department in same-sex couple’s citizenship lawsuit

Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks have twin sons, born four minutes apart. The U.S. State Department has maintained that one is a U.S. citizen and one is not.

7 years ago

R. Kelly turns himself in at Chicago's 1st District-Central police station on Friday evening. Earlier that day, Kelly was indicted on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
NPR
National
Public Safety

R. Kelly bond set at $1M after arrest on charges of aggravated sexual abuse

Kelly is being allowed to go free as he awaits trial after posting $100,000, or 10 percent of the bond.

7 years ago

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
National
Politics

Mueller: Manafort ‘brazenly violated the law’ for years

Citing Manafort's lies to the FBI, several government agencies and his own lawyer, prosecutors said that "upon release from jail, Manafort presents a grave risk of recidivism.

7 years ago

Children who have darker skin wait longer on average to leave foster care. (Stepan Popov/Shutterstock)
Home & Family
Kids
Race & Ethnicity
The Conversation

The U.S. adoption system discriminates against darker-skinned children

When it comes to adoption, Americans might assume that each child is treated equally. But research shows that darker-skinned children are repeatedly discriminated against.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
Energy
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

AG Shapiro investigating ‘environmental crimes’ in Pa.

The woman who sued natural gas driller Range Resources over alleged air and water contamination at her Mt. Pleasant, Pa. home, testified before an investigative grand jury.

7 years ago

A solitary corrections officer looks out from a tower at one corner of the state prison in Camp Hill. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Pa. Corrections Department settling lawsuit over contentious legal mail policy

The DOC has confirmed it will stop photocopying inmates’ legal mail and go back to giving them original copies.

7 years ago

backhoe works at a construction site
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Delaware County asks to join ‘safety seven’ suit challenging Mariner East pipeline

Delaware County is the latest public entity seeking to join the ongoing lawsuit, which alleges unsafe conditions and a need for more emergency planning.

7 years ago

In this Jan. 30, 2017, file photo, attorney Gadeir Abbas speaks during a news conference at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Washington. The federal government has acknowledged that it shares its terrorist watchlist with more than 1,400 private entities, including hospitals and universities, prompting concerns from civil libertarians that those mistakenly placed on the list could face a wide variety of hassles in their daily lives. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, File)
Politics

Judge orders feds to list private groups receiving watchlist

Hundreds of private entities like universities and hospitals receive access to the list.

7 years ago

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is being charged with soliciting prostitution. (Mark Humphrey/AP)
NPR
National
Sports

Florida police: Robert Kraft, owner of Patriots, to face solicitation charges

Jupiter Police Chief Daniel Kerr announced the charges on Friday as part of a sting on a local spa.

7 years ago

(photo credit, Josh Luxenberg)
Radio Times
History
Race & Ethnicity

Plessy v. Ferguson: How racial segregation became law

Steve Luxenberg tells the history around Plessy v. Ferguson, the disastrous 1896 Supreme Court decision that made racial segregation legal as “separate but equal.”

Air Date: February 22, 2019 10:00 am

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Special counsel Robert Mueller Mueller's has released the latest details about the cost of his office over the past year. (Brenadan Smialowski/AP)
Politics

Waiting for final Mueller report? It may be short on detail

The exact timing of Mueller's endgame is unclear.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Books
History
Race & Ethnicity

Plessy v. Ferguson: How racial segregation became law

STEVE LUXENBERG, a former Washington Post editor ...

7 years ago

Listen 35:30
In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, photo, workers place sections of metal wall as a new barrier is built along the Texas-Mexico border near downtown El Paso. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Radio Times
Politics

The legal challenges to Trump’s national emergency

We discuss the legal arguments and challenges to President Trump's declaration of a national emergency to get funding for a border wall.

7 years ago

Listen 13:30
Pennsylvania's corrections system tightened its legal mail security in September. The ACLU and other civil rights groups are trying to prove the move wasn't warranted. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

The trial over Pa.’s prison mail policy may be heading toward a settlement

The unprecedented security measures at the center of this trial involved giving inmates photocopies of their mail, while the prison temporarily stored the originals.

7 years ago

Graham Spanier walks to the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, March 20, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Higher Education
Pennsylvania

Penn State ex-president Spanier’s request for appeal denied

Graham Spanier, 70, had argued the trial judge and a lower appeals court wrongly relied on a statute of limitations law that prosecutors never cited.

7 years ago

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