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NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Keri Blakinger, who is a staff writer for The Marshall Project, about the conditions inside American prisons and jails as the coronavirus outbreak accelerates.

In a rare and overwhelmingly bipartisan move, Congress has approved a $2 trillion package to rescue the economy.

A federal judge in California wants all minors who were apprehended crossing into the U.S. alone to be released in an orderly fashion. But she refrained from mandating their immediate release.

Governors and mayors in some parts of the country are requiring them to close like many other businesses. Other officials are letting gun sales continue. Gun rights groups are on the defensive.

The CARES Act offers relief to state and local governments, individuals, small and large businesses, and hospitals affected by the coronavirus crisis.

People fleeing COVID-19 hotspots will get a chilly reception and a forced quarantine in Florida and Rhode Island

The detainees range in age from 31 to 56 years of age and have medical conditions including diabetes, heart disease and obesity — making them particularly vulnerable to the disease.

The U.S. government has charged Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and 14 other current or former Venezuelan officials with narcotrafficking and has offered a $15 million reward for Maduro's capture.

The government is accused of letting Colombians linked with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia use its airspace to fly cocaine north through Central America to destinations in North America.

The U.S. government announces drug trafficking charges against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The charges were announced by Attorney General Bill Barr on Thursday morning.

The man's abrupt change in plea comes one year after the massacres at two mosques. It means the scheduled June trial will be called off. The gunman has a sentencing hearing in May.

It is a major victory for the Native American tribes and environmental groups fighting against the project. The judge has not decided whether oil can still flow in the meantime.