Law

Joanna Smith was sentenced today for defacing the case of Edgar Degas' Little Dancer sculpture in 2023.

Arts

Climate activist who defaced Edgar Degas' sculpture sentenced to 60 days in prison

2:57pm April 26, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art.

Carolina reviews the strawberry pints picked by farmworkers in a Sanchez Farm field in Plant City, Fla., on Feb. 28.

A year later, Florida businesses say the state's immigration law dealt a huge blow

2:43pm April 26, 2024

by Jasmine Garsd

Florida passed in 2023 one of the strictest immigration laws in the country, and now businesses struggle to find workers in several sectors of the economy

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The conservative justices of the U.S. Supreme Court

Politics & Government

Trump's immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it

12:57pm April 26, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

Five of the six conservatives spent much of their lives in the Beltway, working in the White House and Justice Department, seeing their administrations as targets of unfair harassment by Democrats.

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Former President Trump talks to reporters after his hush-money trial in New York adjourned for the day Thursday.

Politics & Government

Former tabloid publisher details actions on behalf of Trump ahead of 2016 election

10:12am April 26, 2024

by Andrea Bernstein

David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, told prosecutors he killed stories that potentially could have hurt Donald Trump during his run for the White House in 2016.

Dazhon Darien had allegedly used the Baltimore County Public Schools' network to access OpenAI tools and Microsoft Bing Chat before the viral audio file of Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert spread on social media.

A Baltimore-area teacher is accused of using AI to make his boss appear racist

10:09am April 26, 2024

by Jaclyn Diaz

This wild case emphasizes the serious potential for criminal misuse of artificial intelligence that experts have been warning about for some time, one professor said.

Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador said he would "hate to think" hospital administrators are publicizing the number of emergency flights out of state "just to make a political statement."

Idaho's biggest hospital says emergency flights for pregnant patients up sharply

8:33am April 26, 2024

by Julie Luchetta/Boise State Public Radio

Idaho's biggest hospital system says the number of people needing flights out of Idaho for emergency abortions is up sharply since the state's abortion ban took effect.

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National

Seattle City Council takes up changes to new minimum wage law

7:49am April 26, 2024

by Lilly Ana Fowler

A recent law in Seattle sets minimum pay for delivery apps drivers. The City Council is looking to amend the measure after service charges increased and business for some drivers plummeted.

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Politics & Government

After a 3-hour hearing, the Supreme Court must define presidential immunity

7:27am April 26, 2024

NPR's A Martinez speaks with former federal prosecutor and Politico senior writer Ankush Khardori about former President Donald Trump's immunity claims.

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Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:10am April 26, 2024

Student protests against Israel's war in Gaza intensify. The Supreme Court debated former President Trump's immunity claim. New York's highest court overturned Harvey Weinstein's criminal conviction.

Twyla Stallworth, a Black woman from Andalusia, Al., filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Andalusia, its police department and Ofc. Grant Barton, the police officer involved in the incident.

National

Alabama woman who says police assaulted her after calling 911 files federal lawsuit

5:00am April 26, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

Twyla Stallworth, a woman from Andalusia, Ala., filed a federal lawsuit against the city, its police department and Grant Barton, the police officer involved in the incident.