Law

Sheldon Wong (clockwise from top left), Raymond Lam, Kenny Kwan and Charles Lai leave the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg, Pa., in May 2017.

4 Ex-Fraternity Members Sentenced In Pledge's Hazing Death

12:24pm January 09, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

Four men from New York City were sentenced to jail time Monday in the 2013 hazing death of a Baruch College freshman during a fraternity trip to the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania.

National

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Water Dispute Between Florida, Georgia

8:10am January 09, 2018

by Molly Samuel

The Supreme Court has heard arguments in a decades long water war between Georgia and Florida. But it's not clear if any decision will end the legal wrangling.

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The Supreme Court declined to take up a case over a Mississippi law that provides specific protection for three "sincerely held" religious beliefs.

National

Controversial Mississippi Law Limiting LGBT Rights Not Heading To Supreme Court

5:13pm January 08, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The justices leave in place a federal appeals court decision that allowed the law to take effect. It came into force in October.

Ammon Bundy (from left), Ryan Payne and Ryan Bundy on the day a mistrial was declared last month. They were joined by Jeanette Finicum, widow of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, and Ryan's wife and daughter.

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Judge Dismisses Federal Case Against Cliven Bundy And Sons, Bars Retrial

4:18pm January 08, 2018

Less than a month after declaring a mistrial, Judge Gloria Navarro said there can be no retrial against the Nevada rancher and three other men, who led an armed standoff with federal agents in 2014.

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Economy

Picasso And The Panama Papers

1:51pm January 08, 2018

How does art help the super-rich stay rich?

U.S. Ends El Salvador's Protected Status, Affecting 200,000 Residents

1:43pm January 08, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The move upends a status quo that has existed since 2001, when President George W. Bush extended temporary protected status after major earthquakes devastated parts of El Salvador.

Attempts To Strengthen Enforcement Of Federal Pot Laws Face Constraints

7:39am January 08, 2018

by Nathan Rott

The Trump administration is trying to strengthen enforcement of federal marijuana laws. Federal prosecutors may not get the cooperation they need from states that have approved marijuana use.

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National

Explaining 'Chain Migration'

8:06am January 07, 2018

by John Burnett

The president wants to put an end to what he calls the nation's "horrible" system of "chain migration." We explain what it means.

A copy of Fire and Fury sits on display at a bookstore in Washington, D.C., on Friday. The book was rushed into bookstores and onto e-book platforms because of demand and the threat of a lawsuit from President Trump.

The New Year Rings In With 'Fire And Fury.' It Might Mean A Consequential 2018

6:56pm January 06, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

The first week of the new year kicked off with the same ferocity of news that last year ended with.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions holds a news conference at the Department of Justice on December 15, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

The Russia Investigations: Sessions On Edge, Bannon Exiled And Internecine Combat

7:00am January 06, 2018

by Philip Ewing

A cyclone of news reshapes D.C. and spins the Russia imbroglio into a significant new direction. Attorney General Jeff Sessions wound up in quicksand; Steve Bannon wound up cast into darkness.