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Lawyers Sue White Supremacists Over Charlottesville Violence

5:24am March 16, 2018

The organizers of the "Unite the Right" rally are being sued for conspiring to commit violence. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with attorney Roberta Kaplan, who says the rally was not about free speech.

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The gurney in the the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla.

National

Oklahoma Plans To Use Nitrogen For Executions

3:24pm March 15, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

After having trouble obtaining drugs needed for lethal injections, state officials plan to change the primary method of execution to nitrogen gas inhalation. It would be a first for a U.S. state.

Dylann Roof enters the courtroom at the Charleston County Judicial Center to enter his guilty plea on murder charges in Charleston, S.C., on April 10, 2017.

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Sister Of Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof Arrested After Menacing Social Media Post

9:10am March 15, 2018

by Scott Neuman

After a Snapchat post saying she hoped students participating in a walkout to protest gun violence "get shot," Morgan Roof, 18, was taken into custody on drug and weapons charges.

Protesters in Texas denouncing SB4, that state's law banning "sanctuary cities."

National

Court Ruling On Texas Anti-Sanctuary City Law Sets The Stage For More Legal Battles

10:28pm March 14, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

An appeals court backs a Texas law banning sanctuary city policies. Supporters of the ban say public safety is at stake. Opponents say it opens the door to racial profiling.

Three Illinois men have been charged by the U.S. Justice Department in the August 2017 bombing of a mosque in Minnesota.

National

Man Who Bid For Border Wall Contract Charged In Minnesota Mosque Bombing

7:12pm March 14, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Michael Hari has made a stunning array of headlines over the years. An alleged co-conspirator said they wanted to scare Muslims "out of the country." No one was injured.

An overhead view of Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., where Omar Mateen killed 49 people and injured dozens more in June 2016. On Wednesday, attorneys delivered opening statements in the trial of his widow, Noor Salman, the only person charged in the atta

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Orlando Gunman's Widow On Trial: 'No One Knew. Except Two People'

7:05pm March 14, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Prosecutors say Noor Salman assisted the 2016 rampage at Pulse nightclub and misled police. Her attorneys, however, say she was a "simple woman" who was abused by him and coerced by law enforcement.

Joel and Mary Rich accuse Fox News, its reporter and a periodic commentator of "extreme and outrageous" conduct for the May 2017 story on the death of their son. Fox retracted the story but did not apologize.

Politics & Government

Seth Rich's Parents Sue Fox News Over Baseless Story

5:45pm March 14, 2018

by David Folkenflik

Joel and Mary Rich accuse Fox, its reporter and a periodic commentator of "extreme and outrageous" conduct for the May 2017 story on their son's death. Fox retracted the story but did not apologize.

Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Thomas Brandon (left), Acting Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation David Bowdich (center) and U.S. Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center head Lina Al

After Mishandling Parkland Shooter Tip, FBI Answers Questions From Congress

3:28pm March 14, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

The FBI says it received multiple tips about the alleged Florida school shooter but did not follow proper protocols and had to explain those failings to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

Ledura Watkins greets family and supporters following his 2017 release from the Wayne County Jail in Detroit. Watkins was convicted in 1976 of first-degree murder. Prosecutors are no longer confident in the hair evidence used to convict him. Western Michi

National

Fewer Innocent Inmates Were Released From Prison In 2017, Study Says

8:03am March 14, 2018

by Cheryl Corley

Last year, 139 wrongfully convicted inmates were exonerated. That's a drop from 2016, when there were 171 cases, data from the National Registry of Exonerations shows.

Koch-Funded Group Focuses On Lifetime Appointments Of Judges

7:21am March 14, 2018

by Carrie Johnson

Americans For Prosperity, a conservative group, is pouring resources into energizing its grassroots activists in 36 states around the issue of confirming federal judges for lifetime appointments.

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