Law

Jessica Porten went to a doctor's appointment with her daughter, Kira, to get help with postpartum depression. She soon found herself in the company of police who escorted her to a hospital's emergency department.

Nurse Calls Cops After Woman Seeks Help For Postpartum Depression. Right Call?

4:22pm February 07, 2018

by April Dembosky

A package of mental health bills in California aims to make it easier for new moms to get help and to build awareness among more health workers of postpartum mood disorders.

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The state of Alabama is suing Purdue Pharma LP, the maker of OxyContin, for allegedly fueling the opioid crisis by deceiving doctors about prescription painkillers.

Alabama Targets OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma In Opioid Suit

4:02pm February 07, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

Alabama is one of several states, including Ohio and Mississippi, and municipalities filing suit against opioid manufacturers over deceptive marketing of prescription painkillers.

Politics & Government

President Trump Has Yet To Sit Down With Special Counsel Mueller

8:11am February 07, 2018

David Greene talks to Neal Katyal, ex-acting solicitor general under President Obama, who 2 decades ago helped to write the rules governing special counsels. Mueller leads the Russia influence probe.

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A federal judge says jurors will be anonymous and partially sequestered in the upcoming trial of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

Judge Rules That 'El Chapo' Jury Will Remain Anonymous

8:48pm February 06, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The identity of the jurors will be shielded from the alleged cartel leader, Joaquin Guzman, his legal team, prosecutors and the press. The jury will get additional protections inside the courthouse.

Chicken for sale at a grocery store. A string of lawsuits from wholesalers, retailers and food distribution giants allege that America's biggest poultry processors colluded to raise the price of broiler chickens over a decade.

Big Food Versus Big Chicken: Lawsuits Allege Processors Conspired To Fix Bird Prices

6:38pm February 06, 2018

by Leah Douglas

Wholesalers, retailers and food distribution giants allege that America's biggest poultry processors colluded to raise the price of broiler chickens over a decade.

Zacarias Moussaoui says he is suffering psychologically from the "total isolation" in which he is kept at the Supermax federal penitentiary in Florence, Colo.

National

Sept. 11 Conspirator Files Lawsuit Saying His Isolation Is 'Psychological Torture'

5:09pm February 06, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Zacarias Moussaoui, convicted in 2006, filed handwritten petitions in federal courts. Conditions at the Supermax prison in Colorado where he is an inmate have been criticized in the past.

When President Trump decided to stop making the cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurers, New York and Minnesota lost significant funding to a health program that covers more than 800,000 low-income residents.

How Trump's Funding Cuts Threaten 'Basic Health Program' Plans

11:28am February 06, 2018

by Michelle Andrews

The elimination of cost-sharing reduction subsidies slashes payments for a program that provides low-cost health insurance in New York and Minnesota.

Politics & Government

Military Vets Are Among Factors Changing The Politics Of Pot

5:47am February 06, 2018

by Quil Lawrence

The politics of medical marijuana are changing as veterans turn to the drug to treat service-related conditions. Trump administration efforts to enforce anti-pot laws have faced bipartisan pushback.

A view of the U.S.-Mexico border fence on the outskirts of Nogales, Mexico. Francisco Cantú says people always find ways up, over, under or around border fences.

Former Agent Says, 'Border Patrol Does Good Work ... But There's Tension There'

5:03am February 06, 2018

by Steve Inskeep

In The Line Becomes a River, Francisco Cantú looks back on his time as a Border Patrol agent. He says, in his experience, "No matter what obstacle we put at the border, it's going to be subverted."

Pennsylvania Has 10 Days To Redraw Congressional Maps

6:09pm February 05, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

On Monday, the United States Supreme Court declared it will not get in the way of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court order that will require the state legislature to redraw its congressional map by Feb. 15.

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