Law

Managing Director Christine Lagarde thanked the IMF Executive Board for the vote of confidence "in my ability to do my job."

World News

Board Decides To Keep Lagarde As IMF Chief After Conviction

9:05pm December 19, 2016

by Avie Schneider

The IMF's board expressed "full confidence" in Managing Director Christine Lagarde after she was convicted of negligence for improperly overseeing a 2008 case when she was France's finance minister.

Charlotte City Council Repeals Ordinance That Led To Bathroom Bill

6:24pm December 19, 2016

by Jeff Tiberii

The city council in Charlotte, N.C., has repealed a local LGBT rights ordinance that sparked a national debate over transgender rights. It's part of a reported deal with state lawmakers that also repeals a state law to prevent the city from enacting such laws.

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National

Privacy Advocates Claim Interactive Doll Spies On Children

6:24pm December 19, 2016

by Brian Naylor

Could the toys under your Christmas tree be spying on you? Consumer groups point to an interactive doll they say encourages children to give up personal data, in violation of the law.

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Activists from UltraViolet, a national women's advocacy organization, push for the removal of Judge Aaron Persky from the bench in San Francisco in June. The judge has since been cleared of misconduct.

National

Calif. Judge Cleared Of Misconduct After Sentence In Stanford Sexual Assault Case

3:49pm December 19, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Judge Aaron Persky sentenced Stanford University student Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting a woman. The state judicial discipline agency found no evidence of sentencing bias.

Jefferson County School District, north of Birmingham, Ala., has a student poverty rate of 22 percent. If the city of Gardendale secedes from the county district, it will become an "island" district within Jefferson County.

This Mostly White City Wants To Leave Its Mostly Black School District

2:04pm December 19, 2016

by Sherrel Stewart

Jefferson County, Ala., schools have been under a desegregation order for decades. Now that a majority-white city wants to form its own district, a judge must decide if it's violating civil rights.

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How One Couple Fought For The Legal Right To Leave A Bad Yelp Review

9:19am December 19, 2016

by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi

The lawsuit was one of the cases that inspired the new law — the Consumer Review Fairness Act — that aims to curb one avenue businesses have used to sue customers for posting negative online reviews.

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National

Toddler Dies After Road-Rage Gunfire Hits Car, Little Rock Police Say

2:07pm December 18, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The boy is the second toddler to die in a car-related shooting in the city in the past month. He had been on a shopping trip with his grandmother, police say.

Cali is the 9-year-old miniature dachshund of Republican Rep. Ken Calvert of California. Love of dogs is a rare source of bipartisan agreement.

Despite Partisan Rancor, Democrats And Republicans Can Agree On Dogs

1:22pm December 18, 2016

by Ailsa Chang

The tunnels and offices of Capitol Hill bustle with lawmakers, lobbyists, reporters — and dogs. NPR's Ailsa Chang takes her dog Mickey to meet some congressional canines.

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National

Documentary '13TH' Argues Mass Incarceration Is An Extension Of Slavery

5:02pm December 17, 2016

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay talks about her new documentary, 13TH, which explores the history of race and the criminal justice system in the United States. The film's title refers to the 13th Amendment.

U.S. jurisdictions have begun to implement risk-based systems of pre-trial detention as a potentially fairer and more effective alternative to traditional money bail.

States And Cities Take Steps To Reform 'Dishonest' Bail System

8:00am December 17, 2016

by An-Li Herring

As many as a third of defendants in urban areas remain in jail because they could not post bail. An increasing number of states are changing that with risk-based systems of pre-trial detention.