Linda Wertheimer talks with The Washington Post's Terrence McCoy about brain-damaged Baltimore residents signing away lead poisoning settlement money. He just won a Polk award for his reporting on it.
The U.S. government says Apple's refusal to help investigators access data on a San Bernardino shooter's phone is guided by brand and business concerns. A hearing date has been set in California.
Albert Woodfox, accused of killing a prison guard in 1972 with two other men, has always maintained his innocence. His decades in solitary became an international human rights issue.
As the late Supreme Court justice lay in repose on Friday, he was surrounded by his large family and nearly 100 former law clerks, and visited by all, from Obama to the court's blue-collar staff.
Whatever Congress might come up with would certainly be controversial — and this is an election year. That hasn't stopped some lawmakers from taking sides in the privacy vs. national security debate.
Couch, who killed four people and seriously wounded two others while driving drunk when he was 16, will receive new probation terms. He could face up to 180 days in jail.
Justice Antonin Scalia's body lies in repose on Friday at the Supreme Court where dignitaries — including the president — and the general public will pay their respects.