Law

Jurors weigh a verdict for 5 Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy

5:01am May 04, 2023

Jurors have been deliberating since last week. The men face several charges including seditious conspiracy. NPR's A Martinez talks to Andy Campbell, author of We Are Proud Boys about the trial.

Steve Kirsch, a tech entrepreneur turned anti-vaccine activist, at a conference in Atlanta for future COVID and vaccine-related litigation that he helped organize and fund.

As the pandemic winds down, anti-vaccine activists are building a legal network

5:01am May 04, 2023

by Lisa Hagen

They're aiming to bring together lawyers who have brought COVID-19 and vaccine-related cases to court with experts and build a body of law to combat future public health orders.

The medical examiner's official autopsy report for 29-year-old Tyre Nichols showed he "died of brain injuries from blunt force trauma," according to the Shelby County, Tenn., District Attorney's Office. Here, the screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honors Nichols before an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards on Jan. 28.

National

Tyre Nichols' autopsy reveals brain injuries from blunt force trauma, attorneys say

8:15pm May 03, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The family of Tyre Nichols and their attorneys were briefed on his official autopsy results Wednesday, nearly four months after his death.

Senator says the Supreme Court should 'take the hint' on code of conduct

4:28pm May 03, 2023

Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine talks about efforts to create a binding code of conduct for the Supreme Court.

Montana state Rep. SJ Howell speaks on the House floor during a motion to discipline Rep. Zooey Zephyr at the Montana Capitol in Helena on Wed., April 26, 2023. Howell is a Democrat who identifies as transgender nonbinary.

These states are narrowly defining who is 'female' and 'male' in law

4:28pm May 03, 2023

LGBTQ advocates say these bills are another attempt to restrict transgender rights. Republicans sponsoring the bills say the definitions are important to keep sex from being conflated with gender.

A social media meteorologist posted comments about being armed when a 6-year-old girl rang his doorbell. His comments were alarming to some of his followers.

National

A meteorologist's Facebook comments about guns and kids alarm his audience

11:29am May 03, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

The founder of iWeatherNet, a Facebook page and website that posts updates about Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta-area weather, commented about being armed and impatient when a child rang his doorbell.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk speaks at the "Twitter 2.0: From Conversations to Partnerships," marketing conference in Miami Beach, Florida, in April.

Elon Musk threatens to re-assign @NPR on Twitter to 'another company'

12:56am May 03, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

Musk, who has been scuffling with the media since acquiring the platform last year, asked if NPR was going to start tweeting again.

Aric Hutchinson and Samantha Miller are pictured at their wedding on Friday in a photo on a GoFundMe page. They were traveling in a golf cart hours later when a driver struck, killing Miller and injuring Hutchinson and two others.

National

Bride killed and groom injured when driver slams into golf cart after wedding

6:02pm May 02, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

Authorities said the driver was speeding and intoxicated. Three additional passengers traveling in the golf cart, including the groom, were taken to a local hospital in serious condition.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was among the Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee who viewed Tuesday's hearing on Supreme Court ethics as an attack on the new conservative Supreme Court supermajority, an attack by Democrats, aided and abetted by the media.

Politics & Government

Dueling narratives at the Senate hearing on the Supreme Court

5:10pm May 02, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Democrats' avowed purpose was to get the Supreme Court to write a code of conduct for itself, or in the absence of that, for Congress to write one. The Republicans avowed purpose was quite different.

COVID vaccine mandate for federal workers and others is set to end May 11

4:44pm May 02, 2023

by Pien Huang

Federal vaccine mandates for government employees, international travelers and healthcare workers will end on May 11. Here's why the changes are being made and what they mean.