Recent shootings bring attention back to stand your ground laws
In the wake of recent shootings, NPR's Adrian Florido speaks to Harvard Law professor Ronald Sullivan about the status of stand your ground laws across the country.
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An accused gunman faces trial in Pittsburgh after a mass shooting at a synagogue
Jury selection begins Monday for the man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. The survivors are preparing for renewed anguish as they relive that day.
The state of student activism on abortion at Texas A&M
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's abortion decision, a student group at Texas A&M that promoted abortion rights has seen its membership plummet, while an anti-abortion group is thriving.
A group of state AGs calls for a national recall of high-theft Hyundai, Kia vehicles
Millions of vehicles manufactured by the companies between 2011 and 2022 can be easily hotwired and also lack engine immobilizers, a common anti-theft device.
A South Florida man shot at 2 Instacart delivery workers who went to the wrong house
Broward County State Attorney Harold F. Pryor called the incident "very disturbing" and said prosecutors would decide whether to file charges after reviewing the case.
The NAACP is suing Mississippi over an expanded role for state-run police in Jackson
The NAACP says "separate and unequal policing" will return to Mississippi's majority-Black capital under a state-run police department.
What happens next for mifepristone in the courts
The abortion pill mifepristone will remain available in the U.S., for now. NPR's Adrian Florido talks to Julie Rovner of KFF Health News.
An Indiana woman is charged with a federal hate crime in alleged anti-Asian bus attack
A federal grand jury indicted Billie R. Davis, who is accused of stabbing an 18-year-old university student on a bus in Bloomington "because of the victim's race and national origin," officials said.
Congress has clashed with Supreme Court justices over ethics in the past
The Thomas-Crow connection recalls past relationships that caught the attention of Congress, resulting in hearings that undermined a potential chief justice and the court's longest-serving member.
The former Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright will be freed Monday
Kim Potter, who was convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser in the 2021 incident, is set to be released from prison after serving 16 months. Daunte Wright was 20 years old.