Rising crime statistics are not all that they seem
In the run up to the midterms, we keep hearing about a crime wave. But the claims are often rife with misinformation and racism.
Law
Paul Pelosi's attack stirs lawmakers' fears over their own safety
Following the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, lawmakers, some of whom have experienced their own threats, are expressing concern for their safety and that of those close to them.
Iran to hold trials for protesters arrested in demonstrations that began last month
The Iranian government is promising swift and harsh action against the more than 1,000 protesters arrested since demonstrations began last month.
Supreme Court says Lindsey Graham must testify in grand jury Georgia election probe
He's been subpoenaed for questioning later this month about allegations that then President Donald Trump tried to interfere with Georgia's ballot count after the 2020 election.
Colorado voters to vote on universal free school lunches
Universal free school lunch went away in Colorado when federal aid expired. A ballot measure seeks to restore that via a tax on the wealthy.
What college admissions would look like if affirmative action is reversed
Stella Flores is associate professor of higher education and public policy at the University of Texas at Austin. She discusses the implications of reversing affirmative action in college admissions.
Florida is poised to change the way it imposes the death sentence in trials
Florida is poised to change how it imposes the death penalty following a jury's decision to recommend life without parole for the gunman who killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland.
Morning news brief
David DePape makes his first court appearance after attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband. Russia sends more missiles to Ukraine. And, Israel has another election and Netanyahu guns for a comeback.
David DePape, who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband, is charged with attempted murder
The man accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband has now been charged with attempted murder and attempted kidnapping of a U.S. official, as he was looking for the Speaker of the House.
Supreme Court's conservatives are openly hostile to affirmative action in admissions
If they do what it sounded like they will do, it will end the ability of colleges and universities, public and private, to consider race as one factor in admissions.