Law

A federal appeals court Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, ordered a lower court review of Biden administration revisions to DACA, a program preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children. The ruling, for now, leaves the future of DACA up in the air.

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An appeals court rules against DACA, but the program continues — for now

7:07pm October 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Fifth Circuit said a federal district judge in Texas should take another look at the program following the revisions adopted by the Biden administration, leaving the future of DACA up in the air.

World News

Jailed under Duterte, Philippine politician sends dire warnings on democracy

5:47pm October 05, 2022

by Julie McCarthy

Supporters say Leila de Lima is a human rights defender still paying the price for speaking out against the abuses of the former president's drug war.

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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, seen here in 2020, said his office had aided in the arrest of the CEO of a Michigan-based election software company on "suspicion of theft of personal identifying information."

Politics & Government

A software CEO was arrested on suspicion of storing poll worker data in China

4:16pm October 05, 2022

by Tom Dreisbach

The Los Angeles County District Attorney accused the CEO of a small company that makes software for election workers of illegally storing data on servers in China. The company denies the allegation.

This 2021 aerial photo shows the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe where Rust was being filmed.

Halyna Hutchins' family settles with Alec Baldwin over cinematographer's death

12:55pm October 05, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

Under the settlement, which is subject to court approval, the filming of Rust will continue with the "original principal players on board" and Hutchins' husband will serve as executive producer.

Politics & Government

The appeal Trump wants justices to decide is extraordinarily narrow, Wehle says

8:28am October 05, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Kim Wehle, visiting law professor at American University and author of How To Read The Constitution And Why, about former President Trump's appeal to the Supreme Court.

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Politics & Government

Trump requests the Supreme Court to resolve the Mar-a-Lago document dispute

7:21am October 05, 2022

The legal battle over documents seized from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in August continues with the former president requesting the Supreme Court intervene in the case.

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News brief: OPEC meeting, Trump document dispute, U.S. balancing act in Iran

6:43am October 05, 2022

OPEC mulls a cut in oil production. The fight over Mar-a-Lago documents goes to the Supreme Court. And the U.S. tries to support Iranian protesters while striking a nuclear deal with their government.

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Stockton Police Department officials released this undated surveillance image of a person of interest. The figure appears to match the description of the only surviving victim of a suspected serial killer who has fatally shot six people.

National

Police have linked several shootings to a possible serial killer in Stockton, Calif.

5:00am October 05, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Investigators are scouring old shooting homicides for possible connections to the six fatal shootings that have terrorized the the city, officials told NPR.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving the Voting Rights Act.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court conservatives may strike another blow to landmark Voting Rights Act

8:41pm October 04, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

At issue in Tuesday's case was Alabama's congressional redistricting plan, adopted by the Republican state legislature after the 2020 Census.

Former President Donald Trump is requesting the Supreme Court intervene in the case concerning classified documents taken from his Mar-a-Lago home over the summer.

Politics & Government

Trump asks the Supreme Court to resolve Mar-a-Lago document dispute

6:22pm October 04, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Trump's legal team argued that the lower court lacked the authority to grant an appeal, which allowed the Justice Department to continue its investigation without supervision from a special master.