Law

Father and son are convicted of federal hate crimes in black jogger's death

7:21am August 09, 2022

by Benjamin Payne

Travis McMichael and Greg McMichael, convicted of federal hate crimes in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, received life sentences. A third man who recorded the killing was sentenced to 35 years in prison.

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Politics & Government

The FBI conducted a search at ex-President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida

7:21am August 09, 2022

Trump announced the news himself — calling the FBI action unnecessary and attacking it as politically motivated — even though he appointed the FBI director, Chris Wray.

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News brief: FBI searches Mar-a-Lago, Ukraine nuclear plant, New Mexico killings

6:29am August 09, 2022

The FBI searched ex-President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. Fighting near a Ukrainian nuclear power complex alarms both sides. Albuquerque's Muslim community is on alert after the murders of four men.

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Donald Trump says FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida

5:11am August 09, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Kimberly Wehle, law professor and author of How To Read The Constitution And Why, about the reported FBI raid on former President Donald Trump's Florida home.

The entrance to former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is shown, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump said in a lengthy statement that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and asserted that agents had broken open

Politics & Government

Trump says FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida

10:49pm August 08, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Former President Trump said FBI agents executed an "unannounced raid" at his home in South Florida Monday. His son said it was related to documents taken from the White House when Trump left office.

National

What legal implications arise after Indiana approves an abortion ban?

5:07am August 08, 2022

NPR's A Martínez speaks with law professor Melissa Murray about Indiana's new abortion ban, which is the first law restricting abortion since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.

National

3 men face sentencing for federal hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery's death

5:07am August 08, 2022

by Benjamin Payne

The three white men who killed Ahmaud Arbery face sentencing for federal hate crimes Monday. Jurors found that race was a motivating factor when they chased and shot the Black jogger in 2020.

Carlie Brown (left) and Molly Pela exchange wedding vows as their friend, Julie Takahashi, officiates the ceremony. Both women said they rushed to get married after reading Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' concurring opinion in striking down Roe v.

National

Scared after the fall of Roe, these 2 Texas women rushed to tie the knot

5:00am August 08, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Following the Supreme Court's decision, Carlie Brown and Molly Pela rescheduled their wedding for nine months earlier. They fear that without federal protections, their family remains vulnerable.

This photo shows, from left to right, Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan, two of three white men who will face sentencing Monday for their roles in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

National

Men face sentencing for hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery's death

2:24am August 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

Arbery's killing on Feb. 23, 2020, became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice and killings of unarmed Black people.

Books
Arts

Authors and bookstore owners worry a big publishing merger will affect diversity

5:40pm August 07, 2022

by Chloe Veltman

The proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster will likely change things for authors and readers - for better or worse