Law

Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaks in front of the U.K. Home Office in London as protesters demand Julian Assange's release on May 17. Home Secretary Priti Patel signed the extradition order on Friday.

Will Julian Assange be extradited to the U.S.? Where his case stands now

1:10pm June 17, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The WikiLeaks founder will face 18 federal counts — whenever he's brought to a U.S. courthouse in Virginia. For now, he has at least one more avenue of appeal.

Politics & Government

The House Jan. 6 panel wants to interview the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas

7:20am June 17, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer about the role Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, played in the lead up to the attack on the Capitol.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pauses as he makes a statement to media gathered outside the High Court in London in 2011.

The U.K. says Julian Assange can be extradited to the U.S. to face spying charges

6:30am June 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

WikiLeaks said it would appeal. The decision is a big moment in Assange's years-long battle to avoid facing trial in the U.S. — though not necessarily the end of the tale.

Church members console each other after a shooting at the Saint Stevens Episcopal Church on Thursday, June 16, 2022 in Vestavia, Ala.

National

2 people have died in an Alabama church shooting

11:41pm June 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

A third person was wounded, police say, adding a suspect was quickly taken into custody.

Sen. Angus King on latest progress on bipartisan talks over gun reform legislation

5:40pm June 16, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, on where bipartisan negotiations over legislation on gun safety stand in the Senate.

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Chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., talks with the media after a hearing of the committee, Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill.

Politics & Government

The Justice Department wants to see the Jan. 6 committee's transcripts

5:25pm June 16, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

It says the lack of sharing is complicating its criminal probe.

Blake Lemoine poses for a portrait in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

The Google engineer who sees company's AI as 'sentient' thinks a chatbot has a soul

4:43pm June 16, 2022

by Bobby Allyn

The Google computer scientist who was placed on leave after claiming the company's artificial intelligence chatbot has come to life tells NPR how he formed his opinion.

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National

Trials are finally wrapping up in the 'Fat Leonard' bribery case

4:43pm June 16, 2022

by Steve Walsh

Over nine years, more than two dozen Naval officers have pleaded guilty to taking bribes to help Leonard Francis defraud the Navy in the "Fat Leonard" case. Now, the trials are finally wrapping up.

Users beware: Apps are using a loophole in privacy law to track kids' phones

1:59pm June 16, 2022

by Dave Davies

Washington Post tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler says a 1998 law prohibits tech companies from collecting data on kids — but only if the companies know the age of their users.

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John Hinckley Jr., pictured in November 2003, arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington. As of Wednesday, President Ronald Reagan's would-be assassin is no longer under court-mandated legal or mental health supervision.

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John Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate President Reagan, is granted full release

9:14pm June 15, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Hinckley, who was confined to a mental hospital for decades, has been inching his way toward freedom for years. On Wednesday, an order lifting some remaining restrictions went into effect.