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Man accused in killing Buffalo, N.Y., shooting will face federal hate crimes charges

4:43pm June 15, 2022

by Cheryl Corley

The Justice Department announced multiple hate and firearms charges against the white man accused of killing 10 people at a Buffalo market in a predominantly Black neighborhood.

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A prisoner is still in GITMO after he served his time. Now, he's suing for release

4:43pm June 15, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Wells Dixon, a lawyer representing Guantánamo Bay prisoner Majid Khan, who recently sued the Biden administration over his imprisonment.

Investigators work the scene last month after the mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y.

National

DOJ charges Buffalo gunman with hate crimes, and says he apologized to a white victim

1:22pm June 15, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The federal complaint gives a new account of Payton Gendron's movements in the store. It also alleges that he said "Sorry" to at least one of his white victims.

Choir members are silhouetted as they get ready for a worship service at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, June 14, 2022.

Southern Baptists agree to keep list of accused sex abusers

12:01pm June 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The vote on sex-abuse reforms, just weeks after the release of a report on the long-simmering scandal, fell short of what some abuse survivors in Southern Baptist churches sought.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks to reporters during a briefing in Trenton, N.J., on Feb. 7, 2022.

New Jersey touts abortion protections to lure businesses

10:09am June 15, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

Gov. Phil Murphy sent a letter to nearly 60 businesses suggesting they could expand into New Jersey because the state protects abortion rights.

White House Counsel Dana Remus, center, is seated next to former Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., right, as they listen during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washingt

Politics & Government

Dana Remus made legal history in the White House. Now she's moving on

9:03am June 15, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

Stuart Delery will replace her. Also, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will advise the White House on public engagement and Julie Rodriguez will be promoted to senior advisor.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard attending the trial in Fairfax, Va.

Arts

Amber Heard says social media was a factor for her defamation trial jury

7:48am June 15, 2022

Appearing on NBC's Today show, the actress said she stands by the testimony she gave in the trial against former husband Johnny Depp.

Gabby Giffords reflects on this moment in time for gun safety measures

5:25pm June 14, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was shot more than a decade ago, about whether efforts for gun control may go differently this time due to recent mass shootings.

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Florida lawmakers united to support gun control measures after the Parkland shooting

4:42pm June 14, 2022

by Greg Allen

After the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., Republicans and Democrats in the state passed restrictions on guns that could be a model for federal legislation. But Republicans are opposed.

National

Criminal defense lawyers sound the alarm about mass incarceration in a post-Roe U.S.

4:42pm June 14, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer asks National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers executive director Lisa Wayne how her organization is gearing up for the criminalization of abortion.