Law

The exterior of the Washington, D.C., jail where a group of defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol are detained. The atmosphere has grown tense as they await their trials.

National

In a D.C. jail, Jan. 6 defendants awaiting trial are forming bitter factions

4:20pm April 14, 2022

by Tom Dreisbach

Allegations of bullying and intimidation as well as complaints about the distribution of more than a million dollars in donated funds have led to bitter conflict among Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants.

A jury convicted a British national El Shafee Elsheikh for his role in an Islamic State hostage-taking scheme that took roughly two dozen Westerners captive a decade ago.

A member of Islamic State group known as 'Beatles' is convicted in Americans' deaths

2:53pm April 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

A jury convicted a British national for his role in hostage-takings that took roughly two dozen Westerners captive a decade ago, resulting in the deaths of four Americans, three of whom were beheaded.

Vehicles are parked outside the Tesla plant in Fremont, Calif., on May 12, 2020. A federal judge has slashed the award to a Black former contract worker over claims that he was subjected to racial discrimination at the factory.

National

Judge cuts the payout in a Black former Tesla contractor's racial discrimination suit

2:08pm April 14, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

A federal judge has slashed the award to Owen Diaz over claims that he was subjected to racial discrimination at work to $15 million. A jury had ordered the automaker to pay Diaz $137 million.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the state's new abortion ban into law. It bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks

12:25pm April 14, 2022

by Wynne Davis

Florida is the latest state to pass legislation that further restricts access to abortion. The new law bans abortions after 15 weeks, but doesn't have exceptions for rape, incest or human trafficking.

National

News brief: Brooklyn subway shooting, Grand Rapids shooting, Russian war crimes

7:50am April 14, 2022

People in Grand Rapids, Mich., protest the killing of a Black man by police. The suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting is in custody. The U.S. is assisting Ukraine in its war crimes probe.

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Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. appears in a New York courtroom in 2020. He pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of forcible touching.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr pleads guilty to forcibly touching a woman

5:52pm April 13, 2022

She accused him of touching her at a Manhattan night spot. The court had ruled prosecutors could bring in testimony by two other women who allegedly would accuse him of sexual groping.

A new study provides the first evidence of its kind that silica dust is responsible for the rising tide of severe black lung disease, including among coal miners in Appalachia.

Researchers say they've linked silica dust directly to severe black lung disease

5:19pm April 13, 2022

by Robert Benincasa

A new study links the epidemic of severe lung disease among coal miners to toxic silica dust. The findings echo a 2018 investigation by NPR and the PBS show Frontline.

Environmental laws can be an obstacle in building green energy infrastructure

4:57pm April 13, 2022

Green energy, like wind or solar power, is one solution to fighting climate change. But sometimes it's environmental laws that get in the way of building the infrastructure to produce it.

A view of The Crossing apartment building in Washington, D.C.'s Navy Yard neighborhood on April 8. The building, which was raided by the FBI on April 6, is the home of two men accused of posing as federal law enforcement employees and ingratiating themsel

Politics & Government

Two men accused of impersonating federal officers will be released to await trial

11:52am April 13, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

Both are ordered to stay with their fathers in Virginia. Prosecutors have suggested they posed a national security threat and may have compromised Secret Service agents.

A pack of wolves in Yellowstone National Park are spotted from a wildlife tracking plane

A record number of Yellowstone wolves have been killed. Conservationists are worried

11:34am April 13, 2022

by Nick Mott

States neighboring Yellowstone National Park have eased rules on hunting wolves, resulting in the most being killed in nearly a century

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