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Justice Stephen Breyer, photographed in 2015.

Politics & Government

Justice Stephen Breyer, an influential liberal on the Supreme Court, to retire

9:51pm January 26, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

Behind the scenes, Breyer, 83, pushed and prodded his fellow justices for consensus. His decision gives President Biden his first opportunity to name a new justice to the court.

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Workers at Amazon's warehouse on Staten Island are expected to vote on whether to unionize in the coming months.

National

Amazon faces another union vote, this time at a Staten Island warehouse

8:37pm January 26, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

Federal labor officials found enough support among Amazon workers on Staten Island to pave wave for a union election. It could be the second union vote for Amazon this year.

Britain's Prince Andrew appears at the Royal Chapel at Windsor following the death announcement of his father Prince Philip in April 2021.

Prince Andrew again seeks dismissal of sexual abuse suit, demands a trial if it's not

7:16pm January 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

Among Andrew's grounds for dismissal is that if any sexual activity did occur between the prince and Virginia Giuffre, it was consensual.

Congregation Beth Israel Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, facing the camera, hugs a man after a healing service on Jan. 17, two days after he and three others were taken hostage at his Colleyville, Texas, synagogue.

A Texas man is accused of selling gun used to take synagogue hostages

5:36pm January 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

Earlier Wednesday, British police said they arrested two more men in Manchester related to the hostage-taking incident.

National

A look at Justice Stephen Breyer's time on the Supreme Court — and what comes next

5:04pm January 26, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has announced his retirement after 40 years as a judge, 27 of them on the nation's high court. President Biden will have the opportunity to name his first justice.

Why U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring now

5:04pm January 26, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring. With a potential red wave coming in the midterm election, his move to step down now is about politics and the ideological direction of the court.

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A prisoner looks out of his jail window as protesters gather outside the federal detention center in Miami on June 12, 2020, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd.

Flaws plague a tool meant to help low-risk federal prisoners win early release

3:05pm January 26, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

The Justice Department created an algorithm to measure a person's risk of committing a new crime after leaving prison. But even after multiple tweaks, the tool is leading to racial disparities.

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Health & Safety

News brief:Ukraine defense, COVID treatments, prisoners' early release

7:41am January 26, 2022

An ex-Ukrainian defense minister weighs in on tensions with Russia. The FDA restricts 2 drugs authorized to treat COVID. Flaws plague a tool meant to help low-risk federal prisoners win early release.

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Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, right, and his attorney Julian McPhillips, left, leave the courtroom in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday following jury selection. Moore and Leigh Corfman, who accused him of sexual assault, are suing each other for defa

Testimony begins in the dueling defamation suits over Roy Moore molestation claims

8:47pm January 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

The allegations overshadowed Moore's 2017 campaign as he fell in a stunning defeat to Doug Jones, the first Alabama Democrat elected to the Senate in 25 years.

New York's mask mandate temporarily restored by appeals judge

7:31pm January 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

Monday's ruling that overturned the mandate caused confusion, with some school administrators quickly announcing masks would be optional and others continuing to enforce wearing them.