Canadian teacher reassigned under a controversial Quebec law for wearing a hijab
A teacher who wears a hijab was removed from the classroom under Quebec's Bill 21, which prohibits teachers wearing religious symbols in class.
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As the 2022 campaign kicks off in Georgia, 2020 casts a long shadow
The tight relationship between Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and former President Trump crumbed after Kemp upheld the 2020 election results. Now, Trump has his staunch supporter challenging Kemp in 2022.
2 artists have been charged with faking Native American heritage
Two men who falsely claimed to be tribal members sold counterfeit Native American art at galleries in downtown Seattle, officials said. Both are separately facing federal charges.
Embattled Activision Blizzard to employees: 'consider the consequences' of unionizing
Union supporters say the companywide email to employees of the video game giant is an effort to intimidate workers into dropping the union push amid a sexual harassment and equal pay controversy.
Mario Gonzalez died after police pinned him down for 5 minutes. Now his autopsy is in
The autopsy of a California man who was restrained by police calls his death a homicide but says the leading cause was methamphetamine toxicity. His family's attorneys are filing a civil rights suit.
The prosecution rests its case in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-trafficking trial
A fourth and final accuser took the stand Friday, offering yet another harrowing story about being lured into sexual exploitation.
Supreme Court has allowed abortion providers to challenge Texas' abortion ban law
The Supreme Court has again declined to block a Texas law that bans most abortions — the most restrictive such measure in the country. But it ruled that clinics can file suit to try and stop the law.
Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion law as legal fights move forward
The justices allowed the abortion providers' challenges to go ahead against Texas' licensing officials – but not against anyone else. The court also blocked the Justice Department's challenge.
Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion law as legal fights move ahead
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed abortion providers to challenge Texas' restrictive abortion law. NPR's Noel King speaks with Florida State law professor Mary Ziegler about the implications.
Michigan teens sue Oxford School District for failing to stop fatal shooting
NPR's Noel King speaks to attorney Geoffrey Fieger, who's filed suit against the school district and some individual staff members, over last week's shooting that left four students dead.