Law

Protest March Follows Decision Not To Indict Rochester Police In Black Man's Death

5:58am February 24, 2021

by Liz Baker

A grand jury in New York declined to bring charges against police officers involved with the death of Daniel Prude. Body camera footage of his death sparked weeks of protests last summer.

News Brief: Capitol Security Hearing, N.Y. Grand Jury, Vaccine Line Jumpers

5:36am February 24, 2021

Ex-Capitol security chiefs recount insurrection events. No charges will be filed against Rochester police in the death of Daniel Prude. A health care provider allows people to jump the vaccine line.

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Emma Coronel Aispuro (far left), wife of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, is facing several charges in connection with her alleged involvement in the Sinaloa cartel's drug trafficking, as her husband sits in a U.S. prison.

Wife Of 'El Chapo' Arrested In U.S. On Drug Charges

5:47pm February 23, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, faces several drug charges and is under investigation for allegedly helping her husband escape from a Mexican prison in 2015.

A mural depicting Ahmaud Arbery in July 2020 in Brunswick, Ga. Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan are facing murder charges in connection with his death.

National

Mother of Ahmaud Arbery Files Civil Lawsuit On Anniversary Of Son's Killing

3:59pm February 23, 2021

by Brakkton Booker

The suit names Gregory and Travis McMichael, as well as William "Roddie" Bryan, who are all facing felony murder charges in connection to Arbery's death.

National

Arbery's Death Reveals Rifts That Ga. Community Still Grapples With

9:20am February 23, 2021

by Emma Hurt

It's been a year since Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed in Georgia. It would be months before most of the world heard about his death, and before there were any arrests.

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Wife Of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán Arrested On U.S. Drug Charges

7:45am February 23, 2021

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Associated Press reporter Michael Balsamo about the wife of a jailed Mexican drug lord, who was arrested on charges of conspiracy to distribute drugs in the U.S.

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National

Virginia On Track To Be 1st Southern State To Abolish Death Penalty

7:14am February 23, 2021

by Whittney Evans

Lawmakers in Virginia have voted to repeal the death penalty in part because of its disproportionate effect on Black residents. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam says he will sign the bill.

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Politics & Government

Supreme Court Order Paves Way For N.Y. Grand Jury To Obtain Trump's Financial Records

1:13am February 23, 2021

The Supreme Court has declined former President Donald Trump's request to further delay the enforcement of a subpoena from the Manhattan district attorney for Trump's financial records.

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National

Illinois Becomes First State to Eliminate Cash Bail

9:35pm February 22, 2021

by Cheryl Corley

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed sweeping criminal justice legislation Monday that also requires police agencies to equip officers with body cameras and sets stricter rules for their use of force.

Cristian Pavon's family says negligence caused his death last week at age 11. Their home had been without power for two days as extreme cold hit Texas, a relative says. Here, an electrical substation is seen in Houston on Sunday.

National

Texas Family Sues Power Provider, Utility Overseer After Son Dies In Freezing Weather

5:31pm February 22, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Cristian Pavon died last Tuesday when the local temperature was 12 degrees, according to a relative who set up a fundraising page for his family.