Law

Training And Accountability In The Capitol Police Investigations

5:03pm February 21, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former police officer and law professor Seth Stoughton about the Capitol police force and the investigation into officers involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Immigration Policymaker On Biden's Reform Plans

5:03pm February 21, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin discusses immigration reform under the Biden administration with Theresa Cardinal Brown of the Bipartisan Policy Center and Chuck Rocha, a Democratic strategist.

Friedrich Karl Berger, in a 1959 photo. A court found that he helped guard prisoners when they were forced to evacuate a Nazi concentration camp in a nearly two-week trip under "inhumane conditions," the Justice Department said.

U.S. Deports Nazi Concentration Camp Guard To Germany

1:18pm February 20, 2021

by Rob Stein

A 95-year-old man who's been living in Tennessee was deported to Germany to face authorities over his work as a camp guard. Friedrich Karl Berger has lived in the United States since 1959.

Health & Safety

New York Law Gives Nursing Homes Protection In COVID-19 Death Suits

8:01am February 20, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Tracey Alvino, assistant director of Voices for Seniors, about nursing home liability during the pandemic.

The bill, which was signed on Thursday, would prohibit abortion as soon as cardiac activity can be detected with an ultrasound, except in cases of rape, incest or when a mother's life is in danger.

Court Temporarily Blocks South Carolina Heartbeat Abortion Ban

10:15pm February 19, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

"Today, abortion remains safe and legal in South Carolina, and politicians' plan to restrict access to health care has failed," the region's Planned Parenthood president said following the decision.

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg says he initially believed he'd hit a deer the night of the crash. It wasn't until the next day, when he drove back to the scene of the incident, that he discovered the body of 55-year-old Joe Boever, whom he'

National

South Dakota AG Charged With 3 Misdemeanors In Crash That Killed Pedestrian

8:09pm February 19, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Officials on Thursday said given the evidence, they could not bring more severe charges against Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, who fatally struck a man walking down a rural road in September.

A demonstrator wears an Oath Keepers anti-government organization badge on a tactical vest during a protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2021.

National

Justice Department Charges Suspected Oath Keepers In Plot To Attack The Capitol

7:09pm February 19, 2021

by Dina Temple-Raston

The Justice Department charged six more members of a far-right militia group for allegedly plotting ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. At least three others were already charged from the group.

A woman talks to police during a demonstration against the imprisonment of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél in Madrid. Clashes between police and protestors have gone on for three days and have led to dozens of arrests and injuries.

World News

Protests Continue In Spain Against Jailing Of Rapper Over Tweets

2:25pm February 19, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

For the third day, protesters in Spain's major cities hit the streets calling for the release of Pablo Hasél, who was arrested for tweets critical of the monarchy and supporting Basque separatists.

Chicago Police officers watch demonstrators on Lake Shore Drive during a protest in honor of George Floyd, in June, in downtown Chicago. A new report says police were unprepared and ill-equipped to handle the summer's protests.

National

'Confusion' Hampered Chicago Police Response To Summer Protests, Watchdog Report Says

10:37pm February 18, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Chicago's inspector general said Thursday that the department showed "confusion and lack of coordination" in the face of the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.

People walk on a tour of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa., in 2018. Two brothers who were at the facility have been freed by clemency after expecting to spend their lives incarcerated.

Politics & Government

Brothers Who Expected To Die In Pennsylvania Prison Now Free After Clemency

10:33am February 18, 2021

by Carrie Johnson

The Evans brothers are now home in Philadelphia after decades in prison. Convicted of second degree murder, they had few options for release in Pennsylvania under current law.

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