Who performs a lethal injection in the U.S.? In some states, they're volunteers
A failed execution in Idaho has put a spotlight on the teams of people that prisons use to impose the ultimate penalty on condemned inmates.
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Alabama voters weigh in on frozen embryo ruling
Alabama voters weigh in on a recent state Supreme Court ruling that gives frozen embryos the same legal protections as children and has halted some IVF procedures in the state.
Why Oregon is recriminalizing even small amounts of illicit drugs
Oregon's state legislature voted to reverse a measure that decriminalized personal drug use. What does the Oregon experiment and its likely overhaul mean in the wider context of the U.S. war on drugs?
Liberty University fined $14 million for federal crime reporting violations
The university agreed to the fine as part of a settlement agreement with the U.S. Education Department, which found numerous violations of the Clery Act, a campus safety law.
How states giving rights to fetuses could set up a national case on abortion
Fetal personhood made headlines recently when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos are "extrauterine children." The ruling raised questions across the country about fetal personhood.
Air Force employee accused of allegedly sharing classified info on a dating website
David Franklin Slater, a retired U.S. Army officer, was accused of leaking top classified national defense information related to the Russia-Ukraine war on a foreign dating website.
D.C. Council considers a bill intended to combat rising crime in the city
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser about the proposed measure that would toughen some sentences and make it easier to detain people as they await trial.
Supreme Court, by a unanimous ruling, restores Trump to the Colorado ballot
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) after the Supreme Court rejected state attempts to remove Donald Trump from presidential primary ballots over his role in the Jan. 6 attack.
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Sixteen states and American Samoa hold primary elections. Supreme Court restores Donald Trump to Colorado's primary ballot. U.N. report finds grounds to believe Hamas attacks in Israel included rapes.
July selection to begin in trial for 2nd parent in Michigan school shooting case
The trial of the father of a Michigan teenager who shot and killed four of his classmates in 2021 begins Tuesday. James Crumbley faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter.