Law

Democratic congressional candidates focus on abortion in a bid to regain the House

4:20pm January 22, 2024

by Susan Davis

House Democrats plan to campaign on abortion rights in key districts that will determine control of the chamber. Their efforts may be boosted by ballot initiatives in states like Arizona and Florida.

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Mifepristone is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion.

Health & Safety

In Washington state, pharmacists are poised to start prescribing abortion drugs

12:28pm January 22, 2024

by Patrick Adams

They're pioneering a new model of care that will allow for one-stop, same-day access to mifepristone — no appointment necessary.

Politics & Government

A day before the N.H. primary, Trump could testify in a N.Y. courtroom

5:14am January 22, 2024

Former President Donald Trump may testify in New York Monday in the defamation case filed against him by writer E. Jean Carroll.

Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, has introduced legislation with Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, to put guardrails around the use of billions of opioid settlement funds.

Proposed federal law would put limits on use of $50 billion in opioid settlements

5:00am January 22, 2024

by Aneri Pattani

Lawmakers want to ensure the funds are actually used to fight the addiction crisis, not "as a piggy bank for other projects."

National

Pod Corner: 'If All Else Fails'

5:09pm January 20, 2024

If All Else Fails is a podcast from North Country Public Radio that explores how far-right extremism is gaining traction in upstate New York among law enforcement.

National

What the anti-abortion March for Life looks like now that 'Roe v. Wade' is overturned

5:48pm January 19, 2024

by Jaclyn Diaz

This weekend marks 51 years since the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision. Last year, the Supreme Court overturned its abortion decision, but the annual March for Life goes ahead Friday.

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Police cleared Christian Ziegler Ziegler, the ousted chair of the Florida Republican Party, of rape allegations on Friday but said they have asked prosecutors to charge him with illegally video recording the sexual encounter he had with a female acquaintance.

Ousted Florida Republican cleared of rape allegation but faces video voyeurism charge

5:20pm January 19, 2024

by The Associated Press

Police have asked prosecutors to charge the ousted chair Christian Ziegler with illegally video recording the sexual encounter he had with a female acquaintance on Oct. 2.

A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the A-list actor.

Alec Baldwin is indicted in fatal shooting of cinematographer after new gun analysis

2:59pm January 19, 2024

by The Associated Press

Special prosecutors brought the case before a grand jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico this week, months after receiving a new analysis of the gun that was used.

An Oct. 21, 2022, photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Scott Peterson. The convicted murderer's case is now being taken up by the Los Angeles Innocence Project.

National

Los Angeles Innocence Project takes Scott Peterson's case, decades after conviction

1:14pm January 19, 2024

by Bill Chappell

This week, Peterson's legal team filed motions seeking evidence and DNA testing. They're the first new court filings in his murder case in a year.

Wind turbines on sacred Osage land must be removed, according to court ruling

6:57am January 19, 2024

A judge in Oklahoma has ordered the removal of a massive wind farm from tribal land because its owners failed to get proper permits more than a decade ago.

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