Law

Former Census Director: Citizenship Question To Hurt 2020 Accuracy

5:43pm July 06, 2019

Host Michel Martin talks with former U.S. Census Bureau director Kenneth Prewitt about how public trust in the census has been affected by the battle over a citizenship question.

National

Sex Trafficking Victim Wants To Ban Brothels In Nevada

8:04am July 06, 2019

by Bree Zender

A federal lawsuit in Nevada is trying to end the state's legal brothel system. Plaintiffs say brothels encourage sex trafficking, but the industry says women freely choose to do sex work.

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US Border Patrol Receives Asylum Seekers In Texas' Rio Grande Valley

Friday News Roundup - Domestic

8:23pm July 05, 2019

The July 4 holiday did not mean there was less news.

R. Alan Pritchard, one of two attorneys for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, heads into Shelby County General Sessions Court Wednesday in Memphis. He asked the court to drop more than two dozen cases as the hospital reviews its collection policies.

Memphis Hospitals Suspend Debt Collection Suits, Including Suits Against Employees

7:27pm July 03, 2019

by Wendi C. Thomas

After an investigation by journalists found the Methodist hospital system had filed 8,300 lawsuits in five years, the hospital announced it will be "reviewing" its policies in the next 30 days.

A jury sentenced Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher on Wednesday, one day after he was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced in connection with the death of a 17-year-old ISIS fighter in U.S. custody.

National

Navy SEAL Demoted For Taking Photo With Corpse Of ISIS Fighter

4:44pm July 03, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Earlier Wednesday, President Trump congratulated Edward Gallagher and his family on the end of his legal ordeal. In response, they said, "Thank you Mr. President ... for all you have done."

National

Charge Against Woman Indicted In Death Of Her Own Fetus Has Been Dropped

4:26pm July 03, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

In Alabama, District Attorney Lynneice Washington called the case "disturbing and heartbreaking," and there are "no winners, only losers, in this sad ordeal."

Chuck Schumer Meets With New Democratic Senators Doug Jones And Tina Smith

Politics & Government

A Conversation With Senator Doug Jones

3:05pm July 03, 2019

The Alabama Democrat is up for reelection in 2020.

Migrants taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States sit in a facility in McAllen, Texas, in June 2018. On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that asylum-seeking migrants can't be denied bond and held indefinitely.

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Policy Ordering Indefinite Detention For Asylum-Seekers

10:30am July 03, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman said it is unconstitutional to keep credible asylum-seekers in custody indefinitely as they await immigration proceedings, reversing a Trump administration order.

2020 Census Forms Will Be Printed Without Citizenship Question

8:50am July 03, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Trump administration is moving forward with printing 2020 census forms without a citizenship question. The move comes after a more than year-long legal battle over the hotly contested question.

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Military Jury Acquits Navy SEAL Of Murder In War Crimes Trial

6:54am July 03, 2019

by Steve Walsh

A Navy SEAL was acquitted of murder Tuesday in a case that involved the killing of a 17-year-old ISIS prisoner. The jury convicted him on one charge, posing with the body of the dead prisoner.

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