Guantánamo Bay is still open. This week, pressure ramped up to close it
This week, a group of nearly 100 advocacy organizations sent a letter to President Biden urging him to finally close the facility.
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600,000 Ram trucks to be recalled under settlement in emissions cheating scandal
The Department of Justice released details of a settlement with engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. that includes the mandatory recall. Cummins' total penalty for the violations tops $2 billion.
Police release video of officer shooting boy, 11, who had called 911 for help
Officials in Mississippi made the footage available after calls from 11-year-old Aderrien Murry's mother and the family's attorney to make it public.
Medical ethics: Does the public need to know why Austin was hospitalized?
Following a days-long delay in the release of information about Defense Secretary Austin's condition, NPR's Michel Martin asks medical ethicist Keisha Ray about privacy rights of public officials.
Judges appear doubtful about Trump's immunity claim in election interference case
Lawyers for the former President Donald Trump got a skeptical reception from an appeals court on Tuesday after they argued Trump is immune from criminal prosecution.
Trump claims immunity in the election interference case
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks constitutional law scholar Kim Wehle about Donald Trump's court arguments that his Jan. 6-related activities fell within the scope of his presidential duties.
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Judges push back on Trump's immunity claim. Defense Secretary Austin suffered complications from prostate cancer surgery. With nine days to avoid a government shutdown, what is Congress working on?
North Carolina man settles for millions after wrongful conviction, 44 years in prison
The settlement, which will end a wrongful incarceration lawsuit filed by attorneys for Ronnie Wallace Long, also included a public apology from the city of Concord for its role in his imprisonment.
Trump appears in court over claim to immunity in election interference
Former President Donald Trump appeared in federal court today. At issue was whether he is immune from prosecution for his attempts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election.
Will the feds block a grocery megamerger? Kroger and Albertsons will soon find out
America's two largest supermarket chains have struck a $25 billion deal to combine. Now the FTC is about to decide whether it will block or allow it, and under what conditions.