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News Articles: Law

The logo of the National Rifle Association is seen at an outdoor sports trade show in 2017.

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  • Law

Judge Rejects NRA's Bid To Throw Out Or Transfer Lawsuit That Could Shut It Down

The organization had filed for bankruptcy and said it would reincorporate in Texas.

January 22, 2021
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By:
  • Reese Oxner
Austin speaks last month in Wilmington, Del., after being formally nominated as defense secretary.

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  • Politics

Lloyd Austin Confirmed As Defense Secretary, Becomes 1st Black Pentagon Chief

Austin's near-unanimous confirmation came despite concerns raised on both sides of the aisle that he hadn't been out of uniform for the legally mandated minimum seven-year period.

January 22, 2021
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Activists in New York City show their support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which took effect on Friday.

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  • World

U.N. Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Takes Effect, Without The U.S. And Other Powers

"For the first time in history, nuclear weapons are going to be illegal in international law," says Elayne Whyte, who oversaw the treaty's creation.

January 22, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Riley Williams, 22, of Harrisburg, Pa., will have to wear an ankle monitor and can only leave her mother's home for work and some other court-approved reasons, as reported by the <em>Patriot-News</em>.

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  • National Security

Woman Accused Of Stealing Pelosi's Laptop Released From Jail

Riley Williams, 22, was released from jail Thursday into her mother's custody. Her lawyer told the court, "It is regrettable that Miss Williams took the president's bait and went inside the Capitol."

January 22, 2021
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
With official charges submitted against three men accused in bombings in Indonesia in 2002 and 2003, the U.S. must arraign the prisoners before a military commission at a U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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  • Law

U.S. Military Moves To Try 3 Guantanamo Suspects Linked To Indonesia Bombings

The men have been held in U.S. custody since 2003, accused of planning and helping to carry out the deadly bombing attacks at a Bali nightclub in 2002 and at a J.W. Marriott Hotel in Jakarta.

January 22, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Even before Amazon booted Parler off its Web service, Apple and Google had banned it from their respective app stores.

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  • Technology

Judge Refuses To Reinstate Parler After Amazon Shut It Down

U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein sided with Amazon, which argued that Parler would not remove posts from its site that threatened public safety in the wake of the Capitol riot.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Larry Rendall Brock Jr., an Air Force veteran, is seen inside the Senate Chamber wearing a military-style helmet and tactical vest during the rioting at the U.S. Capitol. Federal prosecutors have alleged that before the attack, Brock posted on Facebook about an impending "Second Civil War."

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  • Investigations

Nearly 1 In 5 Defendants In Capitol Riot Cases Served In The Military

Amid rising concern over domestic extremism, an NPR analysis found military veterans were overrepresented in those charged in the attack on the U.S. Capitol when compared to the general population.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach and
  • Meg Anderson
FBI Director Christopher Wray addresses a press conference at the Justice Department in October.

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  • Politics

Biden To Keep Wray On As FBI Director

FBI Director Christopher Wray is less than four years into his 10-year term. He was confirmed to lead the FBI in August 2017 after former President Donald Trump fired James Comey.

January 21, 2021
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  • Ryan Lucas
Portland has been a hotbed of anti-police and racial justice demonstrations since the summer. Wednesday's scuffle between police and anti-fascist demonstrators became just the latest such event in several months punctuated by demonstrations that turned violent.

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  • Law

Portland Police Charge 8 After Demonstrators Vandalize Democratic Party Offices

Anti-fascist protesters carried signs rejecting Joe Biden's presidency and scuffled with law enforcement in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
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  • Law

Detroiters Are Divided Over Trump's Commutation Of Ex-Mayor's Sentence

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick served seven years in prison for corruption. With 20 years left on his sentence, he received a commutation from President Trump.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Eli Newman
Protesters hold signs at a rally about the 2020 census in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019. President-elect Joe Biden has revoked the Trump administration's policy of excluding unauthorized immigrants from population numbers used to reallocate congressional seats and Electoral College votes.

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  • National

Biden Ends Trump Census Policy, Ensuring All Persons Living In U.S. Are Counted

President Biden has revoked Trump's policy of excluding unauthorized immigrants from a key count that the Constitution says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."

January 20, 2021
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
Inauguration Day has been quiet so far in Washington, D.C. Some 25,000 National Guard members are in the city, where insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol just two weeks ago.

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  • Politics

No Large Protests In D.C. As President Biden Is Inaugurated

Some 25,000 National Guard members are in the city where insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol just two weeks ago.

January 20, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Hannah Allam
Tenants' rights advocates protesting evictions during the pandemic in Boston this month. They want the Biden administration to not only extend, but also strengthen, an eviction order from the CDC aimed at keeping people in their homes during the outbreak.

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  • National

Biden To Extend Order Limiting Pandemic Evictions

On his first day in office, the president plans to sign an executive order extending the CDC's moratorium on evictions. Housing advocates say the CDC rule needs to be strengthened.

January 20, 2021
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
Alleged members of several different right-wing and extremist groups are facing charges in connection with the Jan. 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol.

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  • National Security

Members Of Right-Wing Militias, Extremist Groups Are Latest Charged In Capitol Siege

Federal prosecutors have charged a suspected leader of the far-right group the Oath Keepers with conspiracy, saying he helped plan and coordinate the Capitol riot.

January 20, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Rachel Treisman
Sen. Richard Burr was chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee but stepped aside during a Justice Department probe of his stock sales.

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  • Law

DOJ Drops Insider Trading Investigation Into Sen. Richard Burr

Officials launched a probe into Burr's business dealings after he warned some constituents in February to prepare for the coronavirus. Two weeks earlier he had sold off $1.7 million in stocks.

January 20, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
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