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News Articles: Law

A female red wolf is shown in its habitat at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, N.C.

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  • Animals

More endangered red wolves will be released in the U.S. under a legal settlement

There were only an estimated seven red wolves left in the wild when a coalition of conservation organizations decided to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

August 10, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a group portrait on Oct. 7, 2022.

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  • Law

Thomas accepted more gifts from billionaire benefactors, new ProPublica report says

The conservative justice took at least 38 vacations, 26 private jet flights, eight flights by helicopter, a dozen VIP passes to sporting events and stays at luxury resorts, according to ProPublica.

August 10, 2023
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  • Washington Desk
Plaintiffs Amanda Zurawski (far left), Austin Dennard, Taylor Edwards, and Elizabeth Weller speak together at the Travis County Courthouse on July 20, 2023 in Austin, Texas.

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  • Health

How a trial in Texas changed the story of abortion rights in America

Wrenching testimony from women denied abortion care turned the focus toward the suffering and health risks faced by mothers.

August 10, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Varney
A plane arrives at Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City on March 9, 2021. Federal officials say they're asking the FBI to consider criminal prosecution of nearly two dozen more airline passengers accused of disturbances on flights. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023 that it has now referred more than 270 cases to the FBI since late 2021.

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  • Law

There has been an 80% drop in cases of unruly airline passengers since 2021

The Federal Aviation Administration partnered with the FBI in 2021 to bring criminal charges more aggressively against disorderly airline passengers.

August 09, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Twitter's blue bird is seen on its headquarters building in San Francisco on July 24. Special counsel Jack Smith obtained search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump's account, according to newly unsealed court documents.

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  • Law

Special counsel Jack Smith got a secret search warrant for Trump's Twitter account

In January, prosecutors got a search warrant directing Twitter to produce data and records related to the @realDonaldTrump account. The company was ordered not to tell Trump about this.

August 09, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Windham, N.H., on August 8.

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  • Law

A protective order is unlikely to curb Trump or affect his popularity

A hearing is set for Friday on the parameters of a possible protective order dictating how former President Donald Trump and his legal team can talk about evidence in the Jan. 6 criminal case.

August 08, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A copy of the book "And Tango Makes Three" is photographed on a bookstore shelf in Chicago in 2006. Months after access to the popular children's book about a male penguin couple hatching a chick was restricted at school libraries, a central Florida school district says it has reversed that decision.

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  • National

Shakespeare and penguin book get caught in Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' laws

Students in a Florida school district will be reading only excerpts from William Shakespeare's plays for class rather than the full texts under redesigned curriculum guides.

August 08, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A portion of Grand Canyon National Park and the newly designated Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

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  • Religion

New national monument comes after more than a decade of advocacy by Native nations

The new national monument that President Biden is designating in Arizona today comes after Native nations advocated for decades to protect the area

August 08, 2023
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  • Ryan Heinsius
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Fentanyl makes its way into the U.S. from Mexico. Who's smuggling it in?

Most of the fentanyl comes through legal ports of entry. We hear the story of one of the couriers.

August 08, 2023
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Voters wait to cast their ballots on Ohio's controversial Issue 1. Long lines have been reported at early voting centers in some counties.

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  • National

How many voters does it take to make a majority? Why Ohio's Issue 1 is controversial

Voters in Ohio will decide on Tuesday whether to make it harder to pass future constitutional amendments, including one on the ballot in November that would codify abortion access.

August 08, 2023
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By:
  • Karen Kasler
Former President Donald Trump speaking at the 56th Annual Silver Elephant Dinner hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party on Saturday in Columbia, S.C.

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  • Law

Trump's legal team offer more lax rules for a proposed protective order in Jan. 6 case

"In a trial about First Amendment rights, the government seeks to restrict First Amendment rights," Trump's lawyers wrote in the court filings.

August 08, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Former President Donald Trump walks to speak with reporters before boarding his plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Aug. 3 in Arlington, Va.

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  • Law

A judge tossed out Trump's countersuit to E. Jean Carroll. What does this mean?

New York Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan said Trump's claim had no merit and that Carroll's statements repeating the claim that Trump had raped her were "substantially true" given a jury's verdict.

August 07, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Baritone Samuel Schultz, who was sexually assaulted by famed countertenor David Daniels in 2010. Daniels pleaded guilty on Friday in a Houston courtroom.

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  • Arts & Life

After singer David Daniels' guilty plea, the victim speaks out

The opera star who once sang on stages around the world suddenly pleaded guilty to sexual assault on Friday. The assaulted man, singer Samuel Schultz, reflects on the experiences he has endured.

August 07, 2023
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Southwest Airlines planes taxi at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in July 2019. Southwest is facing a discrimination suit after an employee allegedly reported a passenger to police on suspicion of child trafficking.

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  • Race

Southwest employee accused white mom of trafficking her Black daughter, lawsuit says

When Mary MacCarthy and her 10-year-old landed at a Denver airport, two armed police officers were waiting to interrogate them.

August 07, 2023
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
(Photo Courtesy of Matti Mattila via Flickr.)

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  • News

South Georgia lawyer sentenced in Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol

An Americus lawyer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

August 07, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
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