Law

Abortion pill could soon become much easier to obtain

5:52pm January 04, 2023

by Sydney Lupkin

The abortion pill Mifepristone, which has only been available in person in certain clinics, could become accessible at local drugstores and retail pharmacy chains, as well as via telehealth.

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William "Rick" Singer arrives Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Boston. He was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $19 million in restitution and forfeitures.

Rick Singer, head of the college admissions bribery scandal, gets 42 months in prison

4:45pm January 04, 2023

Prosecutors had sought six years for his role in the scheme to get the children of wealthy parents into universities. He was also ordered to pay more than $19 million in restitution and forfeitures.

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Rick Singer departs federal court in Boston in March 2019 after pleading guilty to charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Singer is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday afternoon in Boston.

Mastermind of the Varsity Blues college admission scandal is about to learn his fate

9:48pm January 03, 2023

by Tovia Smith

Rick Singer pleaded guilty in 2019 to selling what he called "a side door" into top universities. The scheme snared dozens of wealthy clients, from actors to business titans and big-shot lawyers.

Encore: President Biden has made choosing diverse federal judges a priority

6:44pm January 03, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

President Biden has appointed dozens of judges with lifetime tenure for the federal bench, setting records on professional and racial diversity. Advocates press for more action in 2023.

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President Biden and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrate her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Politics & Government

President Biden has made choosing diverse federal judges a priority

5:01am January 02, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

He has set records in his first two years for the sheer numbers of jurists, dozens of them women. He helped confirm 11 Black women to the appeals courts, more than all other presidents combined.

Steven Tyler performs during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in November in Los Angeles. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, a woman alleges she was 16 when the singer first sexually assaulted her.

A woman accused Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting her in the 1970s

5:00am January 02, 2023

by Emma Bowman

A 65-year-old said she first met and was sexually assaulted by the Aerosmith frontman when she was 16, according to a new lawsuit filed under a California law that extended the statute of limitations.

How Trump appointees have helped transform the Fifth Circuit

5:24pm January 01, 2023

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with senior correspondent at Vox, Ian Millhiser, who argues that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is a hotbed of litigation that challenges President Biden's policies.

The overturning of Roe v. Wade made history in 2022

7:59am December 31, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

The constitutional right to abortion ended this year, with clinics closing in states that banned the procedure, and patients who could traveling to states where abortion is allowed.

An unoccupied recovery area, left, and an abortion procedure room are seen at a Planned Parenthood Arizona facility in Tempe, Ariz., on June 30, 2022. On Friday, Dec. 30, the Arizona Court of Appeals concluded that abortion doctors can't be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that criminalizes nearly all abortions.

National

An Arizona court rules abortion doctors can't be prosecuted under pre-statehood law

10:17pm December 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

The law in question was enacted before Arizona became a state, carrying a sentence of two to five years in prison for anyone who assists in an abortion and providing no exceptions for rape or incest.

Politics & Government

Biden grants 6 full pardons as the year comes to a close

4:08pm December 30, 2022

by Elena Moore

President Biden granted clemency to six individuals on Friday who were convicted of a range of crimes.