Law

R. Kelly's federal trial is about to begin. He is charged with 13 counts involving child pornography and obstruction of justice.

National

R. Kelly is going on trial in Chicago after being convicted in New York

8:02am August 15, 2022

by Shauneen Miranda

R. Kelly's federal trial in Chicago is starting. The singer faces a slew of legal battles and was already sentenced in New York to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking and racketeering.

Some insight into what's been learned from the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago

7:28am August 15, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to David Laufman, former head of the Justice Department's counterintelligence and export control section, about materials seized by the FBI at Trump's Florida home last week.

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WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted from a court room ater a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022.

Sports

Lawyers for basketball star Brittney Griner appeal her Russian prison sentence

6:24am August 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

Griner's attorney was quoted by Russian news agencies on Monday as saying the appeal was filed, but the grounds of the appeal were not immediately clear.

Politics & Government

The search of Mar-a-Lago leads to outrage against the FBI by Trump supporters

5:13am August 15, 2022

Threats against the FBI from supporters of former President Donald Trump have jumped, even as court documents related to the search of his Florida home are made public.

An individual right to own a gun for personal protection is an idea deeply rooted in American culture. But for most of U.S. history, there was little legal framework to support any such interpretation of the Second Amendment. Above, a man aims his pistol

National

The 'Gun Dude' and a Supreme Court case that changed who can own firearms in the U.S.

9:00am August 14, 2022

by Scott Neuman

An individual right to own a gun for personal protection is an idea deeply ingrained in American culture, but until Dick Heller came along, there was little actual legal framework to back that belief.

A federal jury awarded Republican Roy Moore $8.2 million in damages Friday after finding that a Democratic-aligned super PAC defamed him in an advertisement during the 2017 U.S. Senate race in Alabama.

A Democratic-aligned super PAC is ordered to pay Roy Moore $8.2M in a defamation suit

11:19am August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

A federal jury found that a Democratic-aligned super PAC defamed the Alabama Republican in a TV ad recounting sexual misconduct accusations during his failed 2017 U.S. Senate bid.

A cross and Bible sculpture stand outside the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., on May 24. The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention says that several of the denomination's major entities are under investigatio

The DOJ is investigating Southern Baptists following sexual abuse crisis

11:02am August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, which has faced widespread sexual abuse problems, said several of the denomination's major entities are under investigation by the Department of Justice.

Politics & Government

Democrats pass major climate, health and tax bill

8:32am August 13, 2022

by Kelsey Snell

The House provided final approval to the Democrats' bill that calls for historic climate investments, curbs to prescription drug costs, changes to corporate taxes and more.

Politics & Government

Unsealed documents tell the what and why of the FBI's search of Trump's property

8:29am August 13, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

The FBI recovered classified information in its search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago property this week. Unsealed court filings are offering clues about the investigation.

Former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida was searched by the FBI earlier this week. A federal judge has now unsealed the warrant used for that search.

Politics & Government

FBI collected multiple sets of classified documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home

6:06pm August 12, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The search warrant and property receipt from Monday's FBI search of former President Trump's Florida home have been unsealed by a federal judge. Trump said Thursday he encouraged the release.