Law

John Durham's case against lawyer Michael Sussmann ends in acquittal

12:31pm June 01, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

A jury has acquitted lawyer Michael Sussmann on the charge of lying to the FBI, dealing a blow to special counsel John Durham, who the Trump administration appointed to look into the Mueller probe.

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Addicts inject themselves in May 2011 at the Insite supervised injection center in Vancouver, Canada.

To fight the opioid crisis, Canada tests decriminalizing possession

10:40am June 01, 2022

by Brian Mann

Overdose deaths have risen sharply across Canada in the past five years, with deaths linked to fentanyl doubling. Officials hope decriminalization will make more users willing to seek medical care.

Red flag laws, not gun control, are the way to stop mass shootings, proponent says

8:16am June 01, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to David French, senior editor of The Dispatch, about the Second Amendment and calls for red flag laws, following mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas.

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A campaign sign for Pete Arredondo, the chief of police for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, is seen in Uvalde, Texas on Monday.

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Uvalde locals grapple with the school police chief's role

8:07pm May 31, 2022

by The Associated Press

Uvalde residents struggle to reconcile what they know of the well-liked lawman, Pete Arredondo.

The federal Bureau of Prisons announced in 2018 that it was moving a special unit that had been plagued with violence to a new federal prison complex in Illinois. Some hoped it would be a fresh start and a chance to improve conditions. But things only got

National

Five things to know about one of the deadliest federal prisons

6:28pm May 31, 2022

by Christie Thompson, The Marshall Project

Federal prisoners said to be the most dangerous are sent to a special unit at a prison in Illinois. NPR and The Marshall Project uncovered violence, abuse and deaths there. Here are five takeaways.

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Encore: Do red flag laws work?

5:03pm May 31, 2022

by Martin Kaste

Red Flag laws temporarily remove guns from owners who pose a danger to themselves or others. Several states have passed the laws in recent years, but research on their effectiveness is mixed.

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Special counsel John Durham, center, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, leaves federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022.

Special Counsel Durham fails first courtroom test in his three-year probe

2:22pm May 31, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

Michael Sussmann was acquitted of one charge of lying to the FBI in the first verdict rendered during the probe by a special counsel appointed in the Trump administration.

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News brief: Russian oil ban, Uvalde funerals, deadliest federal prison

11:37am May 31, 2022

European leaders agree to ban most Russian oil imports. Families prepare to bury their children in Uvalde. A new maximum security prison in Illinois has become one of the deadliest in the U.S.

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A drawing of Bobby Everson done by his cousin.

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How the newest federal prison became one of the deadliest

10:37am May 31, 2022

Federal prisoners said to be the most dangerous are sent to a special unit at an Illinois penitentiary. NPR and The Marshall Project have uncovered violence, abuse and a string of inmate deaths there.

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The newest federal prison has become one of the deadliest

7:23am May 31, 2022

by Joseph Shapiro

NPR's Investigative Unit teamed up with The Marshall Project to look at a penitentiary in Thomson, Ill., that is one of the country's most violent and dangerous federal prisons.

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