Law

Dan Snyder, co-owner and co-CEO of the Washington Commanders, is pictured on Feb. 2 in Landover, Md. The House Oversight Committee says it has received more documents from the NFL related to the investigation of workplace misconduct at the team.

House panel reviews new material in its investigation into the Washington Commanders

10:21pm February 15, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Both the team and the NFL had until midnight Monday to provide the House committee with additional documents related to an investigation of allegations of widespread sexual harassment at the team.

National

Family of cinematographer killed on movie set sues Alec Baldwin and 'Rust' producers

5:17pm February 15, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

The family of Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot on the New Mexico set of the film in October, is suing the actor and the movie's producers for wrongful death, attorneys say.

This 2018 portrait released by the Department of Justice shows Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham. Tasked with examining the U.S. government's investigation into Russian election interference, special counsel Durham charged cybersecurity lawyer Michael

Politics & Government

Defense accuses Trump-Russia special counsel Durham of politicizing prosecution

4:06pm February 15, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

An attorney charged as part of the investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe says Durham tried to "politicize the case, inflame media coverage, and taint the jury pool."

World News

Prince Andrew settles with Virginia Giuffre in sexual abuse lawsuit

3:54pm February 15, 2022

by Jasmine Garsd

The U.K.'s Prince Andrew reached a settlement agreement with Virginia Giuffre, who said he sexually abused her when she was a minor. The agreement includes a donation to her abuse victims charity.

Firearms training unit Detective Barbara Mattson, of the Connecticut State Police, holds up a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle — the same make and model of the gun used in the Sandy Hook School shooting.

National

Families of Sandy Hook victims reach $73 million settlement with Remington

3:27pm February 15, 2022

by Frankie Graziano

The elementary school shooting left 20 students and six adults dead. The settlement is thought to be first of its kind, awarding major damages against a U.S. gun manufacturer based on a mass shooting.

(L) Prince Andrew, Duke of York during the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle on April 17, 2021 in Windsor, England. (R) One of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, speaks at a news conference following a

Prince Andrew reaches a settlement with Virginia Giuffre in sexual abuse lawsuit

1:45pm February 15, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Virginia Giuffre had accused Prince Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was a minor. The agreement includes financial terms that were not disclosed.

California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger is a leading contender to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Politics & Government

Leondra Kruger, a star on California's high court, is on Biden's Supreme Court list

12:06pm February 15, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

If there is a sleeping dog for Republicans to probe in her record, it is one of the 12 cases she argued during her years in the solicitor general's office.

Texas sued Meta on Monday over misuse of biometric data, the latest round of litigation between governments and the company over privacy. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is shown here.

Texas sues Meta, saying it misused facial recognition data

11:52am February 15, 2022

by Peter Granitz

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Facebook's parent company could owe billions of dollars in damages for selling the biometric data of unknowing users.

Politics & Government

News brief: Scholz-Putin talks, Trump accountant quits, hate crimes trial

7:29am February 15, 2022

Germany's chancellor will meet with Russia's president about Ukraine. Trump's accountant says a decade of financial statements are unreliable. The federal trial of Ahmaud Arbery's killers has started.

Queue Listen Now

Prosecution rests in the trial of 3 ex-officers accused in George Floyd's death

5:19am February 15, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Georgetown Law Professor Paul Butler about the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers, charged with depriving George Floyd of his civil rights.