Law

Defense attorneys called their first witnesses in Rittenhouse's homicide trial

9:01am November 10, 2021

by Corrinne Hess

Prosecutors say Kyle Rittenhouse recklessly killed two men and wounded a third last summer in Kenosha, Wis., during chaotic protests against police brutality. He maintains it was self-defense.

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Politics & Government

Trump plans to appeal judge's decision to release Jan. 6 documents

8:18am November 10, 2021

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Kim Wehle, a law professor at the University of Baltimore, about former President Trump's attempts to block the release of documents related to the U.S. Capitol attack.

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Politics & Government

Federal judge rejects Trump's bid to block the release of Jan. 6 documents

8:14am November 10, 2021

A judge has denied former President Donald Trump's request to block documents from being handed over to a House committee investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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Religion

Supreme Court conservatives are skeptical on spiritual advisers in death chamber

12:48am November 10, 2021

by Nina Totenberg

The subject has, at times, divided the court's conservative majority and it has also at times embarrassed the court, as minority religious advisers have sometimes been excluded from the chamber.

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Oklahoma Supreme Court overturns $465 million opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson

5:12pm November 09, 2021

by Brian Mann

The Oklahoma Supreme Court threw out an opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson, raising questions about the legal strategy used to hold the drug industry accountable for the opioid crisis.

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'Justice on the Brink' author considers the impact of Trump's 3 Supreme Court picks

2:03pm November 09, 2021

by Dave Davies

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse says the new Court has given conservatives less than they'd hoped for, though critical cases on abortion and other issues are still pending.

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A man using a wheelchair hands his ID to an officer at a security screening checkpoint at Orlando International Airport in 2020.

Despite calls to improve, air travel is still a nightmare for many with disabilities

12:57pm November 09, 2021

Congress told the Transportation Security Administration and airlines in 2018 to improve air travel for people with disabilities. But TSA data and stories from flyers suggest little has improved.

This undated photo provided by St. Louis County Justice Services shows Perez Reed, who was charged Saturday in the shooting deaths of 16-year-old Marnay Haynes on Sept. 13 and 40-year-old Lester Robinson on Sept. 26.

National

Police say one man is tied to multiple killings in Missouri and Kansas

8:48am November 09, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Perez Reed is facing charges of murder and assault in shootings that occurred in the St. Louis County area. The gun used in those attacks has been tied to other killings in St. Louis and Kansas.

More details are coming out about the deadly Astroworld Festival

7:15am November 09, 2021

by Lucio Vasquez

As more lawsuits are filed in the aftermath of Friday's rap concert in Houston, questions continue to surface about what happened and why. Eight people were crushed and dozens more injured.

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Supreme Court preview: prayer during execution, Supplementary Security Income

6:44am November 09, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Garrett Epps of the Washington Monthly, who's also a professor of law at the University of Oregon, about what the Supreme Court has on its docket Tuesday.

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