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The Texas state Capitol is seen on Oct. 2. The Justice Department is suing over the state's restrictive abortion law and heading back to the Supreme Court to seek a halt to it while legal proceedings continue.

The Justice Department is heading back to the Supreme Court over Texas' abortion law

4:43pm October 15, 2021

by Krishnadev Calamur

The Justice Department wants the high court to put the restrictive law on hold during ongoing legal challenges. The U.S. government says the legislation is unconstitutional.

A woman has one eye covered to protest against gender violence, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Women from the "Ni Una Menos" or "Not One Less" movement marched to protest what they say is the negligence of judges when it comes to ta

How #NiUnaMenos grew from the streets of Argentina into a regional women's movement

3:08pm October 15, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Ni Una Menos, or Not One Less, started out in Argentina as a slogan chanted by thousands protesting the murders of young women. It eventually spawned a women's rights movement across Latin America.

Mourners visit a memorial outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in 2020, on the two-year anniversary of the Parkland shootings.

National

The gunman will plead guilty to the Parkland, Fla., high school shootings

12:41pm October 15, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Nikolas Cruz's legal team will focus on the trial's penalty phase, where they hope to secure 17 consecutive life sentences instead of the death penalty for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school deaths.

Former Boeing test pilot is facing charges connected to the 737 Max jet

11:11am October 15, 2021

by David Schaper

Mark Forkner, a former Boeing technical pilot, will appear in court on charges that he deceived safety regulators about a key system in the 737 Max.

Politics & Government

January 6 committee to moves to hold Bannon in criminal contempt

7:23am October 15, 2021

by Claudia Grisales

Former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon could face charges of criminal contempt after he defied a congressional subpoena to sit for a deposition.

Minneapolis will soon put the future of their police department to a vote

5:09am October 15, 2021

by Martin Kaste

Minneapolis may become the first big city to eliminate its traditional police department. A Nov. 2 ballot question would replace it with a "Department of Public Safety."

Brunswick, Georgia prepares for the trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery

5:09am October 15, 2021

by Debbie Elliott

Trial starts Monday in Georgia in a killing that sparked racial justice protests. Three white men are accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man shot while jogging down a residential street.

Andrew McCabe, shown here in 2017, was fired in 2018 by the Trump administration hours before his retirement.

Politics & Government

Fired FBI official Andrew McCabe wins retirement benefits and back pay in settlement

7:43pm October 14, 2021

by Carrie Johnson

The Trump administration fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on the eve of his retirement in 2018. McCabe then sued over his termination.

Texas lawmakers face a tight schedule as they consider a bill that would enshrine Gov. Greg Abbott's ban on vaccine mandates into state law. The legislature is currently in its third special session, which expires next week.

Texas lawmakers weigh a bill to let workers sue employers over COVID vaccine mandates

5:09pm October 14, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The legislation would give workers legal grounds to refuse COVID-19 vaccine mandates for "reasons of conscience." The law would enshrine Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order banning such mandates.

The 'Pandora Papers' expose the secret financial dealings of the global elite

1:35pm October 14, 2021

by Terry Gross

Greg Miller of The Washington Post is part of the team that sifted through millions of documents to reveal how dictators, oligarchs, drug dealers and others hide assets in secret accounts.

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