Law

California's governor has signed a new law against removing a condom without a sexual partner's consent.

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California is the first state to ban 'stealthing,' nonconsensual condom removal

9:37pm October 07, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

Stealthing can result in pregnancy or the transmission of an STI, but advocates say nonconsensual condom removal is itself a violation. Victims will be able to sue the perpetrators in civil court.

Then-President Donald Trump attends a rally in support of Georgia Republican senators in December 2020.

Senate report details Trump's efforts to use DOJ to overturn election results

3:38pm October 07, 2021

by Ryan Lucas

The report from the panel's Democratic majority documents the chaotic final weeks of Trump's presidency following his loss to Joe Biden.

Colorado's UCHealth hospital system is requiring any prospective organ transplant recipients to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Here, a man receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Thornton, Colo., earlier this year.

People who want organ transplants must get the COVID-19 vaccine, a hospital says

2:10pm October 07, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The UCHealth hospital system in Colorado says unvaccinated patients won't be eligible for an organ transplant, citing the "significant risk the virus poses to transplant recipients."

A patient shows her COVID-19 vaccine card at the Clínica Monseñor Oscar A. Romero in the Pico-Union district of Los Angeles on July 26.

Los Angeles will require proof of a COVID-19 vaccine for indoor establishments

1:46pm October 07, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Mayor Eric Garcetti approved the sweeping ordinance on Wednesday, adding Los Angeles to a list of other major cities requiring patrons to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Enforcement of the new abortion law in Texas is blocked by a federal judge

8:16am October 07, 2021

A federal judge has blocked the state's controversial abortion law, finding it was designed to make it difficult for people to exercise their constitutional rights. Texas will appeal.

Examining the Supreme Court's use of emergency applications

8:16am October 07, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Stephen Vladeck of the University of Texas School of Law about the Supreme Court's use of emergency applications — otherwise known as the shadow docket.

News brief: abortion law blocked, debt limit fix, caregivers' COVID deaths

6:31am October 07, 2021

Texas' abortion law is temporarily blocked. Congress appears closer to a deal that keeps the government paying its bills. A study estimates more than 140,00 children have lost a caregiver to COVID-19.

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Protesters take part in the Women's March and Rally for Abortion Justice at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Saturday.

A U.S. judge blocks enforcement of Texas' controversial new abortion law

10:50pm October 06, 2021

by Ryan Lucas

Known as SB 8, the law bans almost all abortions in the state after about six weeks of pregnancy, even in cases of rape, sexual abuse and incest.

Supreme Court justices push government on allowing Guantanamo inmate to testify

6:50pm October 06, 2021

by Nina Totenberg

But a majority of the court appeared inclined to defer to the government's position that the release of information on Abu Zubaydah's treatment would hurt national security.

A Virginia Beach, Va., family, subjected to racist harassment, got some relief after neighbors rallied to support them.

National

A neighborhood rally helped to quiet racist noise blaring from a Virginia home

5:51pm October 06, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The police said there was nothing they could do to stop the offensive racket. But after the community held a rally, the cacophony got much quieter.