Confederate Monument Law Upheld By Alabama Supreme Court The Alabama Supreme Court said the lower court erred earlier this year when it ruled the city of Birmingham had constitutional rights to free speech. The city must now pay a $25,00 fine. Brakkton Booker
Challenge to car tabs initiative goes to court A King County Judge will decide whether to pause I-976, the measure that would limit car tabs to 30-dollars.l Tuesday’s hearing was part of a multi-party lawsuit which includes King County and the city of Seattle against the initiative Patricia Murphy
Supreme Courts Grants Trump's Request To Temporarily Block Release of His Tax Records The Supreme Court granted President Trump's request to block the release of his tax records to the House Oversight Committee, which had subpoenaed a New York accounting firm for the documents. Nina Totenberg
Federal Prosecutors Reach Out To People With Ties To Giuliani And His Consulting Firm NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rebecca Ballhaus of The Wall Street Journal about subpoenas sent to associates of Rudy Giuliani, expanding a federal investigation into the president's personal lawyer.
After 36 Years In Prison For 'Georgetown Jacket' Murder, 3 Men Are Exonerated At Last "I've been always dreaming of this. For this day," said Alfred Chestnut, now 52. The Maryland men were freed after investigators found police and prosecutorial misconduct in the 1983 case. Laurel Wamsley
Judge Delivers Blow To White House: McGahn Must Testify NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Tennessee Assistant Solicitor General Jonathan Shaub about a court ruling ordering a White House official to appear before Congress to testify in the impeachment probe.
Trump Signs Law Making Cruelty To Animals A Federal Crime Congress, wrought by division on many fronts, united to pass a bill making animal cruelty a federal felony. President Trump signed it into law on Monday. Richard Gonzales
U.S. Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Release Of Trump's Tax Records In a brief one-page notice, the high court gives the president's legal team time to persuade the justices to hear arguments overturning lower court rulings allowing the release of the documents. Richard Gonzales
McDonald's Agrees To Pay $26 Million To Settle Accusations Of Wage Theft In a class-action lawsuit, workers in California accused the fast-food chain of failing to pay them overtime and other wages. Alina Selyukh
U.S. Supreme Court Won't Hear Adnan Syed's Appeal, Keeping 'Serial' Subject In Prison The high court did not provide an explanation for why it declined to hear the appeal by Syed, who was convicted in 2000 of strangling to death his former girlfriend, 17-year-old Hae Min Lee. Bobby Allyn
