NYPD Officer, Who Used Banned Chokehold On Eric Garner, Is Fired NPR's Noel King talks to Cindy Rodriguez of member station WNYC and legal scholar Paul Butler about whether the family of Eric Garner has received justice for his death in 2014.
Planned Parenthood Out Of Title X Over Trump Rule The organization says it is leaving the federal family planning program because of rule changes that prohibit Title X grantees from providing or referring most patients for abortion. Sarah McCammon
Appeals Court Rules Detained Migrant Children Should Get Soap, Sleep, Clean Water The Trump administration had challenged a court order setting the rules for how detained migrant children should be treated. Richard Gonzales
Washington Supreme Court upholds '3 strikes' law for sentencing The WA Supreme Court has upheld the state’s “three-strikes” sentencing law, even for people who commit their first “strike” as young adults. But Justice Mary Yu described “growing discomfort” with issuing mandatory life sentences. Amy Radil
Unequal Outcomes: Most ICE Detainees Held In Rural Areas Where Deportation Risks Soar NPR's analysis of Immigration and Customs Enforcement data show 52% of detainees in the last year were held in rural areas, where legal representation is limited and deportation is more likely. Yuki Noguchi
After El Paso Shooting, Suburban Houston Voters Reexamine Their Own Views On Guns Texas is home to some of the deadliest shootings in modern U.S. history. It's making some in a once solidly Republican community outside Houston revisit their positions on gun control. Claudia Grisales
Jeffrey Epstein's Former Business Associate: I Want To Assist Victims Steven Hoffenberg spent 18 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme. He says his former business partner Jeffrey Epstein should have been there too. Jim Zarroli
Philadelphia Police Arrest Gunman Who Shot Officers In Hours-Long Standoff Six officers were shot in an incident in North Philadelphia that started with a narcotics unit serving a warrant and went on for hours. Two officers trapped at the site were later evacuated safely. Richard Gonzales
Safe Horizon CEO Discusses Beginning Of 'Look Back Window' For N.Y. Sex Abuse Cases Wednesday begins a one-year "look back window" for sex abuse cases in New York that passed statute of limitations. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Ariel Zwang, who spent 10 years advocating for the change.
Epstein Accuser Jennifer Araoz Files Civil Suit NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with AP reporter Michael Sisak about the civil suit brought by Jennifer Araoz against the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his jail cell Saturday.