Sandy Hook Victim's Father Wins Defamation Suit; Alex Jones Sanctioned "Mr. Pozner has sought for years to try to get these conspiracy theorists to understand that his son really was a person and that his son really did die," attorney Jake Zimmerman told NPR. Vanessa Romo
King and Snohomish Counties quit prosecuting drug users. Now Snohomish has regrets Last year both King and Snohomish Counties stopped prosecuting people for carrying small amounts of illegal drugs. But now the Snohomish County prosecutor says the experiment isn’t working. Amy Radil
Supreme Court Hands Democrats A Win On Racial Gerrymandering In Virginia Eleven legislative districts in Virginia were declared to be sorted by race and were redrawn. The court's decision Monday left that in place. Domenico Montanaro
Phoenix Mayor Apologizes After Police Draw Gun On Family After Child Takes Doll Viral footage of the incident captured by bystanders has already prompted an internal police probe, a $10 million civil rights claim and a chorus of fury on social media. Bobby Allyn
San Francisco DA Looks To AI To Remove Potential Prosecution Bias NPR's Michel Martin speaks with San Francisco district attorney George Gascon about his plan to use artificial intelligence to combat racial bias in criminal sentencing.
Attorneys Unveil Plan For National Settlement Of Lawsuits From Opioid Epidemic Attorneys who represent hundreds of local governments have a new proposal for how to deal with the opioid crisis. They unveiled the framework for nationwide settlement in federal court on Friday. Brian Mann
Possessing Marijuana In Prison 'Is Not A Felony,' California Court Says A three-judge panel ruled that because it's legal to have small amounts of pot, the same is true inside prison. But they also say it's still illegal to smoke or ingest cannabis in prison. Bill Chappell
Architecture For Landmark Nationwide Opioid Settlement Unveiled If finalized, such a deal could funnel tens of billions of dollars to American communities struggling with the addiction crisis, while restoring stability to one of the country's biggest industries. Brian Mann
Rising Democratic Party Star Urges Hollywood Not To Leave Georgia Over Abortion Law Rachel Martin talks to Stacey Abrams, Georgia's former gubernatorial candidate, about why she's urging the entertainment industry not to boycott her state over its recent abortion measure.
Former Stanford Sailing Coach Avoids Prison Time For College Admissions Scandal On Wednesday, former Stanford sailing coach John Vandemoer, the first of the accused in a college admissions scandal, received two years of supervised release in sentencing, avoiding prison time. Tovia Smith
