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The National Rifle Association called off its annual meeting for the second year in a row due to the pandemic. The cancellation is the latest setback in a series of financial and legal troubles.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Marisa Kwiatkowski, investigative reporter for USA Today, about USA gymnastics and the FBI mishandling gymnasts sexual abuse allegations against team doctor Larry Nassar.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Charles Chavis Jr. of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which is beginning its two-year investigation of the state's harrowing history of lynching.

On Friday, authorities launched the largest police operation in Canadian history, arresting at least 191 people and towing about about 80 vehicles until the streets in front of Parliament were clear.

Texas officials had said a teacher propped door open at Robb Elementary just before a gunman entered and carried out a mass shooting — but they now acknowledge that the woman closed the door.

Commentator Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, says the military has a legitimate role when a massive disaster hits American soil. He argues for another exemption to the 130-year-old law that prevents U.S. troops from being used to enforce domestic law.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden say it's the second-largest consumer settlement in state history.

Would-be borrowers who have iffy credit ratings are turning to those with strong credit for help — and a cottage industry of credit-for-rent companies has sprung up to match them. Federal regulators are investigating the practice, but they haven't banned it.

It took women working year round full-time jobs 74 extra days to earn what men did in 2021. And the data is worse for women of color, who are disproportionately employed in low-wage jobs.

Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley was found guilty of abusive sexual contact for forcibly kissing his sister-in-law after a 2018 event. He faces dismissal from the military and up to seven years in prison.