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Supreme Court OKs White House Request To Limit Abortion Pill Access During Pandemic

By Jaclyn Diaz • Jan 13, 2021

Updated at 9:34 p.m. ET

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a Trump administration request to reinstate restrictions for patients seeking to obtain a drug used to terminate early pregnancies.

Fischer Signs Law To Create New Civilian Review Board For Police Oversight

By Amina Elahi • Dec 2, 2020

Louisville is moving ahead with a new civilian review board to oversee the police department. Mayor Greg Fischer signed the measure into law Wednesday afternoon. He thanked council members and a large work group that designed the new review board this year.

Religious Freedom Arguments Give Rise To Executive Order Battle

By Tom Gjelten • Nov 16, 2020

Key government policies on religious freedom and discrimination, once set through legislation, are increasingly dictated by presidential orders, meaning they shift capriciously from one administration to the next.

Crowded Prisons Are Festering 'Petri Dishes' For Coronavirus, Observers Warn

By editor • May 1, 2020

On Monday, April 6, an inmate named Dennis stayed up late at Indiana's Plainfield Correctional Facility. He wrote to his wife, Lisa, and told her he was scared.

"I can tell you right now, with nearly 100% certainty, that I am going to get this virus," he wrote. Lisa says Dennis suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which could cause complications if he gets COVID-19. (NPR agreed to omit their last names because they fear retaliation from prison staff.)