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New presidential immunity ruling goes against what founders intended, scholar says
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center about expanded presidential power in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Donald Trump's immunity case. Kira Wakeam. Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. During...
How Americans feel about their country and its institutions
Domenico Montanaro is NPR's senior political editor/correspondent. Based in Washington, D.C., his work appears on air and online delivering analysis of the political climate in Washington and campaigns. He also helps edit political coverage.
A note to listeners from NPR's The Thistle and Shamrock®
NPR’s The Thistle & Shamrock® will end on September 30 after four decades. Show creator, producer, and host, Fiona Ritchie shared the following note with listeners:. June 4th 1983 saw the debut of a new radio show called The Thistle & Shamrock® on stations across the U.S. via American Public Radio. Then in September 1990, The Thistle & Shamrock moved to NPR as part of an eclectic roster of music shows (“cultural programming” as honoured collectively by President Clinton in 2000 with the presentation of the National Medal of Arts). So this means, based in the U.S. and Scotland, I’ve been delivering a weekly show to public radio listeners for over 41 years! Along the way I’ve visited many member stations the length and breadth of the country from WRKF in Baton Rouge to KUAC in Fairbanks, and toured with live shows from California to Carolina. I became enchanted by Appalachian music in the Southern Mountains and led American radio listeners on musical journeys through my Scottish homeland. I’ve worked for the BBC at different times, but my broadcasting home has always been with NPR.
No charges in Pineville police shooting of unarmed man near Charlotte Food Lion
No charges will be filed against the white Pineville police sergeant who shot and killed Dennis Bodden outside of his apartment. Bodden was unarmed. Bodden had been accused of shoplifting from a south Charlotte Food Lion near where the officer was working off-duty as security. The officer followed Bodden from the Food Lion, used a Taser on him in the median of a road, and then fatally shot him after a confrontation that included Bodden biting him on the arm.
Former President Trump's criminal sentencing in New York delayed
Former President Donald Trump’s criminal sentencing has been delayed until Sept. 18 following a request from his legal team after the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity. The delay is a win for Trump who is expected to be named the official GOP nominee for the 2024 presidential election later this month.
Karen Read's high-drama murder trial ended with a hung jury. Here's what to know
The murder trial of Karen Read, which divided a Massachusetts community and captivated much of the country for more than two months, ended in a mistrial on Monday after the jury emerged from several days of deliberation completely deadlocked. Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John...
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier denied parole for 1975 killings of 2 FBI agents
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has been denied parole. The U.S. Parole Commission said in a statement Tuesday announcing the decision that he won't be eligible for another...
NC Forest Service warns people not to outdoor burn, use at-home fireworks during drought
The North Carolina Forest Service is urging residents not to do any outdoor burning, due to persistent dry conditions across the state. Officials say that 99 of the state’s 100 counties should be taking this recommendations seriously, since most are in some level of drought, according to the NC Drought Management Advisory Council.
Lost from its parents, a young owl flies back to NC forest
Here's an update to a story WFAE's Nick de la Canal reported in April from the Carolina Raptor Center that focused on a team caring for young owls with no parents. One of the owls under care at the Carolina Raptor Center lost its family when their tree in Matthews was cut down. It was a chattering, nervous wreck when WFAE visited the center in April.
SCOTUS immunity ruling helps Trump, angers Democrats. Plus, July 4th travel tips
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that former President Donald Trump has broad immunity from federal prosecution. In a 6-3 opinion along ideological lines, the justices said a former president is entitled to a presumption of immunity for his official acts but lacks immunity for unofficial acts. The court sent the case back to the judge in Trump's election case to determine whether any of Trump's actions were part of his official duties. President Biden said the ruling sets a "dangerous precedent" and "undermines the rule of law" in remarks from the White House.
What does the presidential immunity decision mean for the Jan. 6 case against Trump?
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), ex-chairman of the Jan. 6 committee, about the implications of the Supreme Court's decision for Donald Trump's immunity case. Michel Martin is the weekend host of All Things Considered, where she draws on her deep reporting and interviewing experience to dig...
America's startup boom is still going strong. Here's what it means for the economy
Back in 2020, when the world was navigating the hellscape of the COVID-19 pandemic, economist John Haltiwanger discovered something really strange happening in the U.S. economy: Americans were creating new businesses at a record rate. Haltiwanger is one of the top experts on new business creation in the United States....
Nonprofit pairs sighted riders with visually impaired riders on tandem bikes for free
Jeff Lunden, who covers Broadway for NPR, is also an avid cyclist. A friend told him about a New York nonprofit that pairs sighted riders with blind and low-vision riders on tandem bikes for free, so Jeff decided to check it out. JEFF LUNDEN, BYLINE: Most weekends, when the weather...
CMPD to visit homes of juveniles charged during last year's Fourth of July celebration
Ahead of this week’s Independence Day celebrations, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers plan to visit the homes of more than 30 juveniles, the department says, were behind disruptions of last year’s celebration in uptown. Police arrested or cited 32 people for things such as disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed...
Upheaval — and one constant — in 22 years of education coverage
This story first appeared in Ann Doss Helms' weekly education newsletter. Sign up here Sign up here to get it to your inbox first. Nora Carr was in charge of communications for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools when I started covering the education beat for The Charlotte Observer in 2002. She was a nationally known school communications expert, and I remember her telling me that she’d never seen a city as engaged with public education as Charlotte — nor one where the media covered it as intensely.
Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
NEW YORK — Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the parent of DVD rental operator Redbox, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The bankruptcy filing comes after months of a series of financial struggles for the company and piling unpaid bills. Chicken Soup for the Soul has accumulated nearly $1 billion in debt, the Chapter 11 filing submitted Friday in Delaware bankruptcy court shows, after reporting loss after loss over recent quarters.
Judge sides with 16 states, putting on pause Biden's delay of consideration of gas export projects
LAKE CHARLES, La. — The Biden administration can’t delay consideration of projects aimed at exporting liquefied natural gas while a legal challenge by 16 Republican-led states plays out in federal court, a Louisiana judge said Monday. U.S. District Judge James Cain, Jr. sided with the states, granting a...
Biden says Supreme Court's immunity ruling 'undermines the rule of law'
President Biden called the Supreme Court's decision to grant his predecessor, Republican Donald Trump, broad immunity from prosecution "a dangerous precedent" that "undermines the rule of law." “Today's decision almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits on what the president can do,” Biden said. “The power of the...
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