California's Justice Department is now investigating the cause of the oil spill California Attorney General Rob Bonta says investigators will work to find the cause of the oil spill and whether anything could have been done to prevent the spill. Jaclyn Diaz
A woman was given 4 days in jail for getting too close to grizzlies in Yellowstone Samantha Dehring, 25, has pleaded guilty to willfully remaining, approaching and photographing wildlife within 100 yards. She also received a one-year ban from the national park. Joe Hernandez
Police dragged a paraplegic man from his car after he told them he couldn't get out Clifford Owensby told police he was a paraplegic and couldn't exit his car, but officers dragged him out anyway in an arrest that is now under investigation by the Dayton Police Department. Joe Hernandez
A controversial abortion ban in Texas is back in effect A federal appeals court has reinstated the ban just days after it was blocked by another court. The law known as SB-8 allows individuals to sue abortion providers in the state. Sarah McCammon
California is the first state to ban 'stealthing,' nonconsensual condom removal Stealthing can result in pregnancy or the transmission of an STI, but advocates say nonconsensual condom removal is itself a violation. Victims will be able to sue the perpetrators in civil court. Joe Hernandez
Senate report details Trump's efforts to use DOJ to overturn election results The report from the panel's Democratic majority documents the chaotic final weeks of Trump's presidency following his loss to Joe Biden. Ryan Lucas
Examining the Supreme Court's use of emergency applications NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Stephen Vladeck of the University of Texas School of Law about the Supreme Court's use of emergency applications — otherwise known as the shadow docket.
Enforcement of the new abortion law in Texas is blocked by a federal judge A federal judge has blocked the state's controversial abortion law, finding it was designed to make it difficult for people to exercise their constitutional rights. Texas will appeal. Carrie Johnson
Supreme Court pushes government after it sought to block testimony in torture case Both liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices pressed the U.S. government's lawyer about why a detainee at Guantanamo Bay couldn't testify about his own torture at the hands of the CIA. Nina Totenberg
Tesla must pay $137 million to a Black employee who sued for racial discrimination Owen Diaz, an elevator operator from 2015 to 2016, said in his lawsuit that he and others were called the N-word by Tesla employees and that he was told to "go back to Africa." Joe Hernandez