Morning News Brief The Derek Chauvin trial will wrap up a second week. Violent protests continue to take place in Ireland. And, efforts to ban assault-style weapons in Colorado wane.
Man Indicted For Attacking Officer With Skateboard During U.S. Capitol Riot Federal investigators continue to make arrests into the insurrection at the Capitol months after the siege. Jaclyn Diaz
Amazon Union Election: 'No' Votes Outnumber 'Yes' Votes At End Of 1st Day Of Counting Hand counting will continue on Friday. So far, more than two-thirds of the tallied votes are against unionizing. Alina Selyukh
'Stop Lying': Muslim Rights Group Sues Facebook Over Claims It Removes Hate Groups The civil rights group says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised Congress and the public the network would move fast to take down posts that break its rules, but anti-Muslim bigotry is still present. Bobby Allyn
Biden To Nominate Gun Control Advocate, Law Enforcement Veteran To Lead ATF David Chipman, a gun owner, was a special agent at the bureau and advises the Giffords advocacy group. His nomination comes with the rollout of White House initiatives to try to curb gun violence. Chloee Weiner
Bills Restricting Treatment For Transgender Youth Could Have Unintended Consequences NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Joshua Safer, the executive director at Mount Sinai's Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, about how puberty blockers go beyond transgender care.
Saks Says No To Fur, The Latest Fashion Seller To Go Fur-Free Saks Fifth Avenue will phase out sales of animal-fur products, joining other retailers such as Macy's that are responding to growing anti-fur sentiment among shoppers. Alina Selyukh
Utah Law Requires Biological Fathers To Pay Half Of Pregnancy-Related Medical Costs The legislation requires a biological father to pay 50% of a woman's pregnancy-related medical costs, including insurance premiums and hospital birth. It's believed to be the first such U.S. law. Rachel Treisman
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson On Transgender Health Care Bill: 'Step Way Too Far' "My own personal view that this is too extreme, it was too broad and did not grandfather in those young people who are currently under hormone treatment," he said, before apologizing. Vanessa Romo
Black Leaders Say Big Georgia Companies Need To 'Speak Out Nationally' On Voter Law Georgia's Black religious leaders are dialing up the pressure on big Georgia-based corporations to do more when it comes to pushing back against the state's new restrictive voter law. Emil Moffatt (WABE)