Shakespeare and penguin book get caught in Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' laws Students in a Florida school district will be reading only excerpts from William Shakespeare's plays for class rather than the full texts under redesigned curriculum guides. The Associated Press
Trump's legal team offer more lax rules for a proposed protective order in Jan. 6 case "In a trial about First Amendment rights, the government seeks to restrict First Amendment rights," Trump's lawyers wrote in the court filings. Jaclyn Diaz
Southwest employee accused white mom of trafficking her Black daughter, lawsuit says When Mary MacCarthy and her 10-year-old landed at a Denver airport, two armed police officers were waiting to interrogate them. Juliana Kim
Should Trump's trial be televised? There would need to be an exception to a rule barring cameras and microphones in federal courtrooms to make it happen, but House Democrats and Trump's own lawyer are pushing for a televised trial. Scott Neuman
Why Trump wants to move his trial from D.C. to West Virginia NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Hoppy Kercheval, host of MetroNews Talkline in West Virginia, about why former President Donald Trump wants to relocate his trial.
Long-time Jane Doe in Gilgo Beach serial killings is identified Karen Vergata was one of four people who were left unidentified for years after their remains were found. The development comes three weeks after a suspect in a string of killings was arrested. Juliana Kim
Nearly every prisoner on Louisiana's death row filed for clemency this summer Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, recently said he is against the death penalty. Now a legal effort is racing to get requests for clemency to Edwards before he leaves office. Bill Chappell
An appeals court says new asylum restrictions at the border can stay in place for now A federal appeals court says the Biden administration's new rules for asylum-seekers at the border can continue while it considers the case. That decision puts a District Court ruling on hold. Joel Rose
Trump's legal defense focuses on free speech — will that strategy hold up in court? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Stetson Law professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy on Donald Trump's defense team's focus on free speech and whether or not that argument will hold up in court. Tinbete Ermyas
Trump arrives at courthouse in D.C. for arraignment in DOJ election case Former President Donald Trump has arrived in a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on charges related to his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Carrie Johnson
