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Prison sexual assault victims can now petition for compassionate release

Advocates are hoping more survivors of sexual assaults in federal prison can use a new method to win early release.
- Carrie Johnson
Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison says she's not leading a new 'war on drugs'

Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison wants her office to prosecute people arrested for drugs.
- Angela King
Cuba Gooding Jr. settles a civil sex abuse case just as trial was set to begin

The actor has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago. Gooding's lawyers had insisted that his encounter with the woman was consensual.
- The Associated Press
Here are the major Supreme Court decisions we're still waiting for this term

The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue opinions in 27 cases that it heard this term, and has about four weeks left to release them. Here are the major cases NPR is watching.
- Washington Desk
The character and fitness evaluation to practice law is discriminatory, advocates say

To practice law, many states require a character and fitness evaluation, which digs into encounters with law enforcement and mental health. In New York, there's a push to ban the inquiry.
- Jasmine Garsd
Pence won't be charged in DOJ classified documents investigation

Two sources confirm the Justice Department sent a letter to former Vice President Mike Pence saying the investigation would close without any finding of criminal wrongdoing.
- Carrie Johnson
Senate passes GOP-led resolution to block Biden's student loan relief plan

With President Biden pledging a veto, the resolution amounts to a mostly symbolic show of congressional disapproval on a plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt.
- Emily Olson
Facing water shortages, Arizona will curtail some new development around Phoenix

The state of Arizona today said it will no longer issue new development approvals based on groundwater alone.
- Kirk Siegler
Seattle employer can sue workers over 2017 strike, U.S. Supreme Court rules

The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday that a Seattle company has the right to sue the union representing its employees for damages arising from a 2017 strike. The company, Glacier NW, sued the Teamsters Local 174 after drivers walked off the job with concrete still spinning in their trucks.
- Monica Nickelsburg
A trans inmate wins health care and will move to women's prison after suing Minnesota

Christina Lusk sued over harassment, assault and discrimination she says she experienced while incarcerated. In its settlement of the case, Minnesota will grant her access to gender-affirming care.
- Jaclyn Diaz

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