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Then-Attorney General Pam Bondi answers questions from the media at the U.S. Capitol on March 18, 2026. Bondi is one of several DOJ officials who've faced ethics complaints with state bar associations in recent years.

DOJ wants to shield its lawyers from outside scrutiny. Critics worry about oversight

Critics say the proposed rule to let the DOJ step into state bar investigations could weaken one of the last independent checks on government lawyers.

Police tape surrounds the Old National Bank after a gunman opened fire on April 10, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Louisville authorities release police body camera footage from the shooting

Video shows officers being fired at when they arrive at the scene. Authorities said the gunman legally purchased the AR-15 style rifle used in the attack.

Selassie Atadika, owner of Midunu Chocolates, says she likes to use African spices in chocolate because its "a way to introduce people to our flavor profiles in an easy format."

One Woman's Quest To Tell 'The African Story Through Chocolate'

A Ghana-born chocolatier found that many people — even Africans — weren't familiar with the spices and cultures from other parts of the continent. And it is those experiences she seeks to share.

A view of the Caribbean is among the things attracting new buyers to high-priced Havana real estate along the city's famous seaside strip, the Malecón.

Amid A Struggling Economy, Cuban Real Estate Is Booming

Havana apartments with a Caribbean view run in the hundreds of thousands. Some houses are being sold for as much as $1 million. The real estate rush is on.

Tudor Crossing Apartments at 1346 SW 74th St. in Oklahoma City.

Rising Interest Rates Could Slow Apartment Investment; OCU Program Helps Tenants Fight Eviction

Investors were putting money into multifamily housing complexes during the first quarter of 2018, but higher interest rates could slow future investment…

President Trump shakes hands with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Ariana Klein as fellow Stoneman Douglas student Carson Abt watches at the start of a listening session on school safety with teachers and students at the White House Wednesday.

Trump Backs Arming Teachers During Emotional White House Listening Session

A week after 17 people were killed at a Parkland, Fla., high school, President Trump hosted survivors, parents and teachers from that and other recent school shooting tragedies.

Florida Legislators Pressured To Address Gun Violence

Rachel Martin talks to Florida state Rep. Jason Brodeur, a Republican, who along with Katie Edwards-Walpole, a Democrat, is working to come up with a bipartisan bill on gun control.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health building in Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma Health Officials Plan To Enter Agreement With Nonprofit For Public Health Lab Management

Contractors could soon manage the Oklahoma Public Health Laboratory, Interim Commissioner of Health Lance Frye told employees this week.Additionally,…

A YWCA summer camp for girls called Camp Nizhoni took place at Lincoln Hills from 1924-1945.

During Segregation, A Mountain Oasis Gave Black Families A Summer Escape

Lincoln Hills was the only mountain resort west of the Mississippi where African-Americans could buy land or rent cabins. It was founded in the mid-1920s, when the Ku Klux Klan ruled Colorado.

Proponents of the taxes say that if the measures pass, the money would be directed, in San Francisco, toward childhood nutrition and recreation and, in Berkeley, into the city's general fund.

Soda-Makers Try To Take Fizz Out Of Bay Area Tax Campaigns

Voters will decide on a penny-per-ounce tax on sugary drinks in Berkeley and a 2-cent-per-ounce tax in San Francisco. But the soda industry's lobbying group has spent millions blasting the measures.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (shown here delivering one of his "Intimate Talks" to the nation in 1934) helped push through the first firearms law in the U.S., a tax and registration scheme of fully automatic weapons.

Prohibition-Era Gang Violence Spurred Congress To Pass First Gun Law

In the 1930s, criminals with portable machine guns unleashed a torrent of violence that often caught civilians in the crossfire. The violence led to a tax and registration scheme still in effect now.

As food prices rise, non-profits try to keep serving clients

NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with Brooke Neubauer, who owns a non-profit in Las Vegas, Nev., about how the community she serves is holding up as food prices surge.

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