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The Supreme Court is meeting Friday to decide the final six cases of its term, including birthright citizenship. NPR'S Steve Inskeep speaks Nina Totenberg about what to expect.

The proposal restores a ban South Carolina had in place when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year — which was overturned by the state's highest court.

Almost a year since a young black man from west Baltimore died in police custody, trials of the officers charged in his case are set to begin. A citizen commission released its findings.

Some of the suspects in the assassination of Haiti's president have been identified as Colombian nationals. Colombia has an industry of former military personnel marketing themselves as mercenaries.

Although Virginia law does not set a minimum age for criminal prosecution, the traditional principles of criminal justice "don't really apply" when the offender is so young, one legal expert said.

Men who may have Zika should wait at least six months before having unprotected sex with partners trying to conceive, regardless of whether the men ever developed any symptoms, the CDC now says.

Since the clashes started last month, more than 300 protesters have been killed and 15,000 others wounded. Protesters demand overhauls to the country's political system and an end to corruption.

Insurgents unleashed a multifaceted attack on the Afghan Defense Ministry, killing civilians and wounding more than a hundred others. It came as the U.S. and Taliban leaders engaged in peace talks.

Protesters in Seattle have taken over a six-block area near the police department's East Precinct. They are calling it an "autonomous zone."

The man's daring escape, and the failure of South Korean guards to detect him, is the second embarrassing breach of the heavily fortified DMZ in recent months.