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NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine, who has added Facebook COE Mark Zuckerberg to a consumer protection lawsuit that was originally filed in 2018.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Rachel Abrams, a lawyer representing victims of sexual assault in lawsuits against rideshare company Lyft, which had over 4,000 reports of sexual assault in two years.

Last year, the city of Boston settled a case for $1.3 million after police mistook a Black man suffering a stroke for a drunk driver. The settlement is one of the largest in Boston's recent history.

The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on law enforcement agencies. In Georgia, where vaccination rates are low and vaccine mandates are scarce, at least 33 officers have died of COVID-19 in 2021.

Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Merck have agreed to allow generic manufacturers to make inexpensive versions of their anti-viral pills to treat COVID-19.

Following last week's high school shooting in Oxford, Mich., the accused gunman and his parents are being held in jail — separate from each other and in isolation.

The world has "lost the plot" on equitable vaccine access and is falling far short of targets to vaccinate the global south, according to scathing assessments from experts.

The Moderna vaccine's ability to shield against infection drops sharply when tested on the omicron variant. But getting a booster pumps the protection back up again, new research suggests.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald about working on the Oxford High School shooting case and working towards safer schools.

The nearly all-white jury has begun deliberating the fate of Travis and Greg Michael and William 'Roddie' Bryan. They are accused of murdering Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 near Brunswick, Ga.