In the fallout of the Boston Marathon bombings, alleged co-conspirators have hired veteran defenders as accounted in a National Law Journal article.

Kobe Bryant’s mother was paid $450,000 by New Jersey’s Goldin Auctions for memorabilia she has from her son’s early years of playing basketball, however, the NBA superstar is trying to prevent the sale of the items.

The Jackson Women’s Health Organization clinic is the last remaining clinic in Mississippi where a woman can obtain an abortion, however, a new law threatens its existence. So reports NPR.