Listen to our full broadcast from Friday, March 30th, 2012

The Supreme Court held oral arguments this week to determine the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. One of the biggest surprises of was the Justices’ harsh questioning of the Obama administration’s lawyers, particularly by Justice Anthony Kennedy. Ben Bradford spoke with New York Times Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak about the man who is widely [...]

In the 1960s and 1970s, New York passed a series of laws that stiffened penalties for teenage offenders. Today, New York is one of only two states that treat 16 year olds as adults in criminal cases. Now the pendulum may be swinging the other way. Celia Llopis-Jepsen reports. LLOPIS-JEPSEN: Let’s say a 15-year-old steals [...]

Now we turn to another issue before the Supreme Court, rent regulation. The justices are considering whether to hear a case on New York City rent laws that could upend the laws currently in place. The plaintiffs own a brownstone on the upper west side, and say their three rent stabilized units only earn them [...]

Occupy Wall Street is raising its profile again in New York. Activists are holding weekly “Spring Training” sessions in Zuccotti Park. It’s part of their preparation for an international protest on May 1st. Rachel Rogers reporter live with around 100 participants gathered at  the New York Stock Exchange. To compete with the closing bell, they performed [...]

  Following the murder of teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, self-defense laws are getting a new round of scrutiny. Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has admitted shooting Martin. But he hasn’t been charged with a crime because he claims he acted in self-defense. Jackie Maker speaks with Steve Kardian, an NYPD veteran and self-defense instructor about [...]

  Dealing with New York City’s 25,000 tons of trash each day is getting harder all the time. Garbage treatment facilities exist around the city in areas that were once industrial, but are now more residential. According to Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Solid Waste Management Plan, one of the city’s environmental goals is borough equity: all five [...]

The biggest jackpot in Mega Millions history is up for grabs tonight. The multi-state lottery will draw numbers for its six-hundred and forty million dollar pot. Plenty of New Yorkers are ponying up to put their lucky numbers in the mix. Hristina Tisheva went to a convenience store in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, that’s doing a [...]

    Monday will mark the 30th anniversary of the war between Great Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands.  The rocky, south Atlantic atoll lies just off  the coast of Argentina, but 8000 miles from Great Britain, which took control of the islands in the early 19th century.  Today 3000 people live there—almost all [...]

When she went to a historic Catholic church in Rome, commentator Sarah Laing was expecting to have a pleasant stroll through some ancient buildings. Along with the frescoes and Dorian pillars, she discovered that sometimes, the past is a heavy weight to carry.

The number of jobs in New York State is growing. And so is the unemployment rate. That’s according to statistics released yesterday by the New York Department of Labor. John Light looked into the apparent contradiction, and whether this is good or bad news for New Yorkers.– JOHN LIGHT, REPORTER: Between January and February, New [...]

  The cashless society: essayists and futurists have been writing about it since the 1950s. Banks brought us one step closer in the 1960s with the introduction of the credit card, and another with the debit card two decades later. Now, some of the biggest names in technology, finance, and retail are unveiling a new [...]

With the recent passing of musicians Whitney Houston, Davy Jones, and now Earl Scruggs, 2012 has already been a big year for losses in the music industry. But even when your favorite entertainer has passed on, there’s still a way to spend an evening in their company. Will Sloan reports. When Whitney Houston died in [...]