NPR Retracts Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Retirement Story: 'Regret the Error'

NPR has retracted a story about Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after mistakenly reporting on Tuesday that he was retiring. The move comes after the original article by Nina Totenberg sparked panic among press covering the Supreme Court. The mistake was flagged in the live chat of SCOTUS Blog where they were discussing the court's opinions, with one user writing: "NPR is announcing that Alito is retiring - but still has not been confirmed" to which another responded: "So much for my lunch." Another questioned whether the article was posted by mistake. After asking the Supreme . . .