NPR retracts false report claiming Justice Samuel Alito is retiring from the Supreme Court

NPR retracted a story on Tuesday after falsely reporting that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had retired. 

NPR published a story headlined, "Justice Samuel Alito, who published the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, retires," that would have rocked the Supreme Court. However, NPR retracted the story and replaced it with an editor’s note. 

"Earlier today we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. He has not announced his retirement and we have retracted the story," NPR wrote.