Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder said on Monday that prosecutors cannot refer to the men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse as “victims” at any time during the upcoming November murder trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The judge cautioned the MORE
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of police officers in two different cases involving qualified immunity, which protects police accused of misconduct. There were no dissents. To win a civil suit against a MORE
WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a near-total ban on abortion in Texas, the toughest such law in the United States, in a challenge brought by President Joe Biden’s MORE
LE††UCE PREY Johnson’s case drew national attention in recent weeks, with a range of public figures — from former Gov. Bob Holden to Pope Francis — urging Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to stop the execution. They MORE
It’s been nearly 16 months since Bubba Wallace was waiting out a rainstorm in his motorhome in the Talladega Superspeedway infield when NASCAR informed its only full-time Black driver that a noose had been found MORE
In the two weeks since Gabby Petito went missing while on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend, her story has gained national attention. Petito’s case has made news headlines and gone viral online, with people everywhere trying to MORE
The groups, including Planned Parenthood and other abortion and women’s health providers, told the court that the law would “immediately and catastrophically reduce abortion access in Texas, barring care for at least 85% of Texas MORE
LE††UCE PREY John Henry Ramirez, 37, is scheduled to be put to death in the Texas death chamber on Sept. 8, but his attorneys said in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Corpus Christi that MORE
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Thursday the next special session of the Legislature will begin on Saturday, and it will have the state’s controversial voting bill on the agenda. The Democrats walked out of the regular session in May MORE
The Turkish government is not immune from a lawsuit brought by protesters suing strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail for assaulting them on the streets of Washington, a federal appeals court has ruled. When Erdoğan MORE
A New Jersey woman who lives with her mother can leave up a trove of profane signs to express her hostility toward Joe Biden, according to New Jersey Superior Court. “I feel amazing,” Ms. Dick, MORE
But our heritage! “Can anybody believe that the Cleveland Indians, a storied and cherished baseball franchise since taking the name in 1915, are changing their name to the Guardians? Such a disgrace,” Trump wrote in MORE
On Friday, the Republican controlled, Texas State Senate passed legislation that would “end requirements that public schools include writings on women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement in social studies classes.” SB 3 would strip MORE
“Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing,” traditionally known as the Black national anthem, is expected to be performed live or played before every Week 1 NFL game, and the league is considering a variety of other MORE
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) threw his support behind Chick-fil-A this week after reports emerged that some students at the University of Notre Dame voiced opposition to the school considering making the chain a part of its on-campus dining. Students MORE
The Pentagon is defending comments made by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after GOP lawmakers claimed the military chief misrepresented the department’s stance on the teaching of critical race theory. On Wednesday, an Air Force Academy MORE
LE††UCE PREY The case concerning the florist, Arlene’s Flowers v. Washington, No. 19-333, started in 2013, when Barronelle Stutzman turned down a request from a longtime customer, Robert Ingersoll, to provide flowers for his wedding MORE
Chief Justice Roger Taney The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to remove all Confederate statues from public display in the U.S. Capitol, along with replacing the bust of former Chief Justice of the United MORE
NU††ER WA†CH After Chauvin’s sentencing hearing on Friday, supporters of QAnon posted to a Telegram channel for believers, expressing their skepticism that the former police officer was actually the person that had appeared in court. MORE
This is a follow up to: Supreme Court to be Asked to Consider First Amendment Case of Vulgar Cheerleader But in an 8-1 vote, the court also declared that school administrators do have the power MORE
Says the Practice Violates Their First Amendment Free Speech and Free Exercise Rights Jason Alan Griggs, Derenda Hancock, and Leslie Kim Gibson, along with the groups American Atheists and the Mississippi Humanist Association, filed the MORE
Denver — A Colorado baker who won a partial victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 for refusing to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple violated the state’s anti-discrimination law by refusing MORE
Just in time for “Saturday’s 156th anniversary of the day which marks the last African American slaves being freed in Texas in the wake of the Civil War,” Congress will send President Biden a bill recognizing MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Democratic senator says he will not vote for the largest overhaul of U.S. election law in at least a generation, defying his party and the White House and virtually guaranteeing MORE
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NFL on Wednesday pledged to halt the use of “race-norming” — which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function — in the $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims MORE