The court took up affirmative action in response to challenges at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Lower courts upheld admission systems at both schools, rejecting claims that the schools discriminated against white and Asian-American applicants
The announcement by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration represents its latest move toward regulating electronic systems that take on certain tasks that drivers themselves have normally done
Christie, who also ran in 2016, is expected to make the announcement at a town hall Tuesday evening at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics
Chief Raul Ortiz said Tuesday in a note to staff that he will leave June 30. It’s unclear who will replace him
Tuesday’s strikes that lightly damaged three apartment buildings angered Russian hawks, who criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin and the military brass for failing to protect Moscow
Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster was exhumed in April as part of the monastery’s preparations for a new shrine. The monastery expected to only find bones. Instead, her body and clothing were largely intact
A woman was rescued Monday after authorities initially said no one was left inside. No fatalities have been reported
Van Houten was 19 when she participated in two killings alongside Manson and other followers in 1969. She has been in prison for more than five decades
Tony Peralta made his appearance before a state district judge Tuesday after handing himself in for the 2008 unsolved murder of his former landlord
Holmes went from being the most interesting CEO in Silicon Valley to the subject of a drama series starred by Amanda Seyfried. Now, she’s heading for prison
Her entry into prison comes more than a year after a jury convicted Holmes on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy in January 2022
Per the court’s decision, members of the wealthy Sackler family would give up ownership of Purdue, which would become a new company known as Knoa, with its profits being used to fight the opioid crisis
According to The Carter Center, Rosalynn Carter, now 95, remains at home with former President Jimmy Carter, who has been at home receiving hospice care since early this year
Robert Bowers’ federal trial got underway more than four years after the shooting deaths of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue. He could face the death penalty if convicted of some of the 63 counts he faces
Scot Peterson could get a nearly 100-year sentence if convicted of felony child neglect in a trial stemming from the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead in 2018
It’s the fourth time in five months that overall U.S. consumer confidence has declined, as Americans become more pessimistic about the labor market, on top of elevated anxiety over inflation
‘Politics’ can be a noun or a verb with very different meanings, yet another example of how words can create or destroy
Target announced last week that it removed some products and relocated its Pride displays to the back of certain stores in the South after protestors confronted workers in stores
The White House and congressional leaders are working to ensure passage in time to lift the nation’s borrowing limit and prevent a U.S. default
The Republican candidate and current governor of Florida will visit 12 cities in three states this week
At a hearing Monday, lawmakers are considering whether to allow up to $380 million in incentives that include state tax credits and county bonds to build a home for the Oakland Athletics
Caste is a division of people based on birth and descent. Many members say they still face caste-based discrimination in their jobs, in education and in places of worship.
Criminal justice advocates have struggled at the Louisiana Legislature as they seek legal relief for hundreds of people convicted of serious crimes by nonunanimous juries
Police believe the target of the shooting was a man in his 20s who was killed at the Piel Kanela bar in San Juan when assailants in cars opened fire during a birthday celebration early Sunday
The six-story apartment building in downtown Davenport, Iowa collapsed and crashed to the ground on Sunday, injuring one person and displacing countless other residents and businesses
The actor and TV host, and Mariah Carey’s ex-husband, is the father figure of an unconventional family. Far from feeling uncomfortable about it, he speaks freely about the most private aspects of his life
Cristosal, the primary human rights organization in the Central American country, describes a regime of terror through interviews of hundreds of people who were mistakenly arrested or freed after being declared innocent
