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Supreme Court considers impact of disability law on police

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The police shooting in Georgia earlier this month of a naked, unarmed Black man with bipolar disorder spotlights the growing number…

Ohio mother accused of decapitating baby held on $500K bail

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio mother accused of decapitating her 3-month-old daughter is in jail with bail set at $500,000. Bail was set Friday for…

Police, other groups try to calm down tensions in Ferguson

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) With measured remarks and a conciliatory tone, police, political leaders and civil-rights activists on Thursday sought to tamp down tensions after two…

Justices sharply divided over health care law subsidies

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharply divided along familiar lines, the Supreme Court took up a politically charged new challenge to President Barack Obama’s health overhaul Wednesday…

Bill Cosby asks judge to dismiss 3 accusers’ defamation suit

BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers asked a federal judge on Friday to throw out a defamation lawsuit filed by three women accusing the comedian…

3 sentenced to prison in slaying of Black man in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Three young White men who admitted they were out hunting Black people to attack when they beat, ran over and killed…

Justices: Can’t make employers cover contraception

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that some corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health…

With eye on history, judges nix gay marriage bans

Robert Shelby, a former Army combat engineer, knocked over the first domino. As a U.S. district judge — appointed in 2012 by President Barack Obama…

Pennsylvania’s gay marriage ban is struck down

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Pennsylvania’s ban on gay marriage was overturned by a federal judge Tuesday in a decision that legalized the practice throughout the Northeast…

Segregation gains ground 60 years after Brown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Segregation is making a comeback in U.S. schools. Progress toward integrated classrooms has largely been rolled back since the Supreme Court issued…

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