World Aug 16 Record-Breaking Floods Continue in Europe German authorities ordered the evacuation of thousands of people from the historic city of Dresden Friday as record-breaking floodwaters continue to wreak havoc in central and eastern Europe.
World Aug 14 Floods Continue to Ravage Central Europe Residents of Prague watched with relief as the waters of the rain-swollen Vltava River crested Wednesday without inundating the historic city center, as Europe continues to reel from some of the worst flooding on record.
Politics Jun 27 Supreme Court Upholds High School Drug Testing The Supreme Court handed down a series of major decisions Thursday, including a ruling to allow random drug testing for high school students involved in any type of after-school activity or team.
Politics Jun 27 Supreme Court Approves School Voucher Program A closely-divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that public money can be used to pay for tuition vouchers at private schools, but only if parents may choose from among a range of religious and secular schools.
Politics Jun 24 Supreme Court Rules Only Juries Can Impose Death Sentences The Supreme Court ruled Monday that juries, not judges, must decide whether a defendant receives the death penalty, overturning the death sentence laws in five states and affecting more than 160 prisoners on death row.
Politics Jun 20 Supreme Court Rules States Can Help Patients Fight HMOs As its current term comes to a close, the Supreme Court announced several key rulings Thursday, including a major health care decision to let patients use state laws to fight group health plans that refuse to approve certain medical treatments.
Politics Jun 20 Supreme Court Bars Executing Mentally Retarded Killers The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday ruled executing mentally retarded people convicted of murder violates the constitution's Eighth Amendment protections against "cruel and unusual punishments."…
Politics Jun 17 Court Rules Solicitors Can Pound Pavement Without Permit In one of a series of decisions handed down Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution protects the rights of missionaries, politicians and others to solicit door-to-door without requesting permission from local authorities.
Nation Jun 05 Bylines Nixed in Post Protest Stories from almost all of The Washington Post's staff reporters appeared without bylines Wednesday as part of a writers' union protest against a contract offer by the newspaper's management.
World Jun 03 CIA Delayed Sharing Intelligence on Sept. 11 Hijacker The Central Intelligence Agency was tracking al-Qaida members who later took part in the Sept. 11 attacks months earlier than it had previously disclosed, according to accounts published this weekend.