Nation Dec 23 Supreme Court adds same-sex marriage cases to agenda Gay marriage cases have been added to the Supreme Court's agenda, with enough time for them to be argued and decided by late June…
Nation Dec 18 Executions, new death sentences drop to lowest numbers in decades WASHINGTON — Executions and new death sentences dropped to their lowest numbers in decades in 2014, an anti-death penalty group said in a new report.
Nation Nov 17 Supreme Court will likely rule on national gay marriage rights next year A same-sex couple from Michigan is putting the question of the right to marry nationwide squarely before the Supreme Court.
Nation Nov 14 Same-sex couples ask Supreme Court to legalize gay marriage nationwide Same-sex couples seeking the right to marry are asking the Supreme Court to settle the issue of gay marriage nationwide. Appeals being filed Friday urge the justices to review last week's lower court ruling that upheld anti-gay marriage laws in…
World Nov 08 Americans Kenneth Bae, Matthew Todd Miller released from North Korea The two remaining Americans who had been held in North Korea have been released and are on their way home, U.S. officials said Saturday. A spokesman for Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Clapper was accompanying Americans Kenneth Bae…
Politics Nov 02 US Supreme Court to hear Jerusalem passport case The case over whether Americans born in Jerusalem may list Israel as their place of birth on passports is back at the high court for argument Monday at a time of acute Palestinian-Israeli tension over Jerusalem and significant strain in…
Nation Oct 23 Despite appellate rulings, 3 states refuse to allow gay unions WASHINGTON — The writing is on the wall for gay marriage bans in Kansas, Montana and South Carolina after federal appeals courts that oversee those states have made clear that keeping gay and lesbian couples from marrying is unconstitutional.
Nation Jul 04 Dissenting justices argue Wheaton contraception decision ‘undermines confidence’ in Supreme Court WASHINGTON -- A divided Supreme Court on Thursday allowed, at least for now, an evangelical college in Illinois that objects to paying for contraceptives in its health plan to avoid filling out a government document that the college says would…
Nation Jun 29 Suspect’s case may offer clarity on Benghazi attacks A court appearance for the alleged mastermind of the attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, is the first step in a long legal process that could yield new insight into a fiery assault that continues to reverberate across…
Politics Jun 29 Supreme Court poised to deliver verdict on right to birth control The Supreme Court is poised to deliver its verdict in a case that weighs the religious rights of employers and the right of women to the birth control of their choice.