It took just seconds for a routine traffic stop on a Texas highway to escalate into a fatal shooting that left 24-year-old ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a ...

The Supreme Court will consider whether to order new nationwide precedent about how lower courts will consider facts over ...

The justices considered the Fifth Circuit's "moment of the threat" doctrine during a hearing about a 2016 fatal police ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering reviving a lawsuit by Janice Hughes against a Houston police officer who fatally shot ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider on Wednesday a woman's civil rights lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of her ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision will set a precedent for courts that review officer-involved shootings solely by the cop's split-second decisions in the "moment of threat." ...

A Texas police officer's actions leading to a deadly shooting will likely receive another review in the Fifth Circuit.

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case on Wednesday that could make it easier to hold police officers accountable for ...

The justices suggested a lower court used the wrong test in deciding a Texas officer did not use unconstitutionally excessive ...

Editor’s note: Although written about a wildfire that ravaged Malibu, Calif., in 1993 — a fire not nearly as devastating as the Los Angeles-area fires of 2025 — this piece offers important reflections ...