AMANDA DAVID [email protected] Botswana’s constitution is said to be gender neutral, guaranteeing equal protection under the law, yet a ...

Emily Koski and her successor-elect, Jamison Whiting, have sought protection in court. Other officials have similar stories.

An army corporal who swindled thousands of dollars from her comrades has lost her military career and will be held in detention.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Representative Johanna López and Senator Mack Bernard have introduced legislation to ban corporal punishment in Florida’s public schools, promoting a safer, more supportive environment ...

Missouri schools allow corporal punishment by parents. Yes, archaic, but I assure you that it does happen. In our state, at least 123 school districts allow it to be administered to students, if it is ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily paused a lower court ruling that blocked a new voting map in Texas, allowing the state to proceed for now with a plan aimed ...

DELAWARE COUNTY, Ind. — Indiana Gov. Mike Braun announced he's ordered flags be flown at half-staff at the Indiana Statehouse, the Police and Firefighters Memorial, and at all state facilities in ...

Texas urged the Supreme Court on Friday to boost President Donald Trump’s effort to help Republicans maintain control of Congress, asking the justices to review a federal court ruling that found the ...

CHICAGO — A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily halted an order restricting the use of force by federal immigration agents in the Chicago area, calling it "overbroad" and "too prescriptive.

A divided federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration on Friday in a case over the president’s use of the Alien Enemies Act in deportation matters — but it did not fully snuff out a ...

The justices allowed the Trump administration to withhold full benefits for two more days while Congress worked to advance a government funding bill. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from Washington The ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full SNAP payments, amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume. The order keeps in place at least for ...