The San Francisco Catholic archdiocese announced on Monday that it reached a $395 million settlement with over 500 survivors of childhood sexual abuse within the church. The terms of the agreement, ...

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states may bar transgender athletes from competing on girls' and women's sports teams, upholding bans in West Virginia and Idaho and holding that neither Title ...

The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down federal limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with their candidates, ruling 6-3 that the restrictions violate the First ...

The US Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the Constitution guarantees birthright citizenship to children born in the US regardless of their parents' immigration status, striking down an executive ...

Human Rights Watch on Monday criticized Islamist armed groups, allied militias, and Malian armed forces who have committed 'serious abuses of human rights against civilians' amidst an insurgency of ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Monday that his government was introducing legislation to strengthen the country's ban on social media accounts for children under 16.

In a case that drew national attention and a half dozen emergency amicus briefs from around the country, the Alaska Supreme Court yesterday summarily affirmed an Alaska state trial court’s ruling ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Monday that Beijing has restructured Hong Kong's governance in a way that reduces accountability and tightens social control. The new system answers to the Chinese ...

The UN on Monday welcomed the government of Sudan's decision to keep the Adre border crossing open until September 30, though the organization warned about the rise in violence in El Obeid. The UN ...

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear President Donald Trump's appeal of a $5 million judgment finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, ending his ...

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that federal law does not bar states from counting absentee ballots that arrive after election day, so long as they are postmarked by that date. The 5-4 decision ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday filed an application instituting proceedings against Rwanda over decades of war crimes and violence perpetrated in the country’s east. The ...