Pirro, in rare move, convenes special grand jury in Washington
Listen to article • 0:00 minThe Justice Department has convened a special grand jury in Washington, a rare legal body that officials say could pave the way for federal prosecutors…
NY judge orders overflow room for Luigi Mangione murder trial
A Manhattan judge on Tuesday said an overflow room would be provided to members of the press and the public at alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione’s upcoming murder trial and…
Researchers, advocates rail against government’s efforts to end workforce data collection
By CLAIRE SAVAGE and ALEXANDRA OLSON Civil rights groups and researchers at a public hearing Tuesday called on a federal agency to continue its annual collection of workplace demographic data,…
Former Eagles running back granted early release from prison to see dying daughter
Listen to article • 0:00 minWendell Smallwood Jr. will be by his daughter’s side in her final days after being granted early release from prison. Gloucester County Superior Court Judge…
International Rights Groups Raise Alarm Over Freedom of Religion and Expression in South Korea
PRWire: SEOUL, South Korea, 8 August 2026 — Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), together with CAP Liberté de Conscience (CAP LC), which has accredited ECOSOC status at the United Nations,…
25 states sue over Trump’s new tariffs, calling them ‘pretext’ to replace his old ones
By PAUL WISEMAN and MAE ANDERSON WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme…
A new trial is ordered for a man convicted in the slaying of Philly police officer in 2012
Listen to article • 0:00 minA Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge on Monday ordered a new trial for a man serving a life sentence for the death of a police…
States sue to block feds from sharing personal data of millions who receive social service benefits
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE More than 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday to block it from getting wide access to the personal information of…
Will Swaim: California schools turn to child sacrifice
Archaeological evidence and 16th-century Spanish accounts show that the Aztecs of Central Mexico sacrificed children to appease the rain god Tlaloc. Appalled by the ritual, one of those Spaniards, the…
How clean should the ocean be? It’s an $11 billion question
An escalating battle over Southern California water, and the pollution that can or can’t be allowed to flow into it, involves three counties, two very different cultures and one thorny…