Department of Defense (DOD) officials said on Friday that the Pentagon will announce the repeal of its ban on openly transgender service members on July 1. Each branch of the US Armed Forces will be adopting policies...

The American Civil Liberties of Northern California filed a lawsuit Friday against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for allowing religious agencies taking in refugees to refuse female immigrant minors access...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio , ruled Thursday that Cleveland's time and place restrictions governing protests and marches during next month's Republic National Convention infringe upon...

Former UN General Assembly president John Ashe, who was under corruption investigation by US authorities, died on Thursday after suffering neck trauma. Ashe's death , "traumatic asphyxia," was the result of a weightlifting accident in which...

Pursuant an order issued Thursday by a judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia , a Virginia school board must allow a transgender student to use the restroom that corresponds with...

Hawaii Governor David Ige signed a bill Thursday requiring gun owners to be listed on an FBI database, notifying police if a Hawaii citizen is arrested in another state. The legislation, SB 2954 , serves...

The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a state law Thursday that allows for the type, manufacturers and sellers of drugs used for lethal injections to be kept confidential. This ruling would allow the execution of eight death...

Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson, Jr. was acquitted Thursday of all charges in relation to the 2015 death of Freddie Gray. The case was presided over by Baltimore Circuit Associate Judge Barry Williams, who stated that...

The US Supreme Court split 4-4 Thursday in United States v. Texas , allowing an order blocking enforcement of the Obama administration's immigration police to remain in place. The per curiam opinion read simply, "The...

The US Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Thursday in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin that the university's race-conscious admissions program is lawful. Abigail Fisher brought suit against the University of Texas at Austin...