Topic: Supreme Court

The United Nations Human Rights Office called for an investigation Friday into a Brazilian police operation that led to the deaths of at least 25 people, including a police officer.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on Tuesday that would allow shorter sentences for people who have been convicted on low-level crack cocaine charges.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday it won't hear a suit from a former West Point cadet who says she was sexually assaulted on campus and the academy failed to provide her with "appropriate" support.

Israeli officials said Monday they will open a special investigation into a deadly stampede last week during a religious event on Mount Meron that killed 45 people, including a 19-year-old American man.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of an undocumented immigrant challenging his deportation.

In his first address before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, President Joe Biden explained how his sweeping infrastructure plan will help Americans recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and compete globally.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether a Pennsylvania student's First Amendment rights were violated when school officials punished her for a profanity-filled social media post on a weekend.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed into law a sweeping controversial anti-abortion bill that criminalizes abortions performed due to genetic issues of the fetus amid a Republican push to limit access to the procedure.

More than half of U.S. states are battling over a Department of Labor rule expanding a religious exemption for federal contractors from nondiscrimination requirements in hiring and firing.

Republican-dominated states in the U.S. South and West gained seats in the House of Representatives under U.S. Census Bureau population data released Monday, but not as many as they had hoped for.