A federal judge in Vermont has decided not to wait for the transfer of a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center to schedule a bail hearing […]
Catholic Chicagoans celebrate as native son Pope Leo XIV becomes first American pope
CHICAGO — After white smoke billowed Thursday from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a pope had been chosen, students in every classroom at The Frances Xavier Warde School in Chicago […]
Judge to hear arguments over whether LA prosecutor should be kicked off Menendez case
LOS ANGELES — Attorneys for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989, will make their case to a judge Friday that Los Angeles prosecutors […]
Leo XIV’s brother recalls feeling of ‘disbelief’ over his sibling becoming pope
NEW LENOX, Ill. — When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his television in Illinois, called […]
Cash-strapped Bureau of Prisons freezes some hiring to ‘avoid more extreme measures,’ director says
The Trump administration is halting some hiring at the federal Bureau of Prisons, the crisis-plagued agency where chronic understaffing has led to long overtime shifts and the use of prison […]
Florida’s former lieutenant governor named sole finalist for university presidency
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s former lieutenant governor has been named the sole finalist to become the next president of Florida International University. The presidential search committee’s unanimous selection of former […]
Wisconsin Republicans kill marijuana legalization and tax increases for millionaires
MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature voted Thursday to kill most of the top spending priorities of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, including legalizing marijuana, even as both […]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor says lawyers should stand up and fight amid turmoil in nation’s legal system
WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday that lawyers should stand up and fight in battles faced by the nation’s legal system, comments that come amid attacks on federal judges […]
Democrats ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to toss state’s congressional boundaries
MADISON, Wis. — Democratic voters on Thursday asked the liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court to throw out the battleground state’s current congressional district boundaries after a similar request was rejected last […]
Washington’s Hispanic community fighting fear and rallying help as rumors of an ICE crackdown bubble
WASHINGTON — Word spread — and fast — as it does in so many moments of rumor and fear. Early Tuesday morning, dozens of concerned parents and staff members gathered […]