Man pleads not guilty to raping Ohio 10-year-old
A man pleaded not guilty in Ohio to charges of raping a 10-year-old girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion. The 27-year-old defendant is... More
July 25, 2022
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Man indicted in rape of girl, 10, who traveled for abortion
A grand jury in Ohio has indicted the man accused of raping and impregnating a 10-year-old girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion. More
July 21, 2022
Ex-cop Lane gets 2 1/2 years for violating Floyd’s rights
A federal judge sentenced former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane to 2 1/2 years in prison Thursday for violating George Floyd’s civil rights. More
July 21, 2022
Pressure on Senate GOP after same-sex marriage passes House
The Senate launched a new push to protect same-sex marriage in federal law after a surprising number of Republicans helped pass landmark legislation in the House. More
July 20, 2022
Abortion doctor signals she’ll sue Indiana AG over comments
Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist who gave the girl a medication-induced abortion on June 30, filed a tort claim notice over what she says... More
July 19, 2022
House to vote on same-sex marriage, responding to high court
The U.S. House prepared to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade... More
July 19, 2022
Mississippi clinic ends challenge of near-ban on abortion
The Mississippi abortion clinic that was at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade ended a lawsuit in which... More
July 19, 2022
Indiana doctor’s lawyer tells AG to halt false statements
Attorney Kathleen DeLaney sent the “cease and desist” letter to Indiana Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita on behalf of obstetrician-gynecologist Caitlin Bernard, who performed a medical abortion... More
July 15, 2022
Emmett Till accuser, in memoir, denies wanting teen killed
The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 says she neither identified him to... More
July 14, 2022
Doctor’s lawyer defends steps in 10-year-old girl’s abortion
The lawyer for an Indiana doctor who has found herself at the center of a political firestorm after revealing the story of a 10-year-old girl... More
July 14, 2022
Man charged with rape of girl, 10, who traveled for abortion
An Ohio man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl whose case drew national attention following a doctor’s comments that the child had to... More
July 13, 2022
Abortion ruling prompts variety of reactions from states
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. The ruling is expected to lead... More
July 12, 2022
Texas woman says unborn baby counts as passenger in HOV lane
Texas woman Brandy Bottone contests HOV lane violation by telling cop her unborn daughter counts as a person. More
July 11, 2022
Lone Mississippi abortion clinic seeks legal path to reopen
Attorneys for Mississippi's only abortion clinic filed papers asking the state Supreme Court to block a new law that bans most abortions and to let the clinic... More
July 7, 2022
Judge won’t block law banning most Mississippi abortions
A Mississippi judge rejected a request by the state’s only abortion clinic to temporarily block a law that would ban most abortions. More
July 5, 2022
Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court
The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice and she took the place Thursday of the justice she once worked for. Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement took effect... More
June 30, 2022
1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest
A team searching a Mississippi courthouse basement for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till found the unserved warrant charging a white woman, Carolyn Bryant... More
June 29, 2022
Jackson to be sworn in as Breyer retires from Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson will be sworn as the Supreme Court's 116th justice just as the man she is replacing, Justice Stephen Breyer, retires. More
June 29, 2022
A look at 50 years of Supreme Court abortion decisions
A look at some of the Supreme Court's major abortion rulings over the last 50 years. More
June 24, 2022
Excerpts from the Supreme Court’s landmark abortion decision
The Supreme Court, in a ruling Friday, ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years. More
June 24, 2022
