WASHINGTON — Prison inmates whose religious rights are clearly violated by guards and wardens may not sue them for damages, a divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices said federal law protecting religious liberty allows for suits against state prison systems, but not employees of the prison.

The decision came in ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Iran will only be able to use funds released from frozen accounts to purchase food and medical supplies from the U.S., seeking to ease concerns about peace negotiations that both sides say are making progress.

The billions of dollars of unlocked financing will go “into escrow, controlled by the U.S.A.” and will ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In the first half of 2026, Minnesota’s chief federal judge Patrick Schiltz quickly emerged as one of the most critical voices of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign in Minnesota, Operation Metro Surge.

Throughout a series of orders, Schiltz, a George W. Bush appointee, showed his growing frustration with the...Read more

MIAMI — The families of Luciana “Lucy” Fernandez and Katerina “Katy” Puig, the two victims of a Sept. 4, 2022, boat crash that killed Lucy and left Katy with a lifetime of serious medical hurdles, have released statements reacting to Monday’s not-guilty verdict for the vessel’s operator, Doral real estate broker George Pino.

A six...Read more

NABATIEH, Lebanon — Sweating under a powerful afternoon sun, the crowd slapped their chests in time with the chanter's cry, his mournful refrain echoing over the abandoned, rubble-lined streets of this wounded city that has been the focus of Israel's latest attacks in Lebanon.

"Karbala, O Karbala!" the chanter called.

"This is the tragedy of...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting early Tuesday morning that marked the city’s 46th homicide of the year, according to data.

Officers responded around 12:14 a.m. to the 3400 block of Leverton Street in the Southeast District for a reported shooting, police said.

At the scene, officers found an ...Read more

DETROIT — With six weeks to go until the August primary, Democratic Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow released her first TV ad of the cycle Tuesday, promising to "stand up to Trump," to big tech and "make this country work for the rest of us."

"They said, 'You can't flip this district, you can't take back the Senate, you can't beat the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Seventeen percent more Marylanders cast ballots during early voting this year than in the state’s last midterm primary, a surge analysts attribute in part to competitive congressional races, economic concerns and heightened political engagement.

As of June 18, 201,600 Marylanders had cast early voting ballots, compared with 172...Read more

MIAMI — The pilot in the helicopter crash earlier this month at North Perry Airport, which sent a man and two kids to the hospital, doesn’t show up as licensed in the FAA database.

Sky Helicopter Tours’ Marcelo Andrade, 56, doesn’t show up in the FAA’s Airmen Inquiry as having a certificate to pilot an airplane or a helicopter, or ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Attorneys general in seventeen states are suing California over its landmark single-use plastic law, which went into effect on June 1.

The lawsuit comes after a coalition of environmental groups sued the state over the same law this month, arguing the new final regulations create loopholes so large they gut the law.

The states ...Read more

The United States is one of only a handful of countries that allows companies to hold patents on plant varieties. As a result, a small number of corporations can – and do – suppress competition in the seed industry, stifle innovation and turn taxpayer subsidies intended for farmers into corporate profits.

The U.S. Department of ...Read more

Most people know that heat waves can be dangerous. What they may not realize is that the heat indoors can be much worse than outdoors.

When the power goes out and air conditioning stops, a house starts to function like a greenhouse. Heat enters through windows and walls and has nowhere to go. Air stagnates.

Within hours, ...Read more

“Namaste,” a common greeting in India and South Asia, has become a global cultural phenomenon – the word appears everywhere, from wellness retreats to political events to pop culture.

In many yoga classes in North America and Europe, it is a ritual to end practice by saying “namaste,” which means, in global yoga culture, ...Read more

Melatonin – a go-to sleep aid for kids and adults alike in many households in America – continues to create media buzz, with conflicting messages that leave people uncertain about its safety.

Some headlines point to melatonin’s supposed immunity boosting power, while others point to unestablished links between melatonin and ...Read more

Roughly two-thirds of Americans end their pregnancies by taking two abortion medications – misoprostol and mifepristone. Because these safe, effective medications can be prescribed via telehealth, without an in-office visit, they are how most patients terminate pregnancies in states that ban abortion.

In recent years, anti-abortion ...Read more

Kenyan Health Secretary Aden Duale has frozen the construction of an Ebola isolation facility for U.S. citizens, after he was found guilty of contempt for ignoring a court directive to halt the work.

“I have directed the immediate and complete cessation of any intended construction site preparations or related activities concerning the ...Read more