The U.S. Supreme Court questioned a decision by New Haven, Conn., to cancel planned promotions of city firefighters after no blacks scored well enough on a pair of tests to qualify. New Haven says it was seeking to avert a ...

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U.S. Supreme Court justices weighed putting limits on the power of school officials, considering a clash over the strip-search of a 13-year-old girl accused of handing out prescription drugs. Hearing arguments in Washington on Tuesday, several justices said the position ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review an appeal brought by a man who claims his speedy trial rights were violated. The federal Speedy Trial Act gives criminal defendants the right to have a trial within 70 days of ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court is about to consider how much race still matters in an era when a black man can be elected president. The court hears arguments this week on a decision by New Haven, Conn., to cancel planned ...

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Missouri is taking its fight against protests near military funerals to the U.S. Supreme Court. The state petitioned the Supreme Court to consider whether the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals got it wrong when it said Shirley Phelps-Roper and ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former radio reporter and Black Panther whose conviction for the 1981 killing of a Philadelphia police officer sparked international controversy. The justices, without comment, left intact a federal appeals ...

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The Navajo Nation can’t seek $600 million from the federal government in a long-running dispute over coal mining leases with Peabody Energy Corp., the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. The justices on Monday unanimously threw out the tribe’s 16-year-old lawsuit, which ...

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Almost 17 years after Herbert Smulls was convicted of first-degree murder it looks as if his case is coming to an end. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it won’t review Smulls’ claims that he is entitled to another ...

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A man sentenced to death for murdering his ex-girlfriend did not get any relief from the U.S. Supreme Court, which on Monday said it would not review his appeal. A St. Louis County jury convicted Scott McLaughlin of first-degree murder ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in an age-discrimination case where the legal issues were so thorny, even a seasoned high court litigator was compelled to comment. “The issues here are unbelievably complicated,” said Carter G. Phillips, a ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court won’t review the appeals filed by a couple of Missouri death row inmates, the court said Monday. Richard Strong was sentenced to death for killing a woman and her 2-year-old daughter. In a separate case, Michael ...

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