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Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for an evangelical Christian website designer in a case involving whether creative businesses can refuse to serve LGBTQ+ customers because of First Amendment free speech rights. In a 6-3 decision for the conservative majority written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court said wedding websites […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prosecutors urged a federal appeals court to uphold the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was found guilty of trafficking women and girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. “The Government’s evidence at trial established that over the course of a decade, Maxwell facilitated and participated in the sexual abuse of […]
Bill Hutchison/ABC News (NEW YORK) — Farmers in one of the most prominent agricultural communities in the country will likely be living an underwater nightmare for the foreseeable future. Central California’s Tulare Lake is filled past the brim, but with the blessings of an ample water supply also comes a curse: spillage that experts say […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused the Supreme Court’s conservative majority of a “let-them-eat-cake obliviousness” on the issue of race in its landmark ruling on affirmative action. The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the way Harvard University and the University of North Carolina use race-conscious admissions policies, […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are on alert for unhealthy air quality as smoke from wildfires in neighboring Canada drifts to the United States. Wildfires have burned a record of more than 19.5 million acres across Canada so far this year, with no end in sight. There are nearly 500 active wildfires […]
David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (BOSTON) — Federal prosecutors in Boston are dropping charges against two parents in the college admissions scandal known as Varsity Blues, according to a court filing Thursday. The decision followed a ruling from the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacating the convictions of Gamal Abdelaziz and John […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Students debated the fairness of a landmark Supreme Court decision on Thursday that sets new limits on race as a factor in admissions to public and private colleges and universities. The court held that the current race-conscious admissions policies in place at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University violate […]
Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (PARKLAND, Fla.) — The former Parkland, Florida, resource officer accused of failing to confront the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter who killed 14 students and three staff members in 2018 has been found not guilty on all counts. Scot Peterson, 60, was charged in […]
Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — In the 13 months after the Uvalde elementary school mass shooting, resources from across the state flowed into the small Texas town, including the Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas. Now, the bereavement center is permanently establishing its roots in Uvalde, recognizing the irreversible impact loss can […]
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival (DOVER, Del.) — Sarah McBride is used to being first. She was the first openly transgender person to work in the White House, the first to speak at the Democratic National Convention and the first to become a state senator, in Delaware. If the campaign she announced on Monday […]
