The FBI released the 2015 Hate Crime Statistics on Monday, showing the number of hate crimes reported to police increased by about 6.7 percent last year, led largely by a 67 percent rise in crimes...

US President Barack Obama on Monday acknowledged the difficulties he has encountered trying to shut down the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, blaming his failure on congressional restrictions. On his second day in office in 2009, Obama issued...

Reports of US war crimes committed during, and in the aftermath of, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 provide a "reasonable basis" for further investigation, the International Criminal Court (ICC) determined in a report released...

A United Nations (UN) rights group released a statement earlier this month expressing concerns that the US government is ignoring treaty rights, as well as human rights, of Native Americans that are protesting the Dakota Access...

OnMonday, The Becket Fund announced it had filed suit challenging a new Health and Human Services (HHS) regulation on behalf of North Dakota and several Catholic organizations. The suit, filed in federal district court...

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in a case brought by Citizens for Objective Public Education (COPE) against science education policies adopted by the Kansas State Board of Education ....

Voters in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota approved Marsy's Law on Tuesday, adding rights for crime victims to their state constitutions. Montana's measure passed through with nearly 66 percent of the vote ; North Dakota's measure [amendment,...

A federal judge in Michigan on Thursday ordered the city of Flint to deliver bottled water to its residents after the town switched to a more affordable water source that resulted in lead contamination. The plaintiffs initially...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Oregon ruled Thursday that a lawsuit against the US federal government over failure to limit the emission of greenhouse gasses can proceed. The lawsuit was filed...

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled Wednesday that a New Mexico city's Ten Commandments monument placed on the City Hall lawn is unconstitutional. The lawsuit was initially filed in...