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Lorie Smith’s case was allowed to proceed all the way to the nation’s highest court with an apparent misrepresentation

Liberal justices, LGBTQ+ activists and civil rights organizations fear the sentence in favor of a designer who refuses to make websites for same-sex couples could have far-reaching consequences

Victims called the shooter a ‘monster’ and ‘coward’ who hunted down revelers in a calculated attack

The facts of the case go back to a 1868 treaty signed by the tribes and federal government, which established the reservation as the tribe’s ‘permanent home’ — a promise the Navajo Nation says includes a sufficient supply of water

Sanders told his medical team that if a procedure is recommended he wants to have it done before the football season begins

A plea deal to state murder and hate charges would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded 17

The warmer winters of recent decades are altering a sophisticated survival strategy shaped by millions of years of evolution

The shooting of Christian Glass after his SUV became stuck in a mountain town last year drew national attention and prompted calls to change how authorities respond to people with mental health problems

The plan would conserve an additional 3 million acre-feet of water through 2026, when current guidelines for how the river is shared expire. About half the cuts would come by the end of 2024

Montana’s governor signed a bill in April, Missouri has legislation that needs the governor’s signature to become law and Ohio lawmakers are also considering it

The victory of Yemi Mobolade, a Nigerian immigrant and entreprenuer who has never held elected office before, is the latest political setback for Republicans in a state that was once a battleground state

The so-called safe injection sites are places where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived if they take too much

Early voting and voting by mail was popular in the midterm elections, even as Republican-led states have tightened rules on both methods

The new laws enacted Friday include raising the buying age for all firearms from 18 to 21 and installing a three-day waiting period between the purchase and receipt of a gun

Twenty-five U.S. jurisdictions have legalized the drug, while others have only decriminalized. If you’re traveling, make sure to avoid legal issues

The Biden administration floated two ideas this week for how Western states and Native American tribes could reduce their water use from the dwindling Colorado River

A multidecade drought in the West intensified by climate change, rising demand and overuse has sent water levels at key reservoirs along the river to unprecedented lows

In recent years, California, Colorado and Maryland passed similar bans on cosmetics containing PFAS that go into effect in 2025. Proposals are under consideration in Washington and Oregon while bills have also been introduced in Illinois, Rhode Island and Georgia.

Mass shooters have killed hundreds of people throughout U.S. history in realms like stores, theaters and workplaces, but it is in schools and colleges where the carnage reverberates perhaps most keenly

Officials say that a body found in the Colorado woods near an abandoned car was that of a 17-year-old student accused of wounding two school administrators

The industry contributes just a tiny fraction of overall greenhouse gas emissions, which cause climate change, but arguably has outsized influence on popular culture and in the business world

Schroeder was the first woman elected to Congress from Colorado, and she went on to serve 12 terms

The ruling Friday from US District Judge Leonie Brinkema is a victory for the Justice Department and several states

One in five female students told an anonymous survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact

It was the latest flare-up in a series of demonstrations in a cause that has drawn to Georgia both anti-police demonstrators and environmentalists

According to the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, 54 of the 89 tolling facilities that opened in the US in the past decade were for price-managed lanes

There is evidence that these compounds are linked to low birth weight, kidney cancer and a slew of other health issues.