The justices’ order Monday allows the state to put in a place a 2023 law that subjects physicians to up to 10 years in prison if they provide hormones, puberty blockers or other gender-affirming care to people under age 18
High levels of selenium, released when coal is mined and washed during processing, can be toxic to fish, aquatic insects and the birds that feed on them
The executive order the Republican official signed on Feb. 22 bans girls’ and women’s sports teams with transgender athletes from using county facilities including ballfields, basketball and tennis courts, swimming pools and ice rinks
Barring any last-minute stay, the 73-year-old, one of the nation’s longest-serving death row inmates, will be executed by lethal injection for killing a fellow prisoner with a battery-filled sock in 1981
The most ambitious wolf reintroduction effort in the U.S. in almost three decades marks a sharp departure from aggressive efforts by Republican-led states to cull wolf packs
The church normally takes steps behind closed doors to keep allegations of child sex abuse secret – steps that can leave predators free and children at risk
Bryan Kohberger, 28, is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths at a rental house near the Moscow, Idaho, university campus last November
Experts disagree over causes. It could be due to the prevalence of guns in America. Professor Daniel Nagin at Carnegie Mellon University says disputes that used to be resolved with fists are now played out with firearms
The court took up affirmative action in response to challenges at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Lower courts upheld admission systems at both schools, rejecting claims that the schools discriminated against white and Asian-American applicants
Missouri and Nebraska proposals are poised for action as well, and could add to the list of at least 17 states that have enacted laws restricting or banning gender affirming care for minors
Since Roe v. Wade fell, states with strict abortion bans are trying to reach outside their borders to keep their residents from getting abortions in other states
Idaho lawmakers passed a bill this week seeking to add the state to the list of those authorizing firing squads, which currently includes Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma and South Carolina
Bonner General Health will discontinue deliveries in mid-May, citing recently passed laws in which physicians could be prosecuted for providing abortions, among other reasons