Philadelphia refinery workers plan for uncertain future after jobs go up in smoke
At Erin Pub, a classic Irish neighborhood bar in Norwood, Pennsylvania, dozens of Philadelphia Energy Solutions Inc’s unionized employees crammed around the bar on Wednesday night, toasting to their friendships after learning that day of plans to close…
U.S. top court to review Montana dispute over religious school subsidies
In a case that could once again test boundaries for the separation of church and state, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide the legality of a Montana state tax credit that could help students attend private schools including religious one…
Supreme Court to hear New Jersey ‘Bridgegate’ appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal concerning the criminal convictions of two former associates of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in the so-called Bridgegate scandal that hindered his 2016 presidential candidacy.
Supreme Court to hear U.S. Bancorp pension plan dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider reviving a class action lawsuit against U.S. Bancorp that accused it of mismanaging an employee pension plan in a manner that violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
Supreme Court throws out ruling that blocked Florida cross on public land
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday threw out a lower court ruling that declared that a 34-foot (10 meters) Christian cross standing on public land in Pensacola, Florida violated the U.S. Constitution’s ban on government endorsement of religion.
U.S. rights groups, doctors sue to stop Georgia ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban
A group of civil rights organizations, doctors and clinics sued Georgia’s government on Friday to overturn a law passed in March that bans abortions if an embryonic or fetal heartbeat can be detected.
Supreme Court declines Alabama bid to revive abortion restriction
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday sidestepped a major new challenge to abortion rights by declining to hear Alabama’s bid to revive a Republican-backed state law that would have effectively banned the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Supreme Court takes up Trump bid to end ‘Dreamers’ immigration program
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump acted lawfully when he moved to end a program that shields from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children, a ke…
Missouri’s sole abortion clinic awaits ruling on whether it can stay open
Missouri’s only abortion clinic awaited a decision on Friday on whether it can stay open until August, when an arbiter will hear Planned Parenthood’s challenge of the state health department’s refusal to renew the clinic’s license.
Pride and protest: Stonewall rally to look back and ahead
Activists from around the world will rally in New York’s Greenwich Village on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the LGBTQ movement and decry a wave of Trump administration policies they view as a setback for their cause.
