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Child welfare advocates say the cap won’t address the underlying issue: longstanding staffing shortages.

Fran Lebowitz on bookstores, Putin, rats, NATO, being old and her friendship with Toni Morrison. And, two Penn law students reflect on Judge Jackson's confirmation.

The updated lawsuit filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court adds coaches Steve Wilks and Ray Horton.

James has said her investigation into Trump's business practices uncovered evidence he may have misstated the value of assets on financial statements for more than a decade.

The investigation, prompted by the discovery of top-secret papers found at Mar-a-Lago, is at an early stage, a source told NPR.

The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice.

Defense attorneys are expected to question witnesses for up to three days before the jury starts its deliberations.

As evidence mounts of war crimes in Ukraine, we look at the role of photojournalism in documenting the war and how to hold Putin accountable for the atrocities.

Neither Russia nor its president are likely to face an international tribunal — but that's not the only approach to war crimes, experts say.

Monday's committee vote was delayed when one senator's plane was delayed bringing him back to Washington.

The ship is part of the John Lewis class of replenishment oilers, which are named in honor of people who fought for civil and human rights, the Navy says.

The city of Philadelphia and advocates report “significant progress” toward settling a suit that claims city sidewalks violate the Americans With Disabilities Act.

In a court filing, the agency says that ads claimed TurboTax was "Free Guaranteed," but many people end up paying for the software to file their taxes.

The board members voted in August to mandate masks after Pa.’s state of emergency ended. A parent filed for their removal. The district didn’t respond.

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is named after the Black teenager whose killing in Mississippi in the summer of 1955 became a galvanizing moment in the civil rights era.