The Patna High Court recently upheld the conviction and death sentence awarded to two accused persons for the murder of three ...

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After the mortgage documents became public, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte accused Cook of mortgage fraud, and Trump publicly called on her to resign. When she did not, the ...

Can the state, especially when it is implicated in killing, be trusted as the arbiter of what should remain confidential?

They seek to clarify language in the state’s open meetings law following a court decision observers say could be bad for accountability and transparency in government.

Mark B. Cohen's dozens of posts about Liz Cheney, Josh Shapiro's election and other political issues led to his suspension ...

Judge Constance Baker Motley’s story begins in New Haven, where she grew up in poverty and graduated from Hillhouse High ...