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Johnson & Johnson asks high court to void $2B talc verdict

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WASHINGTON — Johnson & Johnson is asking for Supreme Court review of a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed...

Black women’s next targets: Governorships and Senate seats

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ATLANTA — Jennifer McClellan remembers her parents' recounting life as Black Virginians enduring segregation and the trauma and triumph of the civil rights movement....

Conservatives aim at Census’ method for uncounted households

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When U.S. Census Bureau workers couldn't find out any information about some households after repeatedly mailing them questionnaire reminders and sending census takers to...

EXPLAINER: What’s the Senate filibuster and why change it?

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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are poised to use a filibuster to derail Democrats’ effort to launch a bipartisan probe of the Jan. 6 attack...

Breyer ‘basically optimistic’ about US despite polarization

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WASHINGTON — The country may be increasingly divided along partisan lines, but Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Friday that he remains optimistic that...

New clashes as wildcat miners attack Indigenous in Brazil

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Hundreds of wildcat miners attacked police who were trying to halt illegal mining in the Brazilian Amazon region and then...

Big cheese no more: UK drug dealer caught out by cheese pic

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LONDON — A drug dealer in the English city of Liverpool thought he was the big cheese — until police got all the evidence...

EXPLAINER: What’s the Senate filibuster and why change it?

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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are poised to use a filibuster to derail Democrats’ effort to launch a bipartisan probe of the Jan. 6 attack...

State board urges renaming of 2 Virginia community colleges

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RICHMOND, Va. — The board that oversees Virginia’s community colleges has asked two schools to reconsider their decisions to keep names that honor people...

Justices reject case of retired cop put in police chokehold

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a retired federal law enforcement officer who was put in a chokehold and...