Tennessee became the first state in the country a hundred years ago to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms
A yearslong legal battle over the right to an emergency abortion in Idaho has been abruptly upended now that President Donald Trump has moved to drop the high-profile case
The legal battle over Adnan Syed’s murder conviction was scrutinized in the hit podcast “Serial” a decade ago
Abortion rights groups fear punishment for women who have abortions and governments tracking pregnancies
The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism from congressional Democrats
Tennessee lawmakers have approved legislation drastically expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money on private schools regardless of income
Tennessee’s Republican-dominant Statehouse has begun considering Gov. Bill Lee's push for more school voucher access statewide and efforts to help President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda
Authorities are examining “very concerning online writings and social media posts” connected to the shooter who killed a female student and wounded another student in a Nashville high school cafeteria
President Donald Trump's first tasks as he takes office included signing executive orders to roll back protections for transgender people and end federal government diversity, equity and inclusion programs
Women in three states are challenging strict abortion laws that went into effect after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year
Throughout the corridors of many state Capitols, families are sharing emotionally gutting stories of tragedy caused by mass school shootings with the hope that revealing their trauma will convince lawmakers on either side of the political aisle to reconsider firearm policies
The influential abortion-rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America has changed its name to Reproductive Freedom for All
Tennessee Republican leaders are escalating their calls to reject millions of federal dollars rather than comply with requirements over LGBTQ+ rights, abortion access and other hot-button issues
Tennessee’s top legal chief says the federal government is wrongly withholding millions of dollars in family planning funds after the state refused to comply with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure
Authorities face mounting questions about how a gunman with a history of mental illness, an array of weapons and who police knew had a potential for violence was still able to own guns and commit the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history
Attorneys representing Tennessee transgender children, teens and their families have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a ban on gender-affirming care for children and teenagers that a lower court allowed to go into effect
The Nashville mayor’s office has called on the city’s legal team to investigate the possible unauthorized release of the writings of the shooter who indiscriminately opened fire at the private Nashville school in March
Nashville Police Chief John Drake says he’s “disturbed” over the unauthorized release of writings from the shooter who killed six people, including three children, at The Covenant School in March
A pregnant woman in Kentucky has filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that have taken hold in more than a dozen U.S. states since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year
Severe storms that tore through central Tennessee killed six people Saturday and sent about two dozen to the hospital as homes and businesses were severely damaged in multiple cities
Attorneys for a pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion say she's learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity
It's clear when states ban abortion
An Idaho judge has denied a request by the state’s top legal chief to throw out a lawsuit seeking to clarify the exemptions tucked inside the state’s broad abortion ban
More women have joined a Tennessee lawsuit challenging the state’s broad abortion ban that went into effect shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has unveiled new legislation designed to protect songwriters, performers and other music industry professionals against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence
South Korea says it agreed with US to swiftly resolve 'sensitive country' status
Thailand offers guarantee for pickup truck loans to boost flagging auto sector
India's $23 billion plan to rival China factories to lapse after it disappoints
Sudan's military says it has retaken the last area of the capital held by rival paramilitary forces
Spooky tales of ghosts and scandal come alive on an after-hours New Zealand parliament tour
Utah Rep. Maloy offers tepid criticism of some White House spending cuts at town hall
Bronny James sets new highs in depleted Lakers' loss to Bucks
Stephen Curry taken for MRI after Warriors star leaves game with pelvic injury
