By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid led by two Catholic dioceses to establish in Oklahoma the nation’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in a case testing the separation of church and state. A lower court blocked the establishment of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual […]

(Reuters) – The Trump administration’s Interior Department said on Friday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali to Mount McKinley. U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the name changes as part of a flurry of executive actions hours after taking office on […]

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United Nations’ top human rights official said on Friday that diversity was not a threat and should be treasured, in comments that appeared aimed at Donald Trump over the U.S. president’s campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion programs. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk made the comments […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is muscling Pete Hegseth’s nomination as defense secretary toward confirmation Friday, prioritizing his vow to create a “warrior culture” at the Pentagon over allegations of heavy drinking and aggressive behavior toward women. With votes expected late in the evening, the Republican-led Senate is determined to install Hegseth, a former Fox […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — More than four years after his death, Richard Lapointe’s family is set to receive a nearly $5.9 million award from Connecticut for his wrongful, quarter-century imprisonment that ended in 2015 when his murder conviction was overturned in the rape and killing of his wife’s 88-year-old grandmother. Lapointe’s case became a cause […]