The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case on Wednesday that could make it easier to hold police officers accountable for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering reviving a lawsuit by Janice Hughes against a Houston police officer who fatally shot ...

The Supreme Court will consider whether to order new nationwide precedent about how lower courts will consider facts over ...

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined on Wednesday to revive a Texas woman's civil rights lawsuit against the Houston ...

Supreme Court justices appeared likely to allow an excessive force claim brought against a police officer over the shooting ...

A Texas police officer's actions leading to a deadly shooting will likely receive another review in the Fifth Circuit.

The justices suggested a lower court used the wrong test in deciding a Texas officer did not use unconstitutionally excessive ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider on Wednesday a woman's civil rights lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of her ...

It took just seconds for a routine traffic stop on a Texas highway to escalate into a fatal shooting that left 24-year-old ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will review a civil rights lawsuit regarding the police shooting of Ashtian Barnes during a traffic ...

Editor’s note: Although written about a wildfire that ravaged Malibu, Calif., in 1993 — a fire not nearly as devastating as the Los Angeles-area fires of 2025 — this piece offers important reflections ...