Avalanche strikes French Alps resort of Tignes

Community leaders say a Sikh man who told police that a man shot him in the arm and said to go back to his country is recovering at home in suburban Seattle and is encouraged by an outpouring of support. Community leaders say a Sikh man who told police that a man shot him in the arm and said to go back to his country is recovering at home in suburban Seattle and is encouraged by an outpouring of support.

Ginsburg, Graves Find Friendship at the Opera

She's been a Supreme Court justice for more than two decades, but if you had asked her in high school what she'd love to be, Ruth Bader Ginsburg would have said a diva. She recently sat down with News4's Barbara Harrison to talk about her love of the opera and her friendship with soprano star -- and Washington native -- Denyce Graves.

Documentary explores drag scene in city of the US heartland

Filmmaker Gabrielle Burton said she didn't plan for her documentary about the drag scene in Ohio's capital city to achieve wider distribution at a time of political and cultural division. "Kings, Queens, & In-Betweens" had screenings in Columbus and New York last Friday and becomes available on iTunes, Amazon and some cable providers next week.

Mass Surveillance Cases Could Shed Light on Alleged Trump Wiretap

The newest revelations that the Obama administration wiretapped, that is "bugged" President Trump and all of his men, in the lead up to and after the November 8, 2016, elections are not surprising. In this regard, for over 2 years the highest levels of the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been secretly investigating the "harvesting" of highly confidential information including financial records of the chief justice of the Supreme Court, other justices, over 156 judges, prominent businessmen like Donald Trump, and public activists like me.

Shea: What happened to our capacity for love and tolerance?

LESS THAN AN HOUR after Barack Obama was elected president for the first time, I was standing outside our former building at Broad and Callowhill streets and watched as hundreds of young people marched toward City Hall. They were black, brown and white, waving their cellphones, chanting and cheering Obama's victory.

EPA rule rollback effect unknown

No one knows yet what effect, if any, the rollback of part of the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Rule will have, although some already are celebrating the move. According to an article by Colorado State University researchers Reagan Waskom and David Cooper, posted Tuesday morning on the website theconversation.com , the rollback could mean even more confusion for farmers and ranchers.

Companies back transgender rights in Supreme Court fight

A coalition of 53 companies on Thursday backed transgender rights at the U.S. Supreme Court, signing on to a brief supporting a Virginia student who is fighting to use the school bathroom that corresponds with his gender identity. The court has scheduled oral arguments for March 28 on whether the Gloucester County School Board in Virginia violated a federal anti-discrimination law when it blocked Gavin Grimm, a female-born transgender high school student who identifies as male, from using the boys' bathroom.

Supreme Court Rules Title II and Section 504 Claims Can Proceed to…

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Supreme Court's recent ruling in Fry v. Napoleon Comm. Schools limits IDEA's exhaustion requirement to those cases which seek relief for a denial of FAPE allowing for some claims brought under Title II and Section 504 on behalf of IDEA eligible students to proceed directly to court without implementation of IDEA's administrative processes before litigation is commenced.

The Supreme Court seems unhappy with a social-media ban for sex offenders

THE rape and murder of seven-year-old Megan Kanka in 1994 inspired a host of federal and state laws tracking sexual predators and publicising information on their crimes and whereabouts. Many states also passed laws keeping such criminals away from schools, playgrounds and parks.

Supreme Court rules in redistrcting case

The Supreme Court is mainly ruling for African-Americans in Virginia who say lawmakers packed 12 legislative districts with black voters to make other districts whiter and more Republican. The justices said Wednesday that a lower court that upheld the 12 districts used the wrong legal standard when it determined that race did not play too large a role in creating the districts.

The Marijuana Exception to Federalism

Last week White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer predicted "greater enforcement" of the federal ban on marijuana in the eight states that have legalized the drug for recreational use. This week Attorney General Jeff Sessions, an old-fashioned drug warrior who thinks "good people don't smoke marijuana," seemed to confirm Spicer's warning, telling reporters, "We're going to look at it...and try to adopt responsible policies."

new Trump speech guests chosen to help highlight priorities

President Donald Trump is following the playbook for speeches to Congress and packing his guest box with individuals whose personal stories the administration hopes will put a face on the proposals he planned to highlight in Tuesday night's address, namely illegal immigration. The lives of three of the eight people the White House invited to join first lady Melania Trump in a guest box high above the House floor for Trump's first address to a joint session of Congress were affected when loved ones' crossed paths with people who were living in the U.S. illegally.

Tribes Celebrate 30th Anniversary of Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Victory for Indian Country

At the Feb. 25 gala celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the pivotal U.S. Supreme Court decision, tribal leaders gave special recognition to the attorneys behind the landmark 1987 ruling. Pictured are Morongo Vice Chair Mary Ann Andreas, Cabazon attorney Glenn Feldman, Morongo attorney George Forman, Cabazon Chairman Doug Welmas, Cabazon Vice Chair San Juanita Callaway and Morongo Tribal Chairman Robert Martin.

Justice department suddenly rescinds support for opposition in key part of Texas voter ID law

The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it is abandoning its longstanding opposition to a key aspect of Texas' toughest-in-the-nation voter ID law, costing voting rights groups their most important ally and possibly encouraging other conservative states to toughen their own election rules with President Donald Trump in charge. It's a dramatic break from the agency's position under President Barack Obama, which spent years arguing that the voter ID law passed in 2011 by Texas' Republican-controlled Legislature was intended to disenfranchise poor and minority voters.