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Natalie speaks with Caroline Light about the recent cases involving people making simple mistakes that have led to major consequences.

The image of gunmen in a row firing in unison at a condemned prisoner may conjure up a bygone, less enlightened era. But the idea of using firing squads is making a comeback.

Taxes will be falling and wages rising as new laws take effect Sunday in numerous states. The new year will bring higher minimum wages in 23 states. More than a dozen states will enact tax cuts. The January list of new laws also includes several affecting personal liberties. Alabama will become the 25th state to allow concealed handguns without a...

Two changes to provide additional protections for pregnant and breastfeeding people will make a huge difference for low-wage workers, one advocate says.

Here are some state laws that will go into effect around the country in 2023.

Members in four of the 12 unions involved had rejected the proposed contract as lacking sufficient paid sick leave. The President acknowledged the shortcoming as he said he would continue to push for that benefit for every U.S. worker.

A question before Vermont voters this election season may at first sound surprising: should slavery and indentured servitude, in any form, be prohibited?  Technically, the Vermont Constitution from the late 1700s allowed for slavery in certain cases. While the faded, elegant cursive on the document declared all persons “are born equally free,” it also provided exemptions that meant slavery could...

Vermont voters have a question on their ballots this fall that at first may sound surprising: should slavery and indentured servitude in any form be prohibited? That’s because technically, the state’s Constitution, from the late 1700s, said slavery was okay in certain cases.

Clean-air vigilantes have found a way to make money by taking videos of idling trucks.

The SEC debuted new rules for SPACs that would amount of one of the broadest attempts to date at cracking down on blank-check companies.

With Collins’ vote, Jackson, Biden’s first nominee to the Supreme Court, is now all but guaranteed to become the first Black woman to serve on the high court.

The request followed news that the justice’s wife, Virginia Thomas, urged then-President Trump’s top aide Mark Meadows to try to overturn Biden’s election win.

Donald Trump has criticized the probe of his Trump Organization by New York Attorney General Letitia James as politically motivated.

The U.S. and international allies have imposed a barrage of punitive measures against Russia since the country launched its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.

Texts reportedly showed Thomas urging then-President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, to try to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.

A federal judge said Donald Trump likely broke the law by “corruptly” attempting to obstruct the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s Electoral College win.

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, urged Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows to seek to overturn the election of Joe Biden.

Manchin said he would support Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination after he broke with President Biden and his party on some major issues.

The texts were reportedly among the more than 2,000 messages Meadows gave to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump Capitol riot.

News of Thomas’ hospitalization came before confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to replace Justice Stephen Breyer.