California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Thursday bringing back tough criminal penalties targeting large-scale stealing schemes and smash-and-grab robberies.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the adult entertainment industry seeking to upend a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of their users.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not settle the debate over whether federal law requires hospitals to stabilize pregnant patients with emergency abortions on Wednesday, despite saying Idaho hospitals can provide abortions in medical emergencies even with the state’s restrictions.

The U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to release an opinion that will allow doctors in Idaho to perform abortions to stabilize patients at least for now, despite the state's strict abortion ban.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Iowa law that allows law enforcement in the state to file criminal charges against people with outstanding deportation orders or who previously had been denied entry to the United States.

U.S. Rep. Randy Weber and Sen. Ted Cruz have introduced the Officer John Barnes Act to set a 270-day deadline for deciding claims filed with the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program. This legislation aims to eliminate long waits for first responders like Officer John Barnes, who has been waiting years for his benefits after being critically injured in the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting.

A federal judge has extended his block on enforcement of an Ohio law that would require children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps while a legal challenge proceeds.

A federal appeals court has upheld a block on the enforcement of a Texas law requiring vendors to evaluate and rate the sexual content of books they sell or have sold to schools.

Ahead of next week’s winter freeze in the Houston area, it’s a good practice to make sure your dogs are protected from the elements.

The ruling means the November elections in the state’s largest county will be overseen by two other county officials. Legislators targeted Harris County’s elections department after taking issue with the way the 2022 elections were run.

A judge has called a new law unconstitutional that passed in the GOP-led Texas Legislature that will dictate how elections are run in the state’s most populous county.

South Korea has adopted a new law that changes how people count their ages.

A new law signed in Illinois on Monday will require the state's libraries to uphold a pledge not to ban material because of partisan disapproval, starting on Jan. 1, 2024.

Kansas health care providers could face criminal charges over accusations about their care of newborns delivered during certain abortion procedures.

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Human Rights Watch has urged authorities in eastern Libya to release a singer and a blogger arrested for allegedly violating a widely criticized cybercrime law.

A woman accused of breaking into a synagogue twice in recent weeks and desecrating the Torah appeared in court Tuesday.

New York has become the latest state to ban the sale of cats, dogs and rabbits in pet stores in an attempt to target commercial breeding operations decried by critics as “puppy mills.”.

Some Florida schools have moved library books and debated changing textbooks in response to a law critics call “Don’t Say Gay.”.

When the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is signed into law Monday, two Santa Fe residents will be at the White House.

In a matter of days, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on a case that could have heavy environmental impact, West Virginia vs. Environmental Protection Agency.

The Supreme Court is agreeing to review a challenge to a California law that set certain conditions for pork sold in the state.

The U.S. Supreme Court left abortion providers only the narrowest avenue to challenge the ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Friday’s Texas Supreme Court ruling has effectively ended that federal legal challenge.

The Supreme Court has agreed to review a case involving a federal law that gives Native Americans preference in adoptions of Native children.

Landlords are now required to notify a prospective tenant if a rental property has had a history of flooding, or was built within a 100-year flood plain, as outlined by the state law, which took effect on Jan. 1.

Texas has banned most abortions since early September under a law that has created the biggest curb to abortion in the U.S. in nearly 50 years.

(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)MEXICO CITY – The party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented for public comment a proposed set of regulations on Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies, a move that drew criticism Tuesday. López Obrador was close to Trump and was outraged by the blocking of his accounts. Like Trump, López Obrador thinks traditional media outlets are biased against him, and like Trump, the Mexican president has used the term “fake news,” or Spanish variants of it. López Obrador said in January that his administration is reaching out to other government to form a common front on the issue. “I can tell you that at the first G20 meeting we have, I am going to make a proposal on this issue,” López Obrador said.

HOUSTON – The 25th Amendment became part of the Constitution in 1967 after being ratified by the states. The law essentially lays out what happens if a president is removed from office, either temporarily or permanently. Blackman said if eight of the 15 cabinet members and the vice president agree the president cannot discharge the duties of the office, the president is relieved of power. “They would need two-thirds in the House and two-thirds in the Senate to vote for removal,” Blackman said. The law also allows the president to nominate a vice president in the event of a vacancy in that office.

The Department of Public Safety wants people to know that it is ramping up the enforcement of Texas’ “Move Over/Slow Down” law.