Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her colleagues to task in a new dissenting opinion on Tuesday, arguing that they evaded the core questions raised in an election case and that their analysis of the facts was "wrong twice over."The case involved Alabama using a congressional map that a lowe...

Vaccines may be training a part of our immune system long thought to be untrainable.

The National Day of Action for Voting Rights will include rallies in Selma and Montgomery against plans that include threatening seats held by Black representatives.

DeSantis and his allies have sought to distract from what their opponents are actually arguing before the court: that the map represents a stark violation of the state ban on partisan gerrymanders.

Researchers have discovered ancient platypus fossils in outback South Australia, where they are believed to have lived with lungfish, flamingos and freshwater dolphins. They also had major a difference from the modern species: well-formed teeth.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission’s performance since its inception has been widely condemned. The leadership of Commissioner Paul Brereton, in particular, has drawn heavy criticism. Indeed, the...

* St Pauli captain says decision undermines the sport as force for good * Socceroos veteran is on track for third World Cup appearance World Cup-bound Socceroos midfielder Jackson Irvine has taken aim at Fifa and the US over the governing body’s awarding of a peace prize to President Donald Trump, heightening tensions ahead of a tournament already weighed down by geopolitical pressures and controversial pricing. Irvine has previously captained Australia and is on track to appear at his third World Cup after recovering from a foot injury. As a member of the global players’ union Fifpro, Irvine holds a senior advocacy role. Continue reading...

The girl was reported missing in the early hours of this morning when she could not be located at her Alice Springs home.

Deaths in custody are on the rise and family members and advocates for a woman who died in a Perth prison say more needs to be done to keep inmates safe.

For the second month in a row, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself “secretary of war,” read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship ser...