At issue is whether public schools can discipline students over something they say off-campus, a topic that is especially meaningful in a time of remote learning.
Carol Semple
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U.S. Supreme Court to take up right to carry gun for self-defense
The justices said Monday they will review a lower-court ruling that upheld New York’s restrictive gun permit law.
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Massachusetts man charged with having garbage bags full of pot
The Fall River man allegedly assaulted staff at a Boston restaurant and crashed his car into another vehicle as he drove away.
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Russian troops start pulling back from Ukrainian border
The U.S. and NATO have said the troop buildup was the largest since 2014, when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.
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Go forth and spend: Call for action on commitments closes U.S. climate summit
President Biden’s own pledge, nearly doubling the U.S. target for cutting emissions from coal and petroleum this decade, depends on his keeping political support from voters and securing more than $2 trillion for a nationwide infrastructure overhaul.
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Connecticut racial equity meeting interrupted with racist slurs, images
Police are trying to find out who interrupted a video conference meeting of a racial equity task force with racist epithets and images of enslaved people.
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Man found safe, was sought in connection with UMaine threat
Authorities say a man sought after his name appeared in a social media threat directed at the University of Maine was not implicated in any criminal activity.
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Crowds react with joy, wariness to verdict in George Floyd’s death
Crowds nationwide have reacted with jubilation but also with deep awareness of the progress left to be made after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin of murder in the killing of George Floyd
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In Minneapolis, a city remains fortified in wake of guilty verdict in George Floyd trial
More than 3,000 National Guard soldiers, along with police officers, sheriffs deputies and other law enforcement personnel have flooded Minneapolis in recent days.
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Biden to America after George Floyd verdict: ‘We can’t stop here’
The president and vice president call on Congress to act swiftly to address policing reform, including by approving a bill named for Floyd, who died with his neck under the knee of former police officer Derek Chauvin last May.