Pupils will be able to undertake a new “V-level” qualification to gain vocational skills after finishing their GCSEs under government plans to simplify the education system for 16 to 19-year-olds.

WASHINGTON — Oral arguments wrapped earlier today in U.S. Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais, which concerns equal representation for Black voters in Louisiana and the role of race in redistricting ...

A jury was seated in the trial of a former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy. Sean Grayson was in court during the jury selection process. Opening arguments in the Peoria trial take place on Oct. 22.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana leaders released statements before and after the Supreme Court heard arguments on Louisiana v. Callais, a Voting Rights Act case, on Wednesday morning.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sparked debate Wednesday after she invoked the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) during oral arguments to illustrate how the government can remedy ...

The Dublin firefighter charged with rape over St Patrick’s Day weekend did a “terrible, terrible thing to another person simply because he wanted to and he thought he could”, a Boston court heard.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday appeared poised to significantly weaken a key Voting Rights Act provision that prohibits states from diluting the power of minority voters — a ...

EDITOR'S NOTE:Below are live updates from Wednesday, Oct. 22. Click here for live updates on Thursday, Oct. 23. PEORIA -- Opening arguments were heard on Oct. 22 in the trial of a former Sangamon ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to strike down a 2024 congressional map that a group of voters has challenged as the product of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering – that is, ...

A Florida jury awarded golf legend Jack Nicklaus $50 million in a defamation lawsuit against his former company. Nicklaus alleged the Nicklaus Cos. spread false stories that he was joining the LIV ...

Lawyers for small businesses and states challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs on almost all goods imported into the United States urged the Supreme Court on Monday ...