During oral arguments, the court seemed evenly divided as it examined whether an Alabama death-row inmate should get a new sentencing hearing because he did not have a mental health expert during his sentencing trial more than 30 years ago.

The fight against the death penalty lays bare the strengths and weaknesses of the Catholic approach to pro-life issues.

After going nearly 12 years without executing an inmate, Arkansas now has executed three in a few days—including two in one night.

A rally hosted by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for a Nebraska Democrat prompted a flurry of questions about the party's pro-choice orthodoxy.

The expulsion of pro-life candidates may doom the Democrats to minority status.

Four attacks on reporters in such a short timespan have shocked Mexico, already a country press freedom organizations say is one the most dangerous in the Western Hemisphere for journalists.