News for April 30, 2025

Ethnos360, a Christian missionary group, faces a new lawsuit accusing it of failing to protect a woman from sexual abuse when she was a child overseas.

A House Judiciary Committee proposal would end government-funded legal help for unaccompanied migrant children, even as a judge ordered the Trump administration to restart that aid.

Donald Trump said he could help get Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the U.S., even as his administration has argued in court that it cannot bring him back.

Maine lawmaker Laurel Libby is asking the Supreme Court to restore her voting rights after the Maine House censured her for a Facebook post about transgender student sports.

A federal judge dismissed charges against Henrry Villatoro Santos, clearing the way for possible deportation after the Justice Department asked to drop the case.

Students involved in an alleged hazing scheme tied to the Westhill High School boys lacrosse team turned themselves in after Onondaga County officials gave them 48 hours to face possible kidnapping charges.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student and green card holder, was released from ICE detention after a federal judge in Vermont said his case raised serious First Amendment concerns.

A judge ordered Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi released on bail while he fights his immigration detention case.

Eleven Westhill High School students turned themselves in after Onondaga County prosecutors said they took part in a hazing stunt that may lead to criminal charges.

The Supreme Court appeared open to letting Oklahoma approve the nation’s first religious public charter school, a case that could reshape the line between church and state.

Authorities say murder suspect Nigel Thomas tried to frame another man by sending fake messages to the victim’s family that falsely confessed to the killing.

Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan was temporarily removed from duty by the Wisconsin Supreme Court after federal charges that she helped block immigration agents.