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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer gathers with other justices for a group portrait in Washington on Nov. 30, 2018.

Column: Biden’s Supreme Court panel should listen to Justice Breyer

April 12, 2021 at 6:27 p.m.

President Joe Biden has turned to a familiar Washington institution — the blue-ribbon commission — to try to defuse a political problem. Progressive activists have been pressing the president to...

Pope Francis reads his message during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican on Nov. 8, 2020. Pope Francis changed church law on Jan. 11, 2021, to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, while continuing to affirm that they cannot be priests.

Op-ed: The pope’s latest decree is a victory for Catholic women

January 18, 2021 at 8:02 p.m.

A lot of American Catholics might not see the importance of Pope Francis' declaration that women can take part in the formal ministries of acolyte and lector. After all, there...

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin celebrates the win with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) during the second half against the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind.

Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger funding Sacramento’s next police K-9

January 10, 2020 at 12:05 p.m.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Veteran NFL quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has awarded a grant to the Sacramento Police Department that has allowed it to add one new dog to its K-9 unit....

Actress Anna Faris among 13 treated for carbon monoxide poisoning at Tahoe vacation home

December 4, 2019 at 9:19 a.m.

Actress Anna Faris says firefighters helped save the lives of her family on Thanksgiving, when more than a dozen people were reportedly exposed to carbon monoxide at a vacation home...

Pope Francis blesses worshippers at the end of the weekly general audience May 8, 2019, at the Vatican.

Is the pope Catholic? Not according to some cranky church conservatives

May 31, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

"Is the pope Catholic?" used to be a sarcastic rhetorical question that could only be answered "Yes." But now, in the latest spasm of what might be called Francis Derangement...

Some reformers suggest that Supreme Court justices should be appointed to fixed terms rather than serve for life.

Want to get politics out of the Supreme Court? It’ll take more than #RibsForRuth

May 31, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

When the Supreme Court announced Thursday that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had fractured three ribs in a fall at her office, there was predictable anxiety among her admirers, not only...

Judge Brett Kavanaugh arrives with his family at a White House ceremony where he was announced as a Supreme Court nominee.

Did you hear Brett Kavanaugh is a great dad? And a great coach!

May 31, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

Whatever you think of Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court nominee — brilliant jurist, threat to Roe v. Wade, spawn of the Federalist Society — you can be sure of...

People wait in line outside the Supreme Court in Washington, to be in the gallery when the court hears arguments in on April 23, 2018, President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from several mostly Muslim countries.

Same-day audio should be standard for the Supreme Court

May 31, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

While writing this, I was listening to Wednesday's oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court over the legality of President Donald Trump's super-"watered-down" travel ban and wondering, not for the...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a "fireside chat" in the Bruce M. Selya Appellate Courtroom at the Roger William University Law School Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, in Bristol, R.I.

Loquacious RBG doesn’t ‘genuinely like’ some of her colleagues

May 31, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

After Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg criticized Donald Trump during last year's presidential campaign, Trump tweeted: “Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court has embarrassed all by making very...

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