When Albany lawmakers crafted New York's Raise the Age law in 2017, they didn't define "extraordinary circumstances," a point of contention in Wednesday's New York Court of Appeals case, People v.

The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., ended the first year of President Trump's second term with a record of rulings that gave him much broader power to control the federal ...

CLEVELAND — Several changes taking effect across Ohio in the new year may already feel familiar, but come Jan. 1, they will officially become part of state law. Beginning Jan. 1, Ohio's minimum wage ...

Rule 803 lists categories of statements that are admissible regardless of the declarant’s availability. These exceptions are grounded in circumstances that ensure reliability, such as spontaneity, ...

Theresa Gaffney is the lead Morning Rounds writer and reports on health care, new research, and public policy, with a particular interest in mental health, gender-affirming care, and LGBTQ+ patient ...

In federal elections in Illinois, votes by mail are counted until 14 days after the polls close, so long as they are postmarked by election day. Democrats generally favor the rule because they believe ...

In the U.S., the minimum legal age for purchase and public possession of alcoholic beverages is 21 years old. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required all 50 states to adopt 21 years old ...

Creating simple data classes in Java traditionally required substantial boilerplate code. Consider how we would represent Java’s mascots, Duke and Juggy: public class JavaMascot { private final String ...