Though the A.C.L.U. has not won in the courtroom so far, there is every indication these challenges will keep coming.

Rick Best defended two women being accosted by a passenger yelling hate speech about Muslims and other groups.

Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians south of the Egyptian capital on Friday, killing 24 people and wounding 25, officials said.

“Maddi is being disciplined, not because she’s pregnant, but because she was immoral,” wrote David R. Hobbs, the school administrator.

The bishops' spring assembly will include discussions ranging from immigration to religious freedom, as well as the Synod of Bishops on youth.

The bill allows organizations and individuals "with sincerely held religious beliefs to remove themselves from actions in direct violation of their faith."