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The U.S. experienced two high-profile shooting deaths of African-American men by police last week: Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., and Philando…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s Monday ruling striking down a Texas abortion law came just two days before a hearing in a Tallahassee federal district court on a…

Florida has among the broadest open-government laws in the country aimed at protecting citizens’ access to public records and meetings of state and local…

Florida is known for having robust laws when it comes to public access to records related to state and local government documents and communications.…

The House of Representatives approves an overhaul of the nation's bankruptcy laws, voting 302 to 126 in favor of a bill that will make it more difficult for people to erase debts by declaring bankruptcy. The Senate passed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act last month.

Federal law bars certain people with mental illness from buying or owning guns, but the recent shootings — including one in Colorado — and an incident in Maine underscore how difficult it is to actually keep guns from those who are most likely to be dangerous.

With presidential candidates talking about breaking up big companies, NPR's Planet Money looks at the origins of America's antitrust laws.

President Bush maintains Congress gave his administration the power to eavesdrop on some domestic phone calls without warrants as part of broader "use of force" authorization. Many in Congress disagree.

A report from the National Council on Disability finds that parents with physical or mental disabilities have a greater risk of losing custody of their children. The study says that the U.S. legal system needs to provide more support for these parents.

Computer chips keep getting better — it's a phenomenon engineers call Moore’s law. We hear a rare interview with Gordon Moore.