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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nearly three months after the Supreme Court opened the door for a new abortion law, the South Carolina Senate sent a bill revising the state's previous six-week ban back to the House, where legislators…

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An appeals court has revived a federal lawsuit that a lower court dismissed accusing the state of West Virginia of failing to protect children…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday presented the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Kimala Price, San Diego State University(THE CONVERSATION) In a mere few days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s…

By JACQUELYN MARTIN - Associated WASHINGTON (AP) — A steady stream of protesters has turned the street in front of the Supreme Court building into an open-air forum encapsulating the fierce national…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County-run shelter meant to be a safe space for children as they awaited placement in foster homes was for…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) Although government spending on the child welfare system totaled US$33 billion in 2018, the…

Seattle, Wash., May 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Court Appointed Special Advocate/Guardian ad Litem (CASA/GAL) Association for Children, the leading organization that serves more young people in the child welfare system than…

By HOLLY RAMER - Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in more than a dozen states are following California’s lead in seeking to offer legal refuge to displaced transgender youth…

By HOLLY RAMER - Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in more than a dozen states are following California’s lead in seeking to offer legal refuge to displaced transgender youth…