A Texas school district that has suspended a student for nearly two weeks over his loc hairstyle has asked a court to clarify if the district's dress code violates the CROWN Act, a state law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of hair.

France's highest court on Thursday upheld the government's ban on students in public schools from wearing the abaya, a long, robe-like garment often worn by Muslim women, in a decision that rights groups warn will lead to more discrimination.

The ban could compound a worldwide rise in rice prices for a host of reasons, experts say.

The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a lower court opinion that invalidated a code of conduct at a North Carolina publicly funded charter school that required girls to wear skirts in order to "preserve chivalry" based on the belief that every girl is a "fragile vessel."

By Blake Brittain The U.S. Supreme Court handed brand owners a win against parody products on Thursday when

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Jack Daniel's in a dispute over a poop-themed dog toy that parodies its iconic liquor bottle.

Canadian duck and goose farmers call the controversial delicacy the most "maligned and misunderstood food in the world."

The Supreme Court upheld a California law that bars the sale of pork produced in other states unless the sow was housed in conditions that allowed her to move freely.

Gabby Petito's parents are continuing to ask a Florida judge to order Brian Laundrie's mother to turn over an undated letter she wrote to her son that was in his backpack when his body was found, alleging it references "baking a cake with a shiv in it should Brian Laundrie go to prison."