Prison Guards Shaved His Dreadlocks. The Supreme Court Will Decide if He Can Sue.

Lower courts condemned the treatment of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, but found that a federal law protecting religious rights barred him from suing prison officials for money.

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More Than 100 Cases of Measles Reported in Utah and Arizona

In the hardest-hit counties, childhood vaccination rates steeply declined during the pandemic.

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West Virginia’s School Vaccination Law Has Been Effective. That May Change.

The law allows only medical exemptions, and the state has one of the highest childhood vaccination rates. But hundreds of families are seeking religious exemptions.

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Supreme Court Hears Free Speech Challenge to Ban on Conversion Therapy

The court’s ruling in the Colorado case will have implications for more than 20 other states with similar laws.

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Justice Alito, in Rome, Says Religious Liberty Is Under Siege

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., a conservative Catholic, has visited Rome for decades, often teaching or participating in academic conferences.

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Spanish Officials Condemn City’s Ban on Religious Events as ‘Racist’

A leader in the conservative party says a measure does not “single anyone out for their beliefs,” but a branch of the far-right Vox party praised it for “banning Islamic celebrations.”

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Trump Administration Issues Guidance on Religious Freedom at Work

The guidance protects employees and supervisors seeking to recruit fellow federal workers to their religion. The Clinton White House issued similar guidelines in 1997, though with more caveats.

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A Triumphant Supreme Court Term for Trump, Fueled by Emergency Rulings

Using truncated procedures, the six-justice conservative majority gave a green light to many of the president’s most assertive initiatives.

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Supreme Court Requires Schools to Allow Opting Out From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories

Maryland parents have a religious right to withdraw their children from classes on days that storybooks with gay and transgender themes are discussed, the court ruled.

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Supreme Court to Hear Rastafarian Prisoner’s Suit Over Shaved Dreadlocks

Damon Landor, whose faith requires him to let his hair grow long, said guards threw a court ruling in the trash before holding him down and shaving his head to the scalp.

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