The United Nations says that an explosion near a school complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul has wounded at least 42 children.
Taliban rulers have celebrated the fifth anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan.
A violent crackdown by Afghan authorities on demonstrators in western Afghanistan has left at least three people injured, eyewitnesses say.
Maine can’t enforce a voter-approved foreign election interference law that a federal appeals court says likely violates the Constitution by limiting political donations.
The independent U_N_ investigator on human rights in Afghanistan says its Taliban rulers have “weaponized” the legal and judicial system to oppress women and girls in what amounts to “crimes against humanity."
A pair of conservative groups are challenging a new Maine law that limits donations to political action committees that spend independently in candidate elections.
A federal judge has upheld the consideration of race in admissions at the U.S. Naval Academy, ruling that military cohesion and other national security factors mean the officer training school should not be subjected to the same standards as civilian universities.
A bench trial began last week in Baltimore federal court in a civil case over affirmative action at American military academies.
The U.N. food agency says more than 300 Afghans have died in flash floods that also destroyed more than 1,000 houses in the northern province of Baghlan.
A nonprofit organization in Afghanistan says the Taliban have freed an activist who campaigned for the education of girls.
The Maine House has voted again to allow later abortions in some circumstances, putting the proposal one final vote away from going to the governor for her signature.
