Until the late 20th century, most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints did not realize that founder ...

The nation’s highest court on Thursday said it should not have reviewed Alabama’s request to execute a man who is intellectually disabled. The unusual decision means that the lower court’s ruling ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday chose not to weigh in on what standards states should use to assess whether a person who commits a crime must be spared the death penalty because of intellectual ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday let stand an appeals court decision that barred Alabama from executing a man that lower courts found is likely intellectually disabled. The Supreme Court, in an unsigned ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. The Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a ruling by a federal appeals court in favor of an Alabama man who has been on ...

UPDATE: A judge on Friday denied bail to Joseph Smith IV, who is charged with murder in the shooting death of a man in Mobile’s Happy Hill community. Smith is due back in court Monday for an ...

A California judge dismissed a lawsuit from Will Smith's former violinist, who claimed he was fired after reporting sexual harassment during the actor's music tour in 2025. On May 4, Los Angeles ...

The Church of Latter Day Saints has deep roots in Vermont. Mormon founder Joseph Smith was born in Sharon on Dec. 23, 1805. Brigham Young, who led the Saints from the Midwest to Utah and ruled the ...

Chicago label Sooper Records will release Smith’s first professional album in April. It’s a long time coming for Smith, who, as a Black man diagnosed with autism, has struggled to be heard. Inside his ...

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(RNS) — On Feb. 1, the Smith portrait was unveiled at the chapel named for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at a vespers service attended by descendants of the Smith family. (RNS) — Several Black ...

Re: “Mixed reactions as portrait of Mormon founder unveiled at Morehouse,” by Mike Jordan. There are moments when a portrait becomes more than paint. It becomes a proxy for deeper anxieties about race ...