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MIAMI — Big changes could be coming to cities with red-light cameras after a Florida District Court of Appeals judge said it’s illegal for camera operators to issue citations to drivers. “In Florida, only law enforcement officers and traffic enforcement officers have the legal authority to issue citations for traffic infractions, which means only law…

A Sikh woman had an article of her faith taken from her as she entered a federal building–despite having a judge’s permission to bring it to her trial. Kawal Tagore has sued the Internal Revenue Service, where she used to work as an accountant, and several other departments because she said they prevented her from…

Life as a third-party candidate is far from easy. Those battling the two-party system often juggle campaigning with a 9-to-5 job and face tough hurdles just to get their names on the ballot. But despite working the campaign trail as best they can, third-party or independent candidates say they're in it to win it. And in…

In response to subpoenas issued by the city of Houston to pastors who spoke out on same-sex marriage, a faith-based organization launched a petition demanding that the city end its “bullying.” Shortly after the group began spreading the petition using the hashtag #HoustonWeHaveAProblem, social media users discovered Twitter had blocked it. #HoustonWeHaveAProblem is no joke,…

Legendary fashion designed Oscar de la Renta, famous for dressing first ladies ranging from Jackie Kennedy to Laura Bush, died last night at age 82. His death was confirmed by his wife Annette de la Renta, and attributed to complications of an eight-year battle with cancer. De la Renta will go down as one of…

For doctors and nurses treating patients with Ebola, protecting themselves from direct contact with those infected is serious business. During her Fox News show “On the Record” last night, Greta Van Susteren teamed up with Lance Plyler, medical director of the disaster response unit for Samaritan’s Purse, to show viewers the process of putting on…

RALEIGH, N.C.—Consider a few truths about the politics of students at North Carolina State University, a school known for its engineering and agriculture programs and said to be more conservative than the higher-profile University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Political ads turn the students off. They don’t pay attention to the ads, and are…

A taxpayer-funded housing project in Memphis has a host of dangerous safety violations, including problems with mold, exposed electrical wiring and missing locks, among countless other things. The long-troubled housing project is the subject of a new audit from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s inspector general. The Memphis Housing Authority receives $40 million in…

MADISON, Wis.—The same election commission that banned a 78-year-old poll monitor from observing next month’s election is pushing a policy that would keep election observers farther away from voters. Wisconsin Act 177, which into effect in April, allows the chief election inspector or municipal clerk to restrict the viewing area of poll observers to an…

Mitt Romney took a lot of heat on the campaign trail in 2012 for saying that “corporations are people …everything corporations earn ultimately goes to people” and suggesting they have rights like everyone else. But are they people? And do they have rights? A panel of legal scholars took on those questions and others Thursday…

CORNISH TOWNSHIP, Minn.—How long is too long? About six years and counting, in the view of dozens of rural residents fighting a proposed 1,600-acre, 10-turbine wind farm in southern Minnesota. “This has been going on, just hanging there, sitting there,” said Barb Wenninger, a Cornish Township resident and longtime opponent of the Sibley Wind Substation…