Supreme Court turns down pregame prayer case

After a nine-year legal battle, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal by a Tampa Christian school that contended its speech rights were violated when it was prevented from offering a prayer over a stadium loudspeaker before a 2015 state championship football game.

Federal court upholds hate crime convictions in Ahmaud Arbery murder

A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three men who chased and fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia in 2020. Judges ruled the men’s history of racist behavior proved they targeted Arbery because of his race; all three are already serving life sentences for murder.