Paulette Jiles, a horse-riding poet and historical novelist who evoked the grit and grandeur of the American West in “News of the World,” died at 82. A fossil of a young carnivorous dinosaur fetched over $30 million at Sotheby’s. The auction house had estimated its value at $4 million to $6 million.

Justices, in a 5-1 decision, said an alternative requested by voting-rights groups for a North Florida district would violate the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause because it would involve racial gerrymandering.

The Department of Justice on Monday urged the Supreme Court to turn away an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence.

In their decision allowing the Trump administration to dismantle the Department of Education, the justices didn’t offer one word of reasoning.

Florida’s congressional districts will stand, after the Florida Supreme Court upheld the maps, rejecting a challenge over a Black district.

The lawsuit filed with the Supreme Court marks the latest chapter in a decades-old dispute between Nebraska and Colorado.

In the petition for review, Kobach disputed the Court of Appeals’ assessment that “sex” and “gender” have distinct definitions under Kansas law.

Fifteen people have applied to be the next Supreme Court justice. The 15, in alphabetical order, are Angela Alexander, Matthew Chapman, Cody Corliss, Thomas Ewing, Laura Faircloth, Daniel Greear, E. Ryan Kennedy,