Rick Barnes' first remark to the Tennessee basketball team was positive Tuesday. The coach told his players that its 30-point loss at Florida would ultimately be good for the No. 1 Vols.

Constructed at the turn of the 19th century by Nathaniel Russell – a wealthy Southern merchant – this historic home is known for its spiraling staircase, detailed furnishings and landscaped ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case on Wednesday that could make it easier to hold police officers accountable for use of deadly force.

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined on Wednesday to revive a Texas woman's civil rights lawsuit against the Houston police officer who fatally shot her son during a traffic stop in a case that ...

A Texas police officer's actions leading to a deadly shooting will likely receive another review in the Fifth Circuit.

The justices heard arguments over whether courts must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to “the moment of threat.” ...

The justices suggested a lower court used the wrong test in deciding a Texas officer did not use unconstitutionally excessive force in fatally shooting an unarmed Black man during a 2016 traffic stop.

Nathaniel Zelinsky, a lawyer for Hughes ... Felix, a Harris County Constable's Office traffic enforcement officer, pulled Barnes over on April 28, 2016, because the rented Toyota Corolla he ...

Barnes’ family said the officer ... conflicts with common law and defies common sense,” Nathaniel Zelinsky, a lawyer for the family, told the Supreme Court at the start of more than an ...

The Supreme Court spent nearly 80 minutes Wednesday debating a traffic stop outside Houston that turned deadly in just five seconds. In a decision that could determine whether courts may consider the ...

Taking all the circumstances into account, courts would find that Felix acted unreasonably by jumping onto the side of Barnes' car, Nathaniel Zelinsky, Hughes' lawyer, told the court. The justices ...