The Senate voted to override President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill that allows families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, which means lawyers have started to move ahead with cases already pending in court:

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But what challenges do the plaintiffs face? The families and victims have sued across the country, but 'consolidated into one suit in the Southern District of New York.' Lawyers have admitted that the 9,000 plaintiffs face an uphill battle:

"Deer, who is part of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, is now cancer-free. But throughout the process and during her diagnosis, she had access to quality medical help. However, she said this is not always the case with Native American women.

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'Most Native American women that experience cancer do not have top healthcare,' Deer said.

Deer said she thinks the problem is a result of limited access to health facilities.

"Kansas' attorney general withdrew on Wednesday a court brief that cites the slavery-era Dred Scott decision to support the state's position that the Kansas Constitution does not gua

“A New York educational charity affiliated with a Chinese company may have violated rules governing tax-exempt organizations in the United States, tax specialists say.

The Council for American Culture and Education Inc was set up in 2009 on behalf of Chinese for-profit school operator Dipont Education Management Group, according to the two consultants who created the charity. Thomas Benson and Stephen Gessner later ceded control of CACE to Dipont, according to Gessner.

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"For many the overturning of the death penalty for Jonathan and Reginald Carr, the brothers behind the Wichita Massacre, was the last straw...