Then, Justice Samuel Alito made the curious decision to take a call from the president-elect as Donald Trump’s emergency appeal was barreling toward the court. As has been well-reported ...

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito turned heads during a First Amendment case on Wednesday when he asked an absurd, and unexpected, question of the case's lawyer. The conservative Supreme Court ...

FILE - Barred owls from the east have moved in and taken over spotted owl habitat in the western forests of Oregon, and are now pushing spotted owls closer and closer to extinction. Nick Fisher ...

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump ...

A snowy owl takes flight beside a runway Jan. 3 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The raptor poses special challenges for airport officials. (Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...