• Transgender Student Asks Supreme Court to Keep out of Bathroom Case

  Lawyers for a transgender high school student in Virginia asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to keep out of a legal dispute about bathroom rights, an issue that has emerged as an increasingly divisive one in the United States.

  

• Judge Frees President Reagan's Would-Be Killer John Hinckley

  John Hinckley Jr., who wounded U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt prompted by his mental illness, should be freed after 35 years and released to live with his mother, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

  

• Pope Francis: Terrorist Attacks Show 'World is at War', Religion Not to Blame

  Pope Francis said on Wednesday that a string of recent attacks, including the murder of a priest in France, was proof that the "world is at war".

  

• Bangladesh Police Kill Nine Islamic Militants Plotting Major Attack

  Police in Bangladesh killed nine militants on Tuesday who were believed to have been plotting an attack similar to the one on a cafe on July 1 that killed 22 people, the national police chief said.

  

• Two Still Critical as Florida Nightclub Shooting Investigated

  Three men arrested after fleeing from authorities near the scene a nightclub shooting where two teenagers were killed are persons of interest in the investigation and could see further charges, authorities said on Tuesday.