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Visitors stand in line to watch arguments on the first day of the new term of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Monday. On Tuesday, the court will take up the case of Gregory Holt, who argues that Arkansas prisoners like himself should be allowed to wear short beards.

Should Short Beards Be Allowed Behind Bars?

Arkansas prisoner Gregory Holt hand-wrote a 15-page petition without the help of lawyers, arguing that he be permitted to wear a beard as part of his religion. The Supreme Court will hear the case.

Rebecca Rivas, a reporter for the <em>St. Louis American</em> newspaper, captured video of the Ferguson protest at the St. Louis Symphony concert Saturday night.

A Ferguson Protest Brings New Meaning To Brahms' Requiem In St. Louis

To protest the shooting death of Ferguson, Mo., teenager Mike Brown, audience members at a St. Louis Symphony concert unfurled banners and stood to sing an old union song.

People wait to enter the Supreme Court in Washington Monday as it begins its new term. The justices cleared the way Monday for an immediate expansion of same-sex marriage by unexpectedly and tersely turning away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit gay and lesbian unions.

Did The Supreme Court Just Legalize Gay Marriage?

As thousands more same-sex couples marry all over the country, this legal climate change becomes a kind of fait accompli.

Jennifer Hasler (left) and Karina Tittjung smile after picking up their marriage license at the Oklahoma County courthouse in Oklahoma City Monday. When the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the issue of gay marriage, it opened the door for gay men and women to marry in 11 states, including Virginia, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin and Indiana.

5 Questions About The Supreme Court And Gay Marriage In The U.S.

The Supreme Court surprised many by refusing to weigh in on gay marriage Monday. And it prompted a question: What does this mean for same-sex couples in 20 states that still have a ban?

The construction of a 300-bed Ebola treatment unit is underway in front of the former Ministry of Defense building in Monrovia, Liberia's capital.

The U.S. Ebola Hospitals In Liberia Are Going Up ... Slowly

Last month, the U.S. promised to build treatment centers for health care workers and for the general public. Our photo gallery checks in on the progress thus far.

Ebola Protective Suits Are In Short Supply

The Ebola outbreak created a demand for personal protective equipment. Clinics can go through hundreds of PPE suits a day. Manufacturers increased production but agencies say there's still a shortage.

A screen shows the laureates of the Nobel Prize in physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Tuesday.

3 Scientists Win Nobel In Physics For Development Of Blue LED

American Shuji Nakamura, and Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan, will share the prize for co-developing a blue light-emitting diode that triggered a revolution in lighting technology.

Competency-Based Education: No More Semesters?

Why measuring learning, not time, is the next big thing in higher ed.

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkey-Syria border in Suruc, Sanliurfa province, on Tuesday.

Islamic State Poised To Capture Syrian Border Town, Turkey Warns

Militants with the self-described Islamic State raised their group's black flag over the eastern gate in Kobani on Monday.

A "blood moon" captured on the night of Jan. 20, 2000.

'Blood Moon' Eclipse To Be Visible Throughout U.S.

Weather permitting, on Wednesday morning you'll be able to see the second lunar eclipse visible in North America in a series of four that runs through next year.

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