The leader of a Rastafarian church, where two Yuba County sheriff's deputies were shot, was arrested Tuesday, along with 17 other people, in connection with illegal marijuana grow operations in ...

Tyrone Iras Marhguy had to make a difficult decision after being accepted to the high school of his choice: his faith or his education. An official at the academically elite Achimota School in Ghana ...

WASHINGTON — Taking up a new religious rights case, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to weigh a claim for damages brought by a devout Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were cut by Louisiana prison ...

WASHINGTON −A Supreme Court that has been increasingly protective of religious rights nonetheless seemed wary of allowing a Rastafarian to sue Louisiana prison guards for damages after they forcibly ...

Justices appear divided over whether federal law allows damages for religious rights violations by state prison officials. On Nov. 10, the Supreme Court appeared reluctant to allow an incarcerated ...

Michael Wilson sits in his cell at his rural Lawrence home on a recent day. Wilson spends time in the reconfigured shed, studying and contemplating his faith. The 55-year-old Lawrence man has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The high court will review a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that said the former inmate, Damon Landor ...

BULL BAY, Jamaica — The robed Rastafarian priest looked out over the turquoise sea off Jamaica”s southeast coast and fervently described his belief that deliverance is at hand. Around him at the ...

March 19 (UPI) --A Pennsylvania inmate placed in solitary confinement because he refuses to cut off his dreadlocks is asking a judge to expedite his lawsuit challenging his detention conditions. Eric ...

An Orthodox Rastafarian woman had a “piece of her taken away” when she was forced to reveal her dreadlocks to police after being falsely accused of stealing $7 worth of groceries, the Daily News has ...