• North Carolina Loses College Sports Championships Over Transgender 'Bathroom' Law

  The governing board for U.S. college athletics said on Monday it will move seven championship sporting events out of North Carolina to protest a state law it deems discriminatory to transgender individuals.

  

• Appeals Court Rejects Michigan Woman's Lawsuit Over Catholic Hospital Care

  A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a woman's appeal in a lawsuit that alleged a Roman Catholic hospital in Michigan denied her adequate treatment during a painful miscarriage because of a policy banning even the discussion of abortion as an option.

  

• Miss Arkansas Crowned Miss America 2017 in Pageant's 96th Year

  Savvy Shields, a college student from Arkansas, won the annual Miss America pageant on Sunday after impressing judges with a jazz dance routine and her answer to a question about her take on presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

  

• Photos of 9/11: U.S. Pays Tribute to 9/11 Victims 15 Years after Attacks

  Americans commemorated the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on Sunday with the recital of the names of the dead, tolling church bells and a tribute in lights at the site where New York City's massive twin towers collapsed.

  

• Kidnap, Rape and Looting on The Rise, South Sudanese Refugees Say

  Looting, kidnapping and sexual violence are increasing in South Sudan, refugees arriving in Uganda have told the United Nations, while hunger and disease are worsening as conflict continues.