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Visitors lined up at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Monday morning as the justices prepared to hand down decisions.

Supreme Court Justices Split Along Unexpected Lines In 3 Cases

The court decided four cases Monday, and three defied the usual ideological fissures.

Ed McCants gathering signatures for Marion's "Sensible Marijuana Ordinance."

A Push For Marijuana Decriminalization In Small Town Ohio

Ed McCants is making the rounds in Marion, walking door-to-door with a clipboard collecting signatures for a local marijuana decriminalization initiative.…

Marshae Jones, pictured here in 2016. Prosecutors in Alabama announced Wednesday that a manslaughter charge filed against her over the death of her fetus will be dropped and that no further legal action will be taken.

Alabama Prosecutors Dismiss Charge Against Woman Indicted In Death Of Her Own Fetus

In Alabama, District Attorney Lynneice Washington called the case "disturbing and heartbreaking" and said there are "no winners, only losers, in this sad ordeal."

A sonic device is seen (at top right) at Barrett Playground in Philadelphia. Thirty parks in the city have the devices, which emit a constant, high-pitched noise that only teenagers and young adults can hear.

Can You Hear It? Sonic Devices Play High-Pitched Noises To Repel Teens

Philadelphia parks officials have implemented a device called the Mosquito, which only people under age 25 can hear, in an effort to decrease loitering and vandalism late at night.

President Trump has accepted an invitation for a state visit from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, setting up a trip in early June. The two are seen here during Trump's visit to the U.K. last June.

President Trump To Pay A State Visit To U.K. In June, At Queen's Invitation

The state visit will come nearly a year after Trump's first trip to the U.K. as president, when he and the first lady met Queen Elizabeth II for tea.

What's Behind The Increase Of Measles Cases In The U.S.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about causes and repercussions of measles as outbreaks continue in New York City.

Will Grover, a local councillor in Lincolnshire, tells pro-Brexit voters in the village of Horncastle that they should be proud of voting to leave the European Union. Grover says Brexiteers can feel stigmatized for their views, and he hoped the gathering might provide a safe space for some Brexit voters.

North Of London, Brexit Supporters Gather To 'Feel Proud And Unashamed'

The Leavers of Lincolnshire group aims to provide a safe space "so you could come together and be proud to be a Brexiteer," says a member. "To not be called an idiot, to not be called a racist."

President Trump participates in a roundtable on immigration and border security at the U.S. Border Patrol Calexico Station in Calexico, Calif., on April 5.

Despite Pressure From Trump, House Democrats See No Urgency To Pass A Border Bill

President Trump has called on Congress to return early from its recess to pass a bill addressing the surge in illegal border crossings. But Democrats say Trump's demands are a nonstarter.

Federal Agents Joked About Migrant Deaths, Propublica Reports

Members of a secret Facebook group of current and former Border Patrol agents joked about migrant deaths and made derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who planned to visit detention sites.

Tania and Joseph's 3-year-old daughter, Sofi, plays with a car in the shade at a shelter in Juárez, Mexico, last week.

Border Protection Disputes Account Of 3-Year-Old Asked To Choose Between Parents

Customs and Border Protection officials are denying an NPR report that a Border Patrol agent asked the girl to choose which of her parents would be sent back to Mexico.

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