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 ...

When Louisiana prison guards told a newly arrived Rastafarian inmate named Damon Landor that he was required to cut off the knee-length dreadlocks that he had been growing for decades as part of his ...

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 ...

Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua aids a struggling Rastafarian man during a Githunguri rally, addressing societal ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kenya’s Rastafari argues bhang is sacred for meditation and healing, seeking legal protection for its use in spiritual ...

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 ...