Law & Society

Waitress Maria Kecskemeti says working with people is a daily challenge, requiring much skill and empathy. She also admits to initially being somewhat scared of how guests would react when she took the first orders from her wheelchair.

A funeral home and an eye clinic that fired employees who had changed their sex from male to female were sued last week as the U.S. government filed its first-ever federal lawsuits for transgender discrimination.

U.S. President Barack Obama and new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed on Monday to expand and deepen their countries' strategic partnership and make it a model for the rest of the world.