Paul O’Donnell, a Roman Catholic monk and advisor to Terri Schiavo’s parents, said the 41-year-old died at the Hospice Home Woodside, where she had been receiving care. The announcement came at 9:50 a.m.

Her haunting right-to-live, right-to-die case fragmented her family and polarized her nation. Schiavo died 13 days after her feeding tube was removed. [...]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court expanded the scope of a landmark gender equity law, ruling Tuesday that it shields whistleblowers who accuse academic institutions of discrimination based on sex.

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TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CNN) — Supporters of Terri Schiavo’s parents planned last-chance efforts in Florida and Washington on Monday aimed at winning the life-and-death fight to have the brain-damaged woman’s feeding tube reinserted.
Schiavo, who hasn’t had water or nutrients in 11 days, is likely to die by week’s end, doctors have said.

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WACO, Texas (Reuters) – President Bush and the leaders of Canada and Mexico papered over trade and immigration disputes on Wednesday as they agreed to improve security and unify business practices to confront competition from Asia.

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A Pennsylvania federal judge has refused to overturn a $159,000 jury verdict in an ADA suit by a man who said he was denied the right to return to work for 20 months after having two seizures brought on by taking creatine, a nutrition supplement, because his employer believed he had a “serious epileptic condition.”

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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — By a 2-1 vote, a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined early Wednesday to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube.

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(AP) Muslim contract employees at a Dell Inc. plant in Nashville settled a dispute related to prayer in the workplace, according to a national Islamic civil rights advocacy group in Washington.

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A federal judge this morning refused to order Terri Schiavo reconnected to a feeding tube. Her parents quickly filed an appeal. The Florida woman’s situation has gained attention from around the world. President George W. Bush has come under fire from European commentators for intervening to prolong the life of a brain-damaged woman [...]

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