New Jersey’s Supreme Court says the state can have a grand jury investigate allegations of clergy sexually abusing children and report findings.

The Catholic bishop of a New Jersey diocese says he would no longer oppose a state grand jury investigation of clergy sexual abuse that the church has been fighting behind closed doors in court for years.

In an open-ended question, those priorities far outpace others, like foreign affairs, immigration, climate change or racial inequality. In a reflection of the series of national traumas from last year, another issue moved sharply up Americans' priority list for 2021 — racial inequality. Even so, the impact of the virus dominates Adams' top issue: the economy. It remains a higher priority for Republicans, with 24% mentioning immigration, though that is down from 51% one year ago. Even as it falls lower on Americans’ priority list, Biden is expected to send a massive immigration overhaul bill to Congress on the first day of his presidency.

A Florida inmate released early over concerns about jail spreading of the coronavirus has been arrested again, this time for second-degree murder, authorities said. Joseph Williams, 26, is being held without bail on charges including resisting an officer and being a felon in possession of a firearm, as well as the murder count, according to online jail records. He had originally been arrested six days before on possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia charges, according to jail records. He was one of 100 inmates released pending trial by county authorities. Williams was arrested Monday in connection with the shooting death of a Tampa man, authorities said.