The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in J. McIntyre Machinery v. Nicastro on the ability of a state, under the Fourteenth...
Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab , accused of attempting to set off an explosive device on a flight last December, was arraigned Thursday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan [official...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday voted to remove sanctions imposed on Iraq between 1991 and 2003 during the country's wars under former Iraqi dictator Suddam Hussein . The Security Council approved three...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Wednesday granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a physician organization challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted health...
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill that would provide a path to permanent resident status for some high school graduates who enter the military or enroll in a college degree...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that it had reached a $137 million settlement agreement with Bank of America (BOA) over fraud charges for using anti-competitive bidding processes...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled unanimously Monday that a federal law allowing for the indefinite detention of mentally ill sex offenders is constitutional. On remand from the Supreme Court, the...
Zambia's Supreme Court on Monday acquitted Regina Chiluba, the wife of former Zambian president Frederick Chiluba , of charges that she accepted stolen property during the years of her husband's administration. The court overruled a previous decision from...
The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Tuesday ruled that a proposed "truth commission" created to investigate former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is unconstitutional. President Benigno Aquino set...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday proposed new rules for promoting openness on the Internet. The proposed regulations, if adopted by Congress, would be the first open Internet rules in the...
