A Chinese court in Huairou on Sunday sentenced Liu Hui, brother-in-law of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and democracy activist Liu Xiaobo , to 11 years in prison on charges of fraud. The verdict is...
Col. Alberto Julio Candiotti, a former Argentinian military officer who was wanted for crimes committed during the country's 1976-1983 "Dirty War" , was arrested Thursday in Montevideo, Uruguay. Information for the whereabouts of the 68-year-old,...
The Obama administration on Friday urged the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to delay the implementation of a decision that orders the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved S. 744 , an immigration reform bill. The bill, entitled the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, is intended to help create a 13-year path to citizenship for...
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday signed the country's new constitution into law, clearing the path to pivotal elections later this year. The new constitution limits future presidents to two five-year terms. The...
The Illinois Senate passed a bill on Friday that would allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes in the state, subject to strict regulations. The bill indicates that marijuana may only be used for specified...
Portugal's Parliament voted Friday to approve a law allowing same-sex married couples to adopt their partners' children. The Parliament also voted on Friday to reject the Left Bloc and Green Party's proposal to grant...
A federal judge on Tuesday reinstated a $203 million penalty against Wells Fargo in a class action suit alleging that the bank affirmatively misled customers and then charged excessive overdraft fees. Rather than processing purchases in a...
US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday that the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) unfairly scrutinized tax-exemptions for conservative groups. The agency initially singled out groups with...
A court in Bahrain sentenced six individuals to a year in prison on Wednesday for insulting King Hamad via Twitter . Since the nation's pro-democracy protests in Manama that began in February 2011, activists have...
