The Santiago Appeals Court, the intermediate appellate jurisdiction in Chile, stripped former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet of immunity Tuesday so he can face charges of tax fraud in connection with as much as $17 million...
A three-judge panel of the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld two Florida laws that require sex offenders to register with the state and submit a DNA sample after release from prison. A group...
Closing arguments began Tuesday in a US government lawsuit filed against tobacco companies over five years ago. The suit went to trial eight months ago and is expected to wrap up this week. Federal prosecutors filed suit ...
Speaking at a UN press conference Monday Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said that the US Senate would confirm John Bolton as the new US ambassador to the UN by the "tiniest" of margins. Bolton,...
The US Senate is expected next week to approve a resolution apologizing for its historical failure to pass anti-lynching legislation. Senate filibusters blocked over 200 such bills in the first half of the 20th century. The resolution expresses...
The FBI Monday issued a preliminary report showing that the nation's murder rate dropped 3.6 percent in 2004, while violent crimes were down 1.7 percent. Property crimes also fell 1.8 percent. The murder rate had previously...
A treaty designed to encourage regional cooperation among Balkan states in war crimes trials appeared unlikely to materialize after Croatia on Tuesday ruled out allowing extraditions of suspects. The treaty, drafted by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in...
Following the UK's lead , Poland announced Tuesday that it may delay a scheduled October vote on the embattled European Constitution . Although France and the Netherlands had already voted agains ratifying the document, French President...
A former top executive in Berkshire Hathaway's Gen Re insurance group, will plead guilty later this week to one count of conspiracy, according to his lawyer. John Houldsworth is charged with conspiring to misstate the...
A New York state housing group claimed in a report released Monday that nearly half of the real estate agencies in New York City's northern suburbs treated blacks and Hispanics unfairly, according to recent tests. The...
