Oklahoma state court judge Vicki Robertson ruled Tuesday that a state law requiring women seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound within an hour of the procedure violates the Oklahoma Constitution . Without reaching...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on Wednesday held that Microsoft has infringed on a patent of Canadian company i4i with portions of its Word 2007...
Right-wing nativist and so-called "patriot" anti-government militias are again on the rise in the US, according to a Wednesday report by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) . The SPLC said that such groups,...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced the indictment of 32 for allegedly filing $16 million dollars in fraudulent Medicare claims....
Russia's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service on Wednesday said that Rosneft , the country's largest oil producer, broke unfair competition laws by over-inflating wholesale prices of petroleum products. According to the FAS, Rosneft violated...
Iran officials said Wednesday that they plan to begin trials Sunday for 20 of those detained during protests of the controversial reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . The protesters have been charged...
Anti-death-penalty group Hands Off Cain said Wednesday that the number of countries with capital punishment, as well as the total number of executions was down in 2008 from the previous year. According to the group, at...
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad on Tuesday called on the US District Court for the District of Columbia to sign off on the release of their client, claiming...
The US House Committee on Financial Services on Tuesday approved the Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act , which would restrict the way in which executives for publicly-traded companies can be...
US detention centers for illegal immigrants have failed to meet basic standards for the treatment of those held at the facilities, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Immigration Law Center ...
