A federal judge who had previously ordered the US to release a series of force-feeding videotapes from Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday denied a request by the government to reconsider the order. US District Judge Gladys...
Kaci Hickox, the nurse who was detained last year after returning from treating Ebola patients in Africa, has filed a lawsuit against New Jersey government officials for holding her against her will and violating her constitutional rights....
US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara on Thursday dropped a high-profile insider trading case, stating that he is moving to dismiss the charges against seven defendants. The defendants are former...
A Saudi activist was sentenced to 10 years in prison and banned from traveling abroad for an additional 10 years, a human rights lawyer said Tuesday. Abdel-Karim al-Khadar, a professor of Islamic studies from Qassim who was arrested in...
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the execution of eight men until March, halting the state's attempt to resume executions in the state after a 10-year hiatus. In issuing its stay, the court overturned...
Vanuatu authorities arrested 11 lawmakers on Saturday who had last week pardoned themselves of their corruption convictions while the president was away from the country. The arrests came as President Baldwin Lonsdale revoked the pardons...
Greek lawmakers approved a bill early Saturday morning containing new austerity measures and economic overhauls under its new bailout program. All but one of the 155 members of the leftist Syriza , which now runs the government under...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on two cases. In Montgomery v. Louisiana the court heard arguments on whether the court's 2012 decision in Miller v. Alabama [JURIST...
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday revived a civil rights lawsuit filed by a coalition of Muslim groups that accuses the New York City Police Department (NYPD) of...
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Thursday filed an eminent domain action against the small coastal city of Margate, New Jersey. The residents of Margate have stalled attempts by Christie to construct protective sand dunes...
