US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Thursday that to keep guns away from the mentally ill, all states must upgrade their reporting to the National Instant...
Former US Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday at a closed-door hearing held by the US House Intelligence Committee that there had been divisions between members of the Bush administration as to whether the president's...
The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed tougher standards for US air quality Thursday, recommending reducing the amount of ground-level ozone from 0.08 parts per million (ppm) to between 0.07 and 0.075...
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said in an interview with Sky News Thursday that his government will not commit to making changes called for in an official report on eliminating discrimination against same-sex couples [JURIST news...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday called for Iran to stop using the death penalty for juveniles convicted of serious crimes. HRW said that Iran has executed offenders who committed crimes when they were as young...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wednesday moved to ease accounting procedures required for foreign companies trading on US exchanges. The SEC commissioners voted 5-0 to amend federal regulations to...
The New York State Assembly Tuesday passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage following three hours of often emotional debate. The bill was proposed in April by...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU/SC) brought a federal class action lawsuit against the US Tuesday on behalf of two immigrants who said they were forcibly drugged with sedatives during deportation proceedings. The ACLU/SC...
US President George W. Bush Wednesday followed through on his promised veto of a Democrat-backed bill that would have relaxed funding restrictions on embryonic stem cell research . The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of...
The US House of Representatives Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act by 422-2 . The bill would establish an Unsolved Crimes Section within the civil rights ...
