The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will fast-track its decision in a case concerning insurance companies' coverage of levee failure damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina , a judge said following...
The family of Iraqi hotel receptionist Baha Musa , who died while in British military custody in 2003, plans to sue the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) , according to a family lawyer Wednesday. Solicitor Martyn Day...
An Iranian judge said Wednesday that two detained Iranian-Americans had admitted to carrying out some "activities," but it is not clear if this is tantamount to admission of spying. In an interview with Iran's ISNA news...
A German state court Tuesday upheld a ban on religious headscarves in public schools and affirmed the right of a school not to employ a teacher who said she would be unable to follow that law....
Three relatives of a Chinese-American engineer convicted earlier this year of conspiring to smuggle sensitive naval intelligence data to China have pleaded guilty to related charges as part of a plea...
The Durban High Court in South Africa granted an execution order Tuesday allowing the country's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to seek documents obtained by the Mauritius government which are believed to evidence...
US Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) was indicted Monday on 16 counts, including charges of bribery, racketeering, money laundering, and obstruction of justice. Jefferson allegedly solicited bribes from numerous companies both in...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled unanimously Monday that Michigan's ban on what opponents of the procedure call "partial-birth" abortion is unconstitutional because it "fails to...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled unanimously Monday that Missouri's lethal injection procedures do not constitute cruel and unusual punishment , making it possible for lethal injections...
The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari in a case where the Court must decide whether an age discrimination lawsuit against FedEx was filed properly. In FedEx v. Holowecki...
