Six South Carolina civil rights groups on Friday urged the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to block the state from implementing a new law that would require voters to present photo ID in order to...
US President Barack Obama on Friday certified the repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) , the controversial policy barring openly gay individuals from serving in the military. The...
The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland ruled Friday that the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) was right to order UBS to disclose information to the...
North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue vetoed legislation Monday that would have required a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion . The "Woman's Right to Know Act" would also have required...
The US Supreme Court on Monday added 11 more cases to its 2011-2012 docket. In FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. , the court will rule on whether...
The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Tuesday in Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB, SA that induced patent infringement requires knowledge that the induced acts constitute patent infringement. Under 35 USC...
Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a South Dakota law requiring women to seek counseling at a pregnancy center and wait three days before...
The Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld the second fraud convictions of former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon...
Two Somali men pleaded guilty Monday to charges of piracy for their role in hijacking a yacht, which resulted in the deaths of four Americans. The guilty pleas by Jilani Abdiali and Burhan Abdirahman Yusuf join those...
Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya signed an agreement Sunday allowing his return to the country after nearly two years in exile. The agreement, brokered by the Venezuelan and Colombian governments, was...
