A federal judge on Tuesday ordered that $21.2 million in gold coins and bullion seized last year from the offices of Allen Stanford be returned to investors. Stanford is accused of defrauding investors [indictment,...
Rhode Island lawmakers on Tuesday voted to allow domestic partners , including those in same-sex relationships, to claim the body of their partner and to make funeral arrangements, overriding a veto by Governor Don Carcieri [official...
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged to improve airline passenger security, calling last month's attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 "a failure to integrate and understand the intelligence." Obama said that the US government had sufficient...
A White House spokesperson said Tuesday that the US government will suspend transfers of Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen . White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs made the announcement at his daily briefing amid increasing political...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the president has broad authority to detain suspected terrorists, finding that the detention of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee...
Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar on Tuesday warned opposition activists that they could execution if they continue anti-government protests. Najjar's statement came one day after the Intelligence Ministry announced that several foreigners were...
The two parties in a prosecutorial immunity dispute before the US Supreme Court announced a settlement Monday, ending the case. The case was Pottawattamie County v. McGhee , in which the...
Civil rights groups on Monday opposed stricter screening procedures for passengers entering the US from 14 countries, calling the measures unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called on the US government...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Monday that Iraq will file lawsuits in both US and Iraqi courts against Blackwater after a US judge dismissed charges last week against five guards indicted...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday upheld the conviction and life sentence of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui . Moussaoui's lawyers had requested that...
