A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts the Maryland Fair Share Health Care Fund Act [text,...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Wednesday that three former Croatian generals will begin their war crimes trial at The Hague in May. Ante Gotovina , Ivan Cermak and...
European Commission investigators have again asked EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes to formally charge computer chip maker Intel with antitrust violations, according to a Wall Street Journal report Wednesday. In October,...
Democrats in the US Senate on Wednesday renewed efforts to pass legislation that would grant temporary legal status to illegal immigrant workers who work in agriculture, after House Republicans stalled bicameral negotiations last year. The Senate passed...
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in the US District Court for the District of Columbia...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the consolidated cases Davenport v. Washington Education Association and Washington v. Washington Education Association , 05-1589 and 05-1657 , where the...
The Supreme Court of Canada has seen a dramatic decrease in the number of written decisions, reaching a low of 59 decisions in 2006 compared to 144 in 1990, according to statistics gathered by the Toronto Globe...
Two of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants also sentenced to death in the Dujail trial will be executed Thursday, according to an Iraqi government official. Former Iraqi intelligence chief Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and...
US FBI agents reported numerous instances of military personnel and contractors using harsh interrogation practices at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay , including wrapping a detainee's head in duct tape and a female guard wiping...
Pope Benedict XVI on Friday condemned proposed Italian legislation that would recognize civil unions for unmarried couples, including same-sex couples. The Pope, speaking in a Christmas address to the Rome clergy, said...
