The Washington Supreme Court ruled Wednesday morning that a statute prohibiting same-sex marriage does not violate the state Constitution. The Supreme Court reversed a 2004 Superior Court ruling that the state's 1998 Defense...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Tuesday to prevent two members of the Missouri Public Service Commission from gathering information about whether Missouri consumers' telephone records were released to the National Security...
Two Republican members of the US Congress announced a proposal Tuesday to bridge the gap between the Senate and House versions of immigration reform legislation . The plan devised by US Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison...
A bill that would set up a nationwide online database of sex offenders' homes and workplaces is awaiting President Bush's approval following passage Tuesday by the US House. The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 [HR...
Democrats in the US Senate are proposing additional exemptions for a bill that would punish those who help a minor cross state lines to receive an abortion without parental consent or notification. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)...
The youngest suspect arrested in June in connection with an alleged terrorist plot to attack Canadian targets has been released on bail. The 16-year-old, whose name has not been publicized because he is a minor, was released...
The joint UN-Cambodian court that will try former leaders of the communist Khmer Rouge regime that decimated Cambodia's population in the "killing fields" of the late 1970s must move quickly or risk the deaths of more...
A report released Monday by UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith recommends longer sentences and increased use of plea bargaining in fraud cases. Estimates have placed the cost of fraud to the British economy at over...
The first prisoner at Guantanamo Bay to be turned over to a foreign government for prosecution was released Monday by the Spanish Supreme Court , which found that the evidence against him was...
Italy refused a CIA request to participate in the alleged extraordinary rendition of an Egyptian cleric suspected of terrorism, a lawyer for an Italian spy agency official told Reuters in...
