Virginia Governor Mark Warner on Thursday ordered that DNA evidence from a 1980s rape and murder case be tested to determine whether the man convicted and executed for the crime was innocent. Roger Keith Coleman ...
AP is reporting that Senate aides have said that Democrats will force a one-week delay in the Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the nomination of Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court. Confirmation hearings are set...
AP is reporting that law enforcement officials have said that Jose Padilla has been transferred from military to civilian custody in order to face terror charges in Miami. The transfer, previously delayed ...
AP is reporting that the US Supreme Court has ordered that Jose Padilla be transferred from military to civilian custody. Padilla was detained over three years ago for allegedly planning to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb"...
In the weeks following the Sept. 11 attacks, the National Security Agency expanded its domestic surveillance program without formal authorization from President Bush, documents released Tuesday revealed. According to an October 2001 letter ...
The newly elected Dover Area School District school board on Tuesday evening unanimously voted to rescind the district's policy of teaching intelligent design theory as an alternative to evolution in high school science classes....
AP is reporting that, as anticipated , Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff has pleaded guilty to conspiracy, tax evasion and mail fraud charges. The US Department filed a criminal information Tuesday morning...
The US Senate on Wednesday approved a defense policy bill banning the cruel and inhumane treatment of detainees in US custody but also limiting the ability of Guantanamo Bay prisoners to challenge their...
Courts in Uzbekistan Wednesday convicted an additional 42 people and handed down prison sentences of 12-20 years in connection with the May 2005 Andijan uprising . It was reported that the defendants were convicted on...
AP is reporting that the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has denied the Bush administration's request to transfer Jose Padilla from military to civilian law enforcement custody. Padilla, a US citizen,...
