Ukrainian Judge Rodion Kireyev on Friday ordered the arrest of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko , also imposing a travel ban. Reversing a decision he made last week , Kireyev arrested Tymoshenko ...
A three-judge panel for the California First District Court of Appeals ruled unanimously on Thursday that DNA samples cannot be taken broadly from any adult arrested or charged with a felony. Striking down a 2004...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Montana ruled Wednesday that Congress' removal of the Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) , not through...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced on Wednesday that their affiliates are sending approximately 375 requests for information in 31 states to reveal how law enforcement uses location data tracking on cell phones . Smartphones...
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a lower court's dismissal of a challenge to the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) ...
The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information said Tuesday that Facebook is in violation of European data protection laws through its feature that automatically...
The National Diet of Japan , the nation's bicameral legislature, voted on Wednesday to compensate those adversely affected by the recent Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown. The law will create a fund...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Monday filed suit in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to challenge Costa Rica's longstanding ban on in vitro fertilization (IVF)...
The trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak began on Wednesday, with Mubarak pleading not guilty to all charges. Mubarak is charged with murder, attempted killing of protesters and other charges...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced a proposal of new regulations on Thursday to reduce the air pollution left from gas and oil drilling operations. The new standards are updated to include wells...
