The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday released its ruling that the US government may keep secret memoranda related to the legal justification for the use of drones for targeted killings of those...
The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia on Tuesday urged Thailand to immediately close a military detention center in Bangkok where two high-profile inmates have died in the last month. The office also called for...
An Alabama woman on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to review the decision of an Alabama court not to recognize her adoption of her same-sex partner's three children. She has also asked the Supreme...
New Jersey lawmakers on Monday advanced a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain New Jersey driver's licenses. The bill, considered by the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee , would allow such immigrants to...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday dealing with an Employee Retirement and Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) fiduciary filing a lawsuit against a participant to recover overpayment. The court in Montanile v....
The US Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it disagrees with a federal ruling upholding an injunction against President Barack Obama's plan to protect as many as 5 million immigrants from deportation and plans to appeal...
The European Parliament on Tuesday voted to adopt an agreement reached in June to end roaming charges by 2017 and to set net neutrality rules in the EU for the first time. Four proposed amendments, which...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday blocked an abortion law that was set to go into effect on November 1. The law, Senate Bill 642, covered four subjects related to abortions: parental consent for minors, tissue preservation,...
Argentina on Sunday opened its first round of voting for the country's new presidential election. The new president will replace current President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner who is now serving her second term and thus...
A spokesperson for the Florida Department of Corrections on Thursday said that a death row inmate has requested death by electrocution for the first time in nearly twenty years. The inmate, Wayne Doty, was sentenced ...
