The New Hampshire Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to legalize medical marijuana . The proposed law would allow the state to issue cards to patients with illnesses such as cancer,...

John Harris, former chief of staff to Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich , was sentenced to 10 days in prison this week in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for his part...

Amnesty International (AI) published a report Wednesday accusing the US Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of discriminating and committing rights abuses along the border between Mexico and the US. AI...

The Russian lower house of Parliament, the State Duma , will consider a controversial bill introduced by lawmakers on Thursday that bans the spread of "homosexual propaganda" to minors. The bill calls for fines of up to...

Mali leaders announced on Thursday that they have drafted a new constitution following last week's military coup . In a statement read on Mali state television, it was announced that the new constitution will allow citizens to demonstrate...

An Oklahoma County judge struck down on Wednesday a state law requiring doctors to perform an ultrasound and describe a woman's fetus to her before she undergoes an abortion . The...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the final day of arguments on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in the case of United States Department of Health and...

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) revealed Tuesday that it received documents confirming that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used a "Mosque Outreach" program to gather intelligence on Muslim-American citizens ....

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Vartelas v. Holder that the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) , a law designed to deny re-entry to immigrants who have committed...