The Virginia House of Delegates on Friday voted 71-28 to approve a bill that would allow adoption agencies to refuse to place a child if the agency, or anyone affiliated with it, disagrees with the proposed...

A French court of appeals on Thursday upheld the 2009 fraud conviction against the Church of Scientology , fining the defendants a total of €600,000. The decision upheld the original conviction of the Spiritual Association...

Bruce MacDonald, the senior Pentagon official overseeing war crimes tribunals at Guantanamo , on Friday denied a request to extend the filing deadline for pre-trial motions for prisoners accused of planning the 9/11 attacks ....

The federal government on Friday requested additional time for oral argument before the US Supreme Court to argue that the minimum coverage provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , which...

US Army commander Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington referred Pfc. Bradley Manning to a general court-marital Friday on all charges for allegedly releasing classified information to WikiLeaks ....

The European Union's data protection authorities wrote a letter to Google Thursday asking it to delay implementation of its new privacy policy, which is supposed to take effect March 1. The EU is concerned the privacy policy,...

Lawyers for two Guantanamo prisoners accused of planning the 9/11 attacks asked the Pentagon Thursday to extend the filing deadline for pre-trial motions. There are currently two prisoners requesting extension, and they both cite the recent mail...

War crimes suspect Leon Mugesera was charged with genocide planning, incitement and distribution of arms Thursday in a Kigali court in Rwanda. He was deported from Canada to Rwanda nine days ago, following a 16-year battle in...

The French Commercial Tribunal in Paris ruled Tuesday that Google Maps is anti-competitive because it is offered as a free service. The plaintiff, Bottin Cartographers , alleged that Google provides its maps...

The Massachusetts Appeals Court held Thursday that same-sex couples who marry and have a baby via artificial insemination are bound by the same child custody laws as heterosexual couples. The decision came after...