Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt sent a letter on Wednesday to Florida Attorney General Pamela Bondi requesting that Florida add Kansas as an additional party plaintiff to its lawsuit ...

The number of free countries and electoral democracies dropped and the overall freedom in the Middle East and North Africa suffered for the fifth year, according to a report released Thursday by the US-based rights group Freedom...

A US bankruptcy judge approved a historic settlement on Thursday with the estate of Jeffry Picower, a friend and investor of fraudulent financier Bernard Madoff . As part of the approved settlement, Picower's widow, Barbara, has agreed...

A New York State Supreme Court judge on Monday ruled that the New York City Department of Education may release performance data on 12,000 city teachers. The order permits the Department of Education...

A California federal judge was appointed Thursday to hear the trial of Arizona shooting suspect Jared Loughner. Judge Alex Kozinski of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit appointed Judge...

The Italian Constitutional Court on Thursday struck down portions of a law backed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi that would have granted Berlusconi and other public officials...

Officials from the Ensco Offshore Company appeared in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Wednesday in connection with a lawsuit the company filed last year against the moratorium...

Media magnate Conrad Black returned to the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Thursday for a status hearing before judge Amy St. Eve . St. Eve will begin...

The Associated Press (AP) and artist Shepard Fairey on Wednesday reached a settlement agreement on their opposing copyright infringement claims stemming from Fairey's unauthorized use of an AP photo of incumbent US President Barack...

The state of Texas on Wednesday failed for the third time in two months at its attempts to block new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations governing greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the...