The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday ruled that a lower court had erroneously dismissed a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit seeking to prevent Whole Foods Market from...
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Federal appeals court orders reconsideration of Whole Foods antitrust suit
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US House apologizes for slavery, Jim Crow laws
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Massachusetts House votes to repeal 1913 law limiting same-sex marriages
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Turkish constitutional court rejects ban on ruling party
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Germany constitutional court overturns state smoking bans
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Bosnia war crimes court hands down first Srebrenica sentences
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New York health insurer to give spousal benefits to married same-sex couples
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DOJ seeks Supreme Court rehearing of child rape death penalty case
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UK Law Lords deny appeal of alleged hacker set for extradition to US
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Europe rights commissioner urges change in ‘severe’ Italian policies on minorities
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The US House of Representatives late Tuesday approved by voice vote a resolution apologizing to African Americans for slavery and Jim Crow laws . The resolution declares:That the House of Representatives--(1) acknowledges that slavery...
The Massachusetts House of Representatives Tuesday voted 119-36 for a bill that would repeal a 1913 law barring people from marrying in Massachusetts if their own state would not recognize such a union....
The Constitutional Court of Turkey Wednesday rejected a bid to ban the country's ruling Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) , which was accused of ignoring the secular principles of...
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court Wednesday ruled that state laws banning smoking in bars are unconstitutional as they now stand. Smoking in public places is regulated on a state-by-state...
The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina Tuesday delivered its first sentences of war crimes suspects from Yugoslavia's violent ethnic conflicts of the 1990s, convicting seven of genocide ...
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) has announced that health insurance company BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York has agreed to extend health-care benefits to spouses in validly married same-sex couples....
Officials from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have filed a motion with the US Supreme Court requesting permission to petition for rehearing in Kennedy v. Louisiana , in which the...
UK House of Lords judges Wednesday denied the appeal of a man accused of hacking US government computers in 2001 and 2002 who had argued that his extradition to the US would...
Council of Europe (COE) Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg Tuesday urged Italy to change immigration and preemptive crime policies that he says marginalize the country's Roma and Sinti minorities . Hammarberg memorandum [text; press...
