The US Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed a new rule for the calculation of power plant emissions subject to additional pollution controls, adopting a standard recently criticized by the Supreme Court in a ruling earlier...

Forty top members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood went before a secret military court in Egypt Thursday on charges of terrorism and money laundering. Defense lawyers announced that they would boycott the...

The New Hampshire Senate voted 14-10 Thursday in favor a bill allowing same-sex civil unions , sending the legislation on to Gov. John Lynch for signature. The bill, passed by the state House of Representatives...

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko announced in a national address Wednesday that he was postponing until June 24 parliamentary elections originally scheduled for May 27 to avoid funding problems and allow more time for...

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday the he plans to submit legislation that would "establish a fundamental, statutory right to privacy for women in making personal reproductive decisions." Spitzer's proposed Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Act...

The Iowa House of Representatives voted 59-37 Wednesday to approve a bill that will provide equal opportunity protection to gays and lesbians in employment, housing, and education. The House approved the bill after...

A ban preventing former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from returning to the country and restrictions on Khaleda Zia , another former prime minister and Hasina's former political rival, have been lifted, according to statements...

US Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) proposed legislation Wednesday that "will allow schools and universities to share a student's mental health information with their parents or guardians if the student is found to be at risk of suicide,...

Lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainees urged US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Wednesday to suspend the Court's order denying certiorari and allow detainees 120 days to petition the court for a rehearing in two...

The US military announced Thursday that the former commander of the 451st Military Police Detachment responsible for the detention facility at Camp Cropper near Baghdad has been charged with multiple offences under the Uniform Code...