Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine has announced that he will sign a bill requiring sixth grade girls to receive a vaccination for the human papilloma virus (HPV) , a sexually transmitted disease that causes cervical...

The Sydney Morning Herald reported Friday that Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has said as part of a court claim for British citizenship that he was shown a photo of a beaten...

Meir Shamgar , the president of the Israeli Supreme Court between 1983 and 1995, has signed a public petition against Israeli Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann's recent proposal to restrict the ability of the Supreme...

The US House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law voted Thursday to subpoena former Justice Department prosecutors Carol C. Lam (San Diego), David C. Iglesias (New Mexico), H.E. Cummins, III (Arkansas), and John McKay (Seattle), to...

Thirteen defendants have been charged "with participating in two massive insider trading schemes and in two separate bribery schemes" that netted more than $8 million dollars in illegal profits for themselves and the hedge funds with...

US v. David Matthew Hicks, Office of the Chief Prosecutor, March, 1, 2007 . Read the full text of the charge...

The Washington State Senate passed a domestic partnership bill (SB 5336) Thursday which would establish a domestic partner registry, giving same-sex couples enhanced rights including inheritance, hospital visitation, and the power to authorize...

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) officially launched Thursday, taking over and expanding the responsibilities of the former European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) ....

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday denied that the Japanese military forced Korean and Chinese women into prostitution during World War II, echoing sentiments by Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso ...

A Florida commission convened to investigate the botched December execution of Angel Diaz determined Thursday that more oversight is necessary to ensure inmates are properly sedated before execution. Currently Florida uses the chemicals sodium pentothal,...