Colorado voters on Tuesday rejected Amendment 69 (ColoradoCare) , which would have created the state's first universal health insurance program, with 80 percent of voters voting against the initiative. According to Coloradans for Coloradans , ColoradoCare...

Voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada approved proposals to legalize recreational marijuana on Tuesday, while several other states voted to permit the use of medical marijuana. California voters passed Proposal 64 , which immediately permits those over 21...

UNICEF urged the government of Myanmar Tuesday to protect its children, particularly those in regions most embroiled in conflict. The statement calls attention to the area of Rakhine State , highlighting the concern for those children who...

Gun control ballot measures were approved by voters Tuesday in California, Nevada and Washington while failing in Maine. California's Proposition 63 would require individuals to obtain a permit before purchasing ammunition. It would also eliminate several exemptions to...

A Canadian law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Samsung for negligence in the distribution of the Galaxy Note 7 . McKenzie Lake Lawyers, LLP filed the action Friday with the...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard argument in the cases of Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami and Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Co. . Believing cyclical poverty in Miami is...

More than 1,000 Hong Kong lawyers dressed in black marched through the the city in silence on Tuesday in opposition of a decision by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress that barred two elected pro-independence lawmakers,...

The Hungarian National Assembly on Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment proposed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban to block the settlement of new refugees in Hungary. Orban's ruling Fidesz party failed to attract...

Two members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Monday asking them to review Mylan NV , the manufacturer of the EpiPen allergy shot....

A third fewer women than men lack Internet access in the world's poorest countries—a gap that is set to widen, according to a report released Tuesday by the poverty rights organization One . The report , released at...