Leading Tuesday's states brief, the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division heard oral arguments today on whether the court should uphold a lower court ruling that found the state's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional . Attorneys for...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and other leaders Tuesday called on Palestinians to halt looting and restore order following Israel's withdrawal earlier this week from the formerly occupied Gaza Strip . Celebrations and...

A US probe into allegations of abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay reported that distrust between military police and investigators led to problems at the prison facility, according to new documents obtained by the Associated Press...

Muslim scholars in Nigeria have begun a campaign promoting Sharia or Islamic law as a tool for actually improving conditions for local women. Ibrahim Naiya Sada, director of the Centre for Islamic Legal Studies at a top...

In Tuesday's environmental law news, the US Senate, in a 51-47 vote, has defeated a motion that would have overturned mercury emission rules that the Environmental Protection Agency finalized in March. AP has more.In other...

An Iraqi taxi driver testifying Tuesday at a court-martial of seven British soldiers for the alleged murder of an Iraqi civilian said he was also beaten by the troops. Through translated testimony, Athar Finnijan Saddam told jurors...

UN negotiators involved in reform talks ahead of the 2005 World Summit continued talks late into the morning Tuesday in hopes of having at least some proposals finalized ahead of the summit, which begins Wednesday. Hopes of...

The Senate Judiciary Committee wasted no time in asking for the thoughts of Chief Justice nominee John Roberts on abortion and the 1973 high court decision in Roe v. Wade during Tuesday's round of...

Former New Orleans mayor and current President and CEO of the National Urban League Marc Morial has called for a Hurricane Katrina victim's compensation fund, similar to the one created in the...

A federal judge has ruled that correction officers in Fresno California violated the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations by not properly informing twelve Mexican defendants of their right to contact the Mexican Consulate after their arrests on drug...