A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that congressional legislation that permits medical insurance for US military personnel to pay only for abortions needed to save the life of the mother was constitutional. The three judge panel from...

The last of the publicly accessible documents authored by US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts in storage at the Reagan Library in were released simultaneously Thursday in California and Washington, DC. The thousands of...

David Radler, former Chicago Sun-Times publisher, Mark S. Kipnis, former lead counsel for Hollinger International , and Ravelston Corp, a private company controlled by Conrad Black were charged with five counts of federal mail fraud and...

Leading Thursday's states brief, a New Jersey court of appeals has ruled that a jury should decide whether Porfirio Jimenez is mentally competent and able to face the death penalty. A spokesman for the Office of the...

Four people filed suit Thursday against the Transportation Security Administration in an Anchorage federal court alleging that the agency illegally collected information about passengers in testing the Secure Flight Program last fall. Earlier this month,...

Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, was sentenced to 10 consecutive life terms on Thursday after pleading guilty in June to 10 murders. Since Kansas did not have the death penalty at the time of the crimes, the...

Indonesian Minister of Justice and Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin has confirmed that the Indonesian government will grant general amnesties to all members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) currently incarcerated by the government. The amnesty is part...

The Nepalese Royal Commission for Corruption Control arrested two government officials Thursday and issued an arrest warrant for a third on corruption and tax evasion charges adding up to nearly $400,000 (USD). Director-General of Inland Revenue Department ...

Prosecutors in the French Caribbean island of Martinique have initiated a manslaughter investigation against West Caribbean Airways . The investigation will target the airline's increasingly controversial safety record to determine if WCA was at...

Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen reported Thursday that senior leaders in the Tamil Tigers have agreed to attend peace talks to be held with representatives of the Sri Lankan government . The date...