Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is seeking to revoke the bail of convicted murderer and former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen because of pre-trial death threats made by his brother. J.D. Killen...

Following gang riots that left at least 33 prison inmates dead Monday, Guatemalan Interior Minister Carlos Vielmann asked the Guatemalan Congress Tuesday for permission to build new maximum security prisons as part of a new...

The Russian Supreme Court overturned a lower Moscow court decision Tuesday, reversing a ban on the National Bolshevik Party . Although the court did not immediately issue an explanation for their ruling,...

A Michigan court heard arguments from attorneys representing 21 gay couples and Governor Jennifer Granholm Tuesday, who argued that the state's constitution does not prevent local governments and universities from extending benefits to the domestic...

Seventeen British families who lost relatives in Iraq will go to Britain's High Court Wednesday to demand an independent inquiry into the legality of the Iraq war . The families argue that the nation's Human Rights Act ...

The Israeli army began evicting residents of Gaza Wednesday, and despite heavy resistance in some areas, officials believe the evacuation could be complete within 48 hours. Of the 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza strip and four...

Royal Dutch/Shell Group has said that it will appeal a decision which allows a class action lawsuit for stock fraud to continue against the company. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the suit, questioning whether Shell's statements...

Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff , who faces federal bank fraud charges related to a casino deal, expressed his willingness Tuesday to speak with investigators about the death of Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis. Abramoff is charged [DOJ press...

A US Department of Defense analyst and two former officials of the pro-Israel lobbying group American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified national defense information....

Leading Tuesday's states brief, the US Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit ruled today that North Dakota may not use federal water pollution laws to challenge the Army Corps of Engineers' management of the...