A New York prosecutor Tuesday dropped all charges against New Paltz Mayor Jason West, who could have faced jail time for marrying gay couples on the steps of the village hall. In May 2005, 24 misdemeanor counts...

Speaking in the British House of Commons Wednesday one day after police revealed that the perpetrators of the London bombings were British nationals, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said his government would tighten border controls to keep out individuals...

Judge William G. Young, chief judge of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston, issued a 107-page ruling Tuesday chastising Congress for a "virtually unprecedented" attack on judicial independence and for putting a...

Near the end of his trial in Amsterdam Tuesday, Muslim extremist Mohammed Bouyeri confessed to the November 2004 murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh , saying "if I were released and would have...

Corbell v. Norton, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, July 12, 2005 [ruling ordering the US Interior Department to admit to American Indian plaintiffs that information being provided to them regarding outstanding lost royalties on earnings from...

According to a congressional aide speaking on the condition of anonymity, an unreleased Pentagon report reveals that a top Army general rejected the recommended reprimand of former Guantanamo Bay prison commander Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller for...

British police are bracing for hate crimes against Muslims in response to the announcement Tuesday that the perpetrators of the London bombings were British citizens and are vowing to handle any calls swiftly and vigorously. Police chiefs...

The US Tuesday urged the UN General Assembly to vote against a draft resolution by the so-called G-4 to expand the UN Security Council by adding six additional permanent seats and four non-permanent seats to...

An Egyptian court Tuesday ordered Tarek el-Zomor released from prison for his involvement in the 1981 assassination of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat . El-Zomor was a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad militant group which...

US District Judge Royce Lamberth blasted the US Interior Department Tuesday and ordered it to admit to American Indian plaintiffs that information being provided to them regarding outstanding lost royalties on earnings from Indian...