The only remaining challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act is set to begin today in California. The lawsuit argues DOMA and California's Proposition 22 are violations of a gay couple's civil rights. California only...

World leaders and Holocaust survivors gathered in Poland Thursday to mark the 60 year anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis' Auschwitz death camp . The heads of state of both Israel and Germany will join those of...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is hearing arguments today in the legal fight over access to Vice President Dick Cheney's records from his 2001 energy task force . The...

The four British citizens released from Guantanamo Bay who arrived in the UK Tuesday and were later released from custody by British police still pose a terrorist threat, according to US officials....

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, Jan. 27.Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich will deliver a state of the state address today at 12 PM ET.At the EU today, Commissioner for...

Richey v. Mitchell, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Judge R. Guy Cole, Jr., January 25, 2005 [overturning UK national Kenny Richey's murder conviction and sentence and ruling that he must be released from death row in...

The Motion Picture Association of America launched a second round of lawsuits on Wednesday against online movie downloaders. The latest lawsuits follow up a round of November actions and will target individuals as well as websites...

In an effort to weed out insurgents and increase voter safety, Iraqi security officials have said they will use decoy polling stations during Sunday's national election. Iraqi Army Major Hamid Al Jubarah said, "We will have decoy voter centres,...

Russian authorities said Wednesday that they will pursue a bribery case against Yulia Tymoshenko , new Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko's pick for prime minister. Tymoshenko faces allegations that she tried to inflate the price of...

UN Children's Fund officials have confirmed 40 cases of children being abducted or recruited as soldiers by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebel group since December's tsunami disaster . According...