Secretary of Defense James Mattis on Monday fired two Guantánamo Bay officials responsible for overseeing the trials of accused war criminals including the planners of the 9/11 attack. The officials are Harvey Rishikof, designated by Mattis as...

The five-member Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal on Tuesday unanimously reversed the August 2017 order sentencing the pro-democracy 2014 Umbrella Movement protesters Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, quashing their sentences and setting them free....

The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the state's order to close Capital Care, Toledo's last abortion clinic. This decision overturned previous rulings made in favor of the clinic by Lucas County Common...

Virginia's Senate approved legislation on Monday allowing doctors to prescribe oils containing mostly non-psychoactive cannabis extracts, making Virginia part of the majority of states to approve medical marijuana. The bill was approved unanimously in both the state house...

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order on Monday requiring that all future state contracts for internet services will only be given to internet service providers (ISPs) that follow net neutrality principles. The order...

The Scotland Court of Session on Tuesday rejected a petition from a group of individuals from the Scotland and EU parliaments asking the court to make a preliminary reference to the European Court of...

California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed new workplace conduct legislation into law to protect whistleblowers who disclose workplace harassment or abuse in the capitol. While the California labor code already had protections against retaliation...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari signed an executive order Monday "to improve local content in public procurement with science, engineering and technology components." Buhari announced Executive Order 5 (EO) via his official Twitter account stating: "the EO is...

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday denied a request to stay a Pennsylvania Supreme Court order to redraw the 2011 congressional map. If granted, the stay would have blocked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's ruling [opinion,...

A South Korean appeals court on Monday suspended a two-and-a-half-year jail sentence for Jay Y Lee , billionaire heir of Samsung Group. In August the Seoul Central District Court , found that Lee paid former president Park Geun-hye...