More than 30 human rights and civil society organizations on Tuesday called for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir . Tuesday was the fifth anniversary of his indictment on five...

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat detected. The measure passed by a vote of 73-29. A fetal heartbeat can be...

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic on Wednesday urged the international community to respond to recent and reoccurring crimes against humanity perpetrated by both government and non-government...

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on Tuesday refused to block the state's ban on same-sex marriage pending outcome of a trial. Judge Barbara Crabb refused to grant the American...

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear said Tuesday that the state will hire outside counsel to appeal a federal judge's order to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit [official...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Tuesday that US courts could not be used to collect $9.51 billion in fines and legal fees that previously resulted...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in the case of Plumhoff v. Rickard on whether the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in denying qualified immunity...

The US government on Monday filed a lawsuit against Sprint Communications, Inc., alleging the company overcharged them for telephone wiretapping services. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California [official...

Lawmakers in the Georgia House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill that would legalize the administration of medical marijuana by pill, liquid or injection to treat certain seizure disorders. The Georgia House approved...

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday in Law v. Siegel that a bankruptcy court improperly exceeded its authority by ordering legally exempt funds to be used to pay attorney's costs. The case revolved around...