The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of Samsung over Apple on Tuesday in an infringement suit between the two smartphone giants. At trial, a jury awarded Apple $399 million, an amount based...

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaging in torture in its efforts to root out political corruption, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Tuesday. The report claims that President Xi Jinping's ...

Dominic Ongwen , an alleged former top official in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity brought against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in racial gerrymandering cases from Virginia and North Carolina. The first case, Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections is analyzing a...

The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Sunday that Shawqi Awad Balzuhair will be transferred from Guantanamo Bay to the government of Cape Verde, a small country off the Western coast of Africa. Balzuhair was first...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ordered Michigan to proceed with a presidential ballot recount early Monday morning. The recount was originally scheduled to start December 2 but was delayed due...

The US Army Corps of Engineers announced Sunday that an alternate route will be investigated for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) . Jo-Ellen Darcy, the Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, continued that in...

The Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) on Thursday suggested to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson that the government should move away from housing immigration detainees in private prisons. At the behest of Johnson, an HSAC subcommittee reviewed...

President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters filed legal challenges in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin last week, in an effort to prevent recounts in those three states. Green Party candidate Jill Stein initiated the controversial...

The US Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to pass the Iran Sanctions Act , which would extend economic sanctions against companies doing business with Iran for 10 more years. Originally approved in 1996, the extended bill was...