A judge for the Connecticut Superior Court Wednesday ordered school officials to overhaul the state's educational funding system, finding that the current system is unconstitutional. In his opinion, Judge Thomas Moukawsher noted that poorer areas...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Uber drivers may not join in a class action suit to pursue employment claims against the transportation company but must resolve their...

A former Guantanamo detainee who was resettled in Uruguay was hospitalized and released on Tuesday after his engagement in a hunger strike left him weak. Following his release from the hospital, Abu Wa'el Dhiab resumed his hunger strike [AP...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday partially granted a tribe's request to suspend the construction of a North Dakota crude oil pipeline running north of the tribe's land. In...

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the state of Alabama, alleging that the at-large election format for state appellate judges and justices is racially discriminatory . The lawsuit, filed...

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria urged parties in the Syrian conflict to return to the "negotiation table" after a new report released Tuesday highlighted an increase of violence suffered by civilians. The escalation...

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring on Friday sent a letter to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting and investigation into the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth after the deaths of two...

Ireland's cabinet on Friday agreed to join Apple in appealing the European Commission's €13 billion ruling against the tech giant. The commission's ruling, issued in late August, determined that Ireland granted...

US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday formally committed their nations to the Paris Agreement , a pact seeking to reduce carbon emissions and halt climate change. The world's first comprehensive climate pact,...

Malaysian government minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan confirmed on Friday that Prime Minister Najib Razak is the unnamed official involved in the nation's recent national wealth fund scandal. In 2009 Razak established the fund known as...