The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Thursday that Chelsea Manning is being investigated for charges in relation to her recent attempt at suicide. Manning, the Army solider convicted of releasing classified and sensitive military...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas ruled Wednesday that an Arkansas law prohibiting political "robocalls" is unconstitutional. The judge stated that the law violates the First Amendment...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered Ronald Reagan shooter John Hinckley Jr. released from a government psychiatric hospital. Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity in...

Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Wednesday that charges against the three remaining officers facing trial in connection with Freddie Gray's death will be dropped . While in police custody in 2015, Gray sustained a spinal...

Lawyers for a transgender Virginia teenager on Tuesday urged the US Supreme Court not to block a ruling allowing him to use the boys' restroom. The Gloucester County School Board had filed an emergency...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a $15 billion settlement between German automaker Volkswagen AG (VW) and the US...

In a 4-1 opinion on Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that the state's parental "notification law" requiring doctors to inform the parents of minors seeking an abortion is unconstitutional, and cannot be enforced. The Court...

In a 4-3 ruling on Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court held that Governor Terry McAuliffe's executive order granting a blanket restoration of the state's felon voting rights is unconstitutional. The voter-disqualification provision...

A federal judge on Friday ruled in favor of a Missouri lawmaker "who cited religious objections while challenging the inclusion of birth control coverage in his government-provided health insurance." The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires...

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a law which would require individuals to apply for a state-issued firearm registration number where they made their own weapons with parts they have purchased or found. Assembly Bill...