The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday upheld a $450 million settlement between Apple and consumers who claimed that the company conspired with other e-book retailers to artificially raise the...

The Australian government violated the rights of former Guantanamo detainee David Hicks when they continued to detain him after a transfer deal with the US, the UN Human Rights Committee said in a...

South Dakota's state senate on Tuesday passed a bill which, if approved by the governor, will make South Dakota the first state to enact bans on opposite-sex bathroom and shower use in public schools. The Student Physical Privacy...

The city of Chicago on Tuesday agreed to settle a case alleging job discrimination against police department applicants. Under the settlement, Chicago will pay $2 million in back pay and other benefits to 47 job candidates...

Bahraini authorities arrested four US journalists covering the five-year anniversary of the nation's 2011 uprising and formally charged them on Tuesday. The journalists were charged with unlawful obstruction of vehicles and attending unlawful gatherings for their alleged...

The US Senate on Thursday approved legislation that will place a permanent ban on states taxing Internet access. The Senate, by a vote of 75-20, passed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015...

US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died Saturday at the age 79. Friends reported that he died in his sleep during a trip to Texas. Chief Justice John Roberts issued the following statement:On behalf...

The US Senate on Thursday voted in favor of a wide-ranging House bill aiming to strengthen US trade, sending the bill to President Barack Obama to be signed. The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015...

A partnership of voting rights groups on Friday filed suit against Brian Newby , executive director for the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC), alleging that his recent decision limiting the use of national voter registration in...

The West Virginia Legislature passed the WV Workplace Freedom Act on Friday, overruling a veto by the Democratic Governor Earl Ray Tomblin the day before. West Virginia is now the twenty-sixth state ...