The Supreme Court of Kansas upheld a decision on Thursday that found unequal state educational funding to be unconstitutional. The court gave the state's legislature until June 30 to implement a valid dispersal of funds. If...

A Moroccan judge on Thursday ordered the release of Younis Chekkouri, a former Guantanamo detainee who had remained in custody for nearly five months despite diplomatic assurances that he would be freed after his transfer to the country...

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis is obeying orders to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples according to a federal court ruling Tuesday. US District Judge David Bunning denied a request by the American Civil Liberties Union to order...

Morgan Stanley agreed Thursday to pay about $3.2 billion to settle charges that it misled investors in residential mortgage-backed securities. The charges come from an investigation by the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Group that...

Amnesty International USA (AI) alleges that Mustafa al-Hawsawi , one of the accused 9/11 ringleaders, is in desperate need of medical care in a letter to the Pentagon that was made public on Wednesday. In...

US Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Wednesday announced that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, Missouri, for alleged unjust policing. According to Lynch's...

Ohio lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill that would block federal and state funds from reaching groups that promote or perform abortions, effectively defunding Planned Parenthood. The bill passed in the Ohio House of Representatives by...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Minnesota filed suit in state court Tuesday against the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) seeking the release of footage from...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday that it would explore legal action to keep the Ferguson City Council from making changes to an agreement to reform its police department and municipal operations....

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that the Obama administration delay enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP) pending a resolution to legal challenges. The 5-4 decision was...