The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in Kansas v. Carr that a jury in a death penalty case does not need to be advised that mitigating factors , which can lessen the severity...

The US State Department released a statement Tuesday expressing concern over reports of "serious human rights violations and abuses" in Burundi. Allegations of mass graves, sexual violence by security forces, and enforced disappearances and torture are...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that daily fantasy sports websites in which players pay to participate are considered gambling and are therefore illegal in the state. Paxton released an official advisory opinion ...

The California District Court for the Northern District on Monday granted Apple's motion for a permanent injunction against Samsung for infringing upon three software patents . The patents involve data...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard the cases of Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods and Heffernan v. City of Paterson . In Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods the Court will examine...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an Arkansas appeal to revive an old abortion law that banned abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. After the injunction was issued, Arkansas appealed and the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in four new cases for this term. In US v. Texas the Court has been asked to decide whether at least one respondent has standing to...

Approximately 180 Cuban migrants crossed the US border on Friday as part of an organized Central American effort to transport the 8,000 Cubans stranded in Costa Rica. Following recent diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba, thousands of Cubans...

Iran has condemned the US for imposing new sanctions in connection with the country's missile defense program. The sanctions were imposed Sunday by the US Treasury Department against 11 companies and individuals connected to Iran’s ballistic...

Florida State Attorney Jeff Ashton is requesting that state judges temporarily delay death penalty case trials after the US Supreme Court ruling that Florida's capital sentencing scheme violates the Sixth Amendment. The request, he stated,...