The Iranian state news service on Sunday announced the sentencing of a Washington Post journalist to an unspecified prison term after he was convicted on charges that include espionage. Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi, the spokesman for...

Narcotics detective Damacio Diaz of the Bakersfield Police Department (BPD) in California was arrested on Friday on charges of bribery, drug trafficking, obstruction and filing false tax returns. The 16-count indictment, announced by...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday heard oral argument in a challenge to a Federal judge's authority to issue a ruling that struck down modifications to firearm possession laws in...

The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a new resolution calling on all member states to fight to eradicate the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) . Introduced...

Lawyers for the Obama administration on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to uphold the president's changes to US immigration policy. Earlier this month the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a state law that bars an individual front bringing a "wrongful birth" lawsuit. With all justices joining the majority opinion, the court dismissed Rebecca and Lawerence...

A California judge on Wednesday ordered the destruction of five embryos following a couple's divorce. In 2010, Mimi Lee and her former husband Stephen Findley participated in in vitro fertilization (IVF). While participating in IVF, the couple...

The US House of Representatives voted 289-137 Thursday in favor of suspending the program allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees to enter the US. On Wednesday the White House stated that President Barack Obama would...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the US Wednesday to halt the sale of weapons to the government of Saudi Arabia . The call comes days after the US Department of Defense (DOD) ...

US President Barack Obama stated Thursday that he intends to continue his efforts to close Guantanamo Bay prison, despite likely push back from Congress after the Paris attacks . Obama made remarks to reporters...