The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday approved Senate Bill 897 , which would remove the Confederate flag from the State House and the Capitol Complex, by a vote of 37 to 3 [vote reading,...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday said that the SAFE Justice Act, a US criminal justice reform bill introduced in June, could better protect prisoners' rights and increase fairness in federal prison sentencing. The bill proposes reforms...

A federal judge issued a court order on Thursday that all Louisiana officials must grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples . The order, issued by Judge Martin Feldman of the US District Court...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday ruled that unpaid internships are legal when they are tied to the intern's education. The decision reverses a lower court decision that...

BP on Thursday reached a settlement that will require the company to pay $18.7 billion in penalties and damages to settle all claims regarding the 2010 Gulf oil spill . The agreement, the largest corporate...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Thursday determined that Fiat Chrysler failed to provide a remedy and notices for 23 recalls related to malfunctions of their automobiles....

US President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that the US and Cuba will reopen embassies in each other's capital cities, after 54 years of severed diplomatic relations. Obama said US Secretary of State John Kerry [official...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama on Wednesday issued an order that all Alabama counties must abide by a Supreme Court ruling allowing same-sex marriage. The order says...

Indiana's controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) law took effect on Wednesday, one of many such bills to take effect today around the country. The bill, as originally written, made it legal for private businesses to...

The US Justice Department Office of Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS) has found that the response by the Ferguson, Missouri police department escalated riots after Michael Brown's death last summer. The findings were in a draft report [St....