The Illinois supreme court on Friday overturned the 2013 Illinois Pension Law that attempted to reduce the state's pension deficit by eliminating automatic cost of living increases and extending the retirement age. The...

US Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Friday announced the launch of a federal civil rights investigation into Baltimore's police. Authorities, Lynch said , would look for discriminating practices by police and begin to review...

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a state law requiring universal background checks for all gun transfers, including noncommercial, online or gun...

A judge for the Alberta Court of Appeal on Thursday ruled that former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr can be released on bail while he appeals his US war crimes conviction. According to Justice Myra...

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed House Bill 1409 into law Wednesday extending the mandatory waiting period for women seeking an abortion from 24 to 72 hours. Fallin said the new law, "will allow...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Thursday that the Patriot Act does not authorize the National Security Agency (NSA) to collect millions of Americans' phone records. The...

California's State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday approved rules that will limit how people, governments and businesses can use water during the state's drought, promoting deep conservation efforts in the process. The...

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled Tuesday that police may obtain historical cell phone tower location information from third-party businesses without a search warrant. Quartavius Davis was convicted for committing seven...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari and consolidated a pair of cases that concern the scope of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authority to regulate demand response technology based...

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank that a bankruptcy court's order denying confirmation of a debtor's proposed repayment plan is not a final order that the debtor...