A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday ruled that the Arizona Department of Corrections' (ADC) outgoing mail policy calling for a "page-by-page content review" of inmates' confidential...

A settlement was reached between plaintiffs and several car manufacturers in a lawsuit concerning defective Takata airbag inflators on Thursday. The faulty airbags would rupture and expel debris, causing injury and damage to the vehicle's cabin....

More than a dozen Democratic attorneys general filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that threatens key parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Thursday. House v. Price (formerly House v. Burwell) , a...

The US Department of the Treasury on Thursday announced sanctions against eight Venezuelan Supreme Court justices for usurping democracy. The sanctions come after the court has issued controversial rulings, including dissolving the legislature . The...

The California Rifle and Pistol Association , the state affiliate of the National Rifle Association (NRA), filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to prevent California from enforcing stricter gun laws. The complaint seeks declaratory and injunctive relief...

Sweden's Director of Public Prosecution, Marianne Ny, dropped the preliminary investigation of rape charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday. The decision was made on the grounds that in order to continue with court proceedings,...

Oregon became the second US state to enact legislation that makes it easier for transgender individuals to change the name and gender on their birth certificates on Thursday. The law allows transgender Oregon residents to...

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer sent a letter to Congress Thursday communicating the Trump administration's intention to begin the process of re-negotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) . NAFTA is an international trade agreement...

Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby was found not guilty of first-degree manslaughter in the shooting of an unarmed black man on Wednesday. Terence Crutcher was fatally shot after his SUV stalled on the side of the road. Shelby testified [NPR...

The US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order to allow legal aid groups to continue to provide certain kinds of assistance to undocumented immigrants. Northwest Immigrant Rights...