The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo that employees may pursue their class action claim against the company. Workers at a pork processing plant in Iowa filed suit against...
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Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Colorado marijuana law
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case brought by Nebraska and Oklahoma against Colorado, challenging its marijuana laws. The lawsuit , filed directly in the Supreme Court , claimed...
Montana Republicans urge Supreme Court to allow closed primary
US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has ordered Montana to respond to the Montana Republican Party's application for injunctive relief requesting the right to a closed primary in the state. Earlier this...
A Northern Virginia man pleaded guilty Friday to attempting to provide the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) with material support and to attempting to join the terror organization. Joseph Hassan Farrokh...
The French Senate on Thursday adopted a different version of a constitutional amendment that would deprive French citizenship or rights attached to it from dual nationals convicted of terrorism, essentially blocking the measure. For the amendment...
North Korea defied the new UN and US sanctions by firing a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea on Friday. This development comes within days of the weapons tests ordered by Kim Jong-un which...
UN urges human-rights-based responses for countering extremism
Top UN officials urged the international community on Thursday to develop human-rights-based responses for combating violent extremism as opposed to using a "security only" approach to dealing with the scourge. In a video message ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry in a speech at the State Department on Thursday declared that the Islamic State (IS) "is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control, including Yezidis,...
The Botswana Court of Appeal on Wednesday ruled that the Home Affairs ministry's refusal to register a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights group was unconstitutional as it violated the right to freedom of association. The Botswana...
US President Barrack Obama on Wednesday issued an executive order that will impose new sanctions on North Korea for their recent actions of nuclear and ballistic missile testing. The executive order imposes sanctions that include a...
