Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski and a bipartisan group of state senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would recognize civil unions for same-sex couples and would outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation. The text of Senate...
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A British court Wednesday convicted suspected al Qaeda operative Kamel Bourgass of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance by the use of poisons and/or explosives to cause disruption, fear or injury in a plot to spread ricin [BBC News...
Eric Rudolph , who last week agreed to plead guilty to the Atlanta Olympic bombings, pleaded guilty Wednesday to the 1998 Birmingham abortion clinic bombing , which killed two people and left over 100 wounded....
Senator Arlen Specter , chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee , has criticized Justice Department and FBI officials for failing to provide the committee details about their demands for records and their use of roving wiretaps and...
Lawyers for six Guantanamo Bay detainees filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday asking a judge to force the Department of Justice and Department of Defense to comply with their Freedom of Information Act requests for documents,...
AP is reporting that the UN General Assembly has approved the text of a draft global treaty designed to prevent nuclear terrorism.11:35 AM ET - The approval of the text comes at the end of a seven-year negotiating process...
The US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the State of Florida Tuesday in allowing the state to continue to require released convicted felons to apply to a state agency for restoration...
In an unexplained decision, the Supreme Court of California late Tuesday blocked the release of files concerning some 117 priests from the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles alleged to have committed sexual abuse. The Archdiocese...
The French Parliament has adopted a bill which will allow patients to decide to discontinue medical treatment, even if that decision will ultimately lead to their death. The bill , passed Tuesday night by the...
Ukranian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko cancelled her scheduled weekend visit to Russia Wednesday, following statements by Russian Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov that Russia would not withdraw an international arrest warrant out...
