A ballot measure to prohibit governmental agencies from discriminating or granting preferences on the basis of race and sex appeared to win approval from Nebraska voters Tuesday, while the outcome of a similar proposal in Colorado...
Voters in California and South Dakota Tuesday rejected ballot measures that would restrict access to abortion , In California, Proposition 4 would have amended the state constitution to require that a physician notify a...
Israeli deputy permanent representative to the UN Daniel Carmon on Tuesday accused the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) of "targeting Israel in an obsessive and discriminatory fashion" and "fail to...
A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Tuesday suspended its review of Guantanamo Bay detainee Yasin Muhammed Basardh's status as an "enemy combatant," saying it may lack jurisdiction over...
Several members of the anti-drug trafficking force of Mexican President Felipe Calderon , including Interior Secretary Juan Camilo Mourino Terrazo , were killed Tuesday when their airplane crashed in Mexico City....
A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by three Hispanic residents of the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch to change the city council...
ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Tuesday reasserted that the ICC has jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide committed in the Congolese province of North and South Kivu in the wake...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Tuesday announced the transfer of one Guantanamo Bay detainee to Somaliland. DOD hailed the move as proof of the effectiveness of its review processes and...
Voters in 36 US states considered more than 160 initiatives and referenda at the polls Tuesday, including ballot measures dealing with gay rights, abortion, affirmative action and illegal immigration . Probably the most closely watched...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in three cases. In FCC v. Fox Television Stations , the court will consider whether the Federal Communications...