The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the US Navy did not have to disclose the locations and potential blast ranges of explosive artillery stored at a Puget Sound...
A bill aimed at banning workplace discrimination motivated by an employees sexual orientation or gender identification was introduced in the US Senate on Wednesday by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) . The Employment Non-Discrimination...
A specially-mandated Indian court on Thursday sentenced three convicted terrorists to death for their roles in the 2003 Mumbai bomb attack that killed 52 people. Late last month, Ashrat Ansari, Hanif Sayed, and Fehmida Sayed...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a district court ruling reinstating the Roadless Rule , which prohibited the building of roads or the use of roadless lands in National...
Human rights advocates on Wednesday accused Italy of disregarding its obligations under past European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgments by deporting terror suspect Ali Ben Sassi Toumi to his native Tunisia. Human Rights Watch (HRW) called...
Former Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) was found guilty on Wednesday of 11 counts of public corruption. Jefferson was convicted of using his position on the US House of Representatives Ways and Means...
The Illinois Department of Finance and Professional Regulation (DFPR) on Wednesday granted doctors a 90-day grace period for enforcement of the state's parental notification requirement for minors obtaining abortions. The grace period came at the...
Authorities in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on Tuesday announced charges of murder, intentional injury, arson, and robbery against 83 people accused of participating in violent demonstrations in the capital city of Urumqi in early July. Xinjiang...
People of the State of California Ex Rel. Bill Lockyer v. US Department of Agriculture, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, August 5, 2009 [affirming the reinstatement of the Roadless Rule, which prohibited the building of roads or...
War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic on Wednesday sued the Serbian government for allegedly kidnapping him prior to announcing his arrest last year. The former Bosnian Serb leader claims that Serbian authorities officially...