Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Monday issued an executive order authorizing the Missouri National Guard to provide assistance in the city of Ferguson following a period of civil unrest that prompted the governor to...
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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Saturday signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency and ordering a curfew in the city of Ferguson. The order is an effort to protect the public peace ...
Texas Governor Rick Perry on Friday was indicted by a Travis County grand jury on two felony charges for abuse of power . The jury charged Perry with abusing his power to intimidate former...
The FBI, US Attorney General for the Eastern District of Missouri Richard G. Callahan and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Molly Moran on Friday released a statement announcing the next steps in...
Holders of Argentina's euro-denominated bonds filed a notice of appeal Friday of a US District Court for the Southern District of New York's ruling barring the country from making interest payments on the notes until...
Prince William County clerk of court Michele McQuigg in Virginia filed an emergency stay application at the US Supreme Court seeking to block the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruling declining to...
The 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida in Miami on Wednesday ruled that Florida's workers' compensation law is unconstitutional. Prior to the ruling Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a response ...
The Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) filed an appeal in federal court on Thursday to challenge a June ruling by the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board of the US Patent and Trademark...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International (AI) have issued reports alleging the use of police force and intimidation tactics to dispel largely nonviolent protestors following the shooting of an unarmed teenager in Missouri on August 9...
A court in Azerbaijan on Thursday upheld the pre-trial detention of top human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev. Aliyev was arrested in 2011 on charges including illegal commercial activity, tax evasion and abuse of power. Earlier this month...
