The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in cases dealing with fixed-rate contracts with an energy provider. The court consolidated a pair of cases, Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing and CPV Maryland, LLC v....
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Bolivian President Evo Morales on Wednesday acknowledged the outcome of a failed constitutional referendum that would have permitted him to remain in power for a fourth consecutive term. Voting on the referendum took place last Sunday, and...
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women Dubravka Šimonović on Wednesday applauded efforts by Georgia to reform its laws on gender equality and violence against women but cautioned that significant social changes will need...
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday dismissed the last charge in a criminal case against former governor Rick Perry . The charge for abuse of official capacity under Texas Penal Code Sec. 39.02...
More than 200 members of Congress filed an amici curiae brief in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday, challenging the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over...
The Canadian Federal Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court decision , holding that accused Nazi war criminal Helmut Oberlander cannot be stripped of his Canadian citizenship at this time. Oberlander was an interpreter for Einsatzkommando 10a...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision Tuesday, upholding a law that restricts use of medication abortion drugs. The Oklahoma statute restricted the use of Mifeprex and misoprostol, abortion-medication drugs that are generally...
Israeli human rights groups HaMoked and B'Tselem released a report Wednesday detailing alleged mistreatment of detained Palestinians. The report, entitled "Backed by the System" , gives first hand accounts of abuse reportedly suffered by more...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that employers may no longer collect tips from service employees and share them with support staff even if the tipped employees are receiving minimum wage....
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday released its Annual Report 2015/16 , a summary of an international survey of human rights concluding that "short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led to a wholesale assault on basic...
