The Seoul Central District Court said on Friday that it has reassigned the bribery case of Samsung Group's would-be chief Jae-yong Lee to a new judge, after reports surfaced on Thursday concerning the previous...
In an open letter issued Thursday, California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye asked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to stop following undocumented immigrants to courthouses in order to make arrests. In her letter, addressed...
Orlando, Florida, Chief Prosecutor Aramis Ayala, announced on Thursday that her office will no longer seek the death penalty in Osceola and Orange counties, prompting Florida Governor Rick Scott to issue an executive order removing her...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday rejected a settlement in a class action lawsuit between non-Gmail users and Google. The non-Gmail users contended that Google illegally scanned their...
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the detainment of a Volkwagen AG (VW) executive charged in the company's emissions scandal. Judge Sean Cox of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan held that...
The House Budget Committee on Thursdayapproved a proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The 19-17 vote, which received opposition from both parties, sends the American Health Care Act to...
The Israel High Court of Justice recognized on Wednesday the ties of several Jerusalem-born Palestinians, calling them "native-born residents." The judges ordered Israel to restore the residency of a Jerusalem-born Palestinian who came...
UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism Ikponwosa Ero on Thursday called on Malawi to take action to protect people with albinism from attacks. Recently there have been several...
Privacy International , a rights group devoted to promoting and protecting the privacy rights of individuals worldwide released a report on Wednesday documenting serious human rights abuses such as torture, extrajudicial killings and disappearances that have...
The judge presiding over the USS Cole bombing case, US Air Force Col. Vance Spath, said Wednesday that he plans to set a 2018 trial date for the case. The judge stated that he anticipates that it will...