The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday upheld Louisiana's Act 490, which allows the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) to revoke an abortion clinic's license immediately after a...
Professional and college sports leagues filed a lawsuit against the state of New Jersey Monday trying to enjoin a new law that would legalize sports gambling. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Major League Baseball (MLB),...
Amnesty International (AI) criticized the government of Kuwait on Friday for continuing to limit the rights of the Bidun. The Bidun jinsiyya, Arabic for "without nationality," are a class of illegal immigrants in...
UN observers confirmed Saturday that an attack on activists and army defectors in the Syrian village of Tremseh occurred on Thursday. The United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) reported signs of military presence: "There were...
After the US Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on Thursday, reactions from lawmakers and parties of interest inundated press coverage. US President Barack Obama , who has...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday ruled unanimously to allow 17 media groups unfettered viewing access at future executions, overturning a Tuesday ruling from Idaho. The court...
US Attorney General Eric Holder appointed two US Attorneys on Friday to investigate recent "leaks" of classified information. The investigation will run concurrently with an FBI investigation, and the US Attorneys are empowered to prosecute...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday in RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank that debtors are not entitled to a "cramdown" plan including the sale of collateral that avoids a bank's...
The Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission (SPEC) of Egypt announced presidential election results on Monday and declared that there will be a run-off election between the top two candidates later in June. The run-off will be between Muslim...
US President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he will nominate Dr. Allison Macfarlane as the new head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) . Macfarlane is known as an advocate for safe...