A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled Monday that a law preventing abortions after 20 weeks is unconstitutional. Before this ruling, the statute made allowances for abortions after 20 weeks only if a substantial risk “threaten the life or gravely impair the health of the woman.” US District [...]

Attorney Michael Avenatti, known for representing clients against public figures such as President Donald Trump and Robert Kelly, was charged and arrested on Monday in a sting operation after allegedly attempting to extort Nike. The charges, filed in the Southern District of New York, include conspiracy to transmit interstate communications with intent to extort, conspiracy [...]

Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his report to Attorney General William Barr on Friday, bringing his investigation to a close and finding collusion with Russia to influence the 2016 election could not be proven. On the same day, Barr sent a letter to both the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary, informing them of the [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled in a split decision Tuesday that a provision in the 1855 Treaty between the Yakama Nation of Indians and the US preempts Washington state’s fuel tax. The case before the court involved Cougar Den, a wholesale fuel importer incorporated under Yakama law. Cougar Den obtains fuel in Oregon and transports [...]

The US Attorney’s Office of Massachusetts on Tuesday unsealed documents related to a federal investigation into a large-scale college admissions and testing bribery scheme. The conspiracy involved a network of “athletic coaches from Yale, Stanford, USC, Wake Forest and Georgetown … as well as parents and exam administrators.” These defendants were linked through an enterprise called [...]

A UN panel of experts on Monday released a report that details numerous sanction violations by North Korea. Economic sanctions against North Korea were originally imposed to deter nuclear and ballistic missile programs, but these programs have not ceased and the sanctions have been undermined via “illegal ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products and coal.” In [...]

The Arkansas Senate on Monday voted 25-9 in favor of measures to prevent the release of information that could identify manufacturers and suppliers of drugs used during state executions. The Senate justified its move to increase drug secrecy by citing a “well-documented guerilla war being waged against the death penalty,” where anti-death penalty advocates pressure pharmaceutical [...]

The UN on Monday released a depositary notification indicating Malaysia’s accession to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This notice was released after Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah signed the instrument of accession to the Rome Statute. Malaysia’s interest in joining the ICC was expressed last year by the Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who notably established [...]

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday unanimously struck down a law that required sexually dangerous predators to wear and pay for GPS monitoring devices “for the remainder of natural .” This issue was brought before the court by Joseph Park, who “was convicted of child molestation and nine counts of sexual exploitation of a minor” [...]

Spain’s Council of Ministers on Friday approved national regulatory measures to guarantee expat Britons their right to residency and healthcare access in the absence of a Brexit deal. The temporary measures are intended to “Preserve the interests of citizens, Spanish and British, who exercised their right to free movement before the date of withdrawal and [...]