The former Prime Minister of Malaysia,  Najib Razak, was arrested on Tuesday due to his alleged involvement in theft from a state-owned development company called 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) .  Razak is accused of stealing $700 million dollars from the fund, and the United States Department of Justice alleges that a total of $4.5 billion has been [...]

The US Supreme Court  ruled  Wednesday in a 5-4 decision that it will not follow the recommendation of a Special Master it had appointed to dismiss a suit brought to the court by Florida. In Florida v. Georgia Florida petitioned the court asking for an equal division of a basin at the confluence of the Chattahoochee, [...]

East Pittsburgh police  officer Michael Rosfeld was charged with criminal homicide Wednesday after fatally shooting Antwon Rose Jr. on June 19 during a traffic stop. The complaint , filed by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office cited multiple witness reports, a video of the shooting uploaded to various social media outlets, and Rosfeld’s reputation as reasons for [...]

The US Supreme Court  ruled Wednesday in Janus vs. AFSCME  that public sector unions cannot collect what the court calls “agency fee i.e., a percentage of the full union dues” from non-members. In a 5-4 ruling, the court, citing the First Amendment, held that the payment of agency fees forces nonmembers to “endorse ideas they [...]

The US Supreme Court  ruled  Tuesday that a regulation requiring crisis pregnancy centers to give women certain information concerning free or low-cost abortion services and disclose if the center was unlicensed to provide medical services was unconstitutional. In a 5-4 ruling in NIFLA v. Becerra , the court decided that the California Reproductive Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday invalidated the copyright claim to the lyrics of the song "Happy Birthday." The court considered the question of whether Warner/Chapelle Music, inc....

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday that the EPA could not make regulations regarding the toxic emissions of power plants without considering costs. In Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency ,...

Louisiana officials on Tuesday asked the US Supreme Court to hear a case concerning its same-sex marriage ban. The state's Attorney General asked for a writ of certiorari before judgment, meaning that the Supreme court...

The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled Monday that private companies may continue to monitor probationers in that state but that it is illegal to elongate a probationer's sentence from the original sentence. Thirteen plaintiffs filed...

A group of six school districts, seven parents and two advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Monday against the Pennsylvania Department of Education and others accusing them of not providing students an adequate education and discriminating...