Wednesday's scheduled execution of convicted mass murderer Michael Ross was postponed indefinitely Monday by order of District Judge Robert N. Chatigny, so that Chatigny can hear arguments on Ross' mental capacity. Had the execution by lethal injection...
Khalil al-Duleimi, an Iraqi lawyer representing ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein has gone into hiding after receiving death threats over the last three weeks, Saddam's chief defense attorney Ziad al-Khasawneh announced on Monday. Al-Duleimi, one of...
Gannett Company , the nation's largest newspaper publisher, and the New York Times Company , are under investigation by federal antitrust enforcers regarding their plans to acquire rival papers, according to a report Monday by the...
The US Supreme Court Monday issued rulings on the Fourth Amendment in Illinois v. Caballes and on a tax law issue in Commissioner v. Banks. In Caballes, the Court held that a driver stopped for speeding and then subjected...
In Monday's international brief, US lawmakers from the House International Relations Subcommittee on Africa who met with Sudanese government officials and displaced Sudanese refugees in Chad over the weekend are expected to announce that they will urge...
Microsoft announced Monday that it has decided not to appeal the landmark December ruling of the European Court of Justice ordering it to immediately implement EU antitrust sanctions that the European Commission ...
A leading candidate on the Shiite Muslim ticket for this week's elections in Iraq has said that he fears the landmark poll could be tarnished by fraud and abuse. Iraqi Finance Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi indicated that...
The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear an appeal by Florida Governor Jeb Bush against a Florida Supreme Court ruling striking down as an unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers a...
Iraqi authorities Monday announced the arrest of Sami Mohammed al-Jafi, also known as Abu Omar al-Kurdi, a top aide to al Qaeda-linked Abu Musab al-Zarqawi . Al-Kurdi has been in Iraqi custody since January 15th, but the...
Britain's Law Society , which represents lawyers in England and Wales, has called for the nine foreign terror suspects who have been detained in the UK since December 2001 to be tried or released....