A lawyer representing Zacarias Moussaoui said Tuesday he would seek to compel the testimony of US Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) , recently subpoenaed by the defense as a witness to the extent of...

The Oregon Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a controversial property rights compensation law, reversing a circuit court decision and declaring the law constitutional. The law, known as Measure 37 , requires the government...

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has said he will veto House Bill 1318 , a bill that would require voters to provide identification at the polls in order to vote. Noting that voter turnout in elections is currently...

The New York Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn could use the statute of limitations as a defense in two sexual abuse cases. In one case the...

The Serbian government on Tuesday denied earlier reports that Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic had been arrested and would be turned over to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in four cases Tuesday. In Cunningham v. California, the Court will consider whether California's determinate sentencing law is invalid because judges are able to impose increased sentences based on their own findings of...

Three Ohio men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for planning terrorist attacks on US military overseas , according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. The men were recruited by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi , who leads...

Reuters is reporting that top Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic has been arrested, according to Serbian news sources. Mladic's arrest has not been officially confirmed. The former general has been charged by...

The Australian judicial inquiry looking into allegations that leading Australian wheat exporter Australian Wheat Board (AWB) provided over $200 million in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's former regime as part of the now-defunct...

The UK High Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by three UK bankers to halt their extradition to the US to face fraud charges in connection with the Enron scandal. The British...