US District Judge Reggie B. Walton has indicated that he may offer a compromise over requests by I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby for access to classified information in his trial on perjury charges . Walton issued an order Monday that reduced the number of intelligence briefings that he might order to be turned over the case, [...]

The Utah House of Representatives Monday voted down a much-watched bill that would have challenged the teaching of evolution in high school science classes in the conservative state. The so-called "Origin of Life" bill as initially presented would have required teachers to issue a disclaimer to students saying that not all scientists agree on the [...]

The trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein resumed in Baghdad Tuesday with prosecutors at the Iraqi High Criminal Court – formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal – continuing to present their case on charges of murder, torture, forced expulsions and illegal imprisonment stemming from a crackdown on villagers in Dujail following a 1982 assassination attempt [...]

The Bush administration has rejected a request by a group of House Democrats asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate NSA spying on people within the United States. In a letter to President Bush Monday, the 18 legislators called for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to appoint a special counsel, arguing that any surveillance [...]

The US Supreme Court issued two unanimous rulings Tuesday, limiting the scope of both the Hobbs Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act . In Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc. , 04-1244, the Court ruled that the Hobbs Act's prohibition on threats of violence did not shield abortion clinics from demonstrations by anti-abortion protestors. [...]

The US government has agreed to a $300,000 settlement of claims by an Egyptian that he was abused while being detained by US authorities for months following the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The settlement reached with Ehab Elmaghraby is the first reached by the federal government over claims arising from the rounding up of hundreds [...]

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Supreme Court of India has issued a ruling that bans all media entities from publishing or revealing any transcripts or recordings they may have of conversations that were taped illegally. The ruling comes as Amar Singh, a high political party official in India, has been fighting the release by radio [...]

The main opposition party in Uganda , Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) , said Tuesday that it plans to contest the country's election results in court. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won last Tuesday's election with 59 percent of the votes amidst allegations of fraud and intimidation of voters. Protestors in support of losing FDC presidential [...]

The Supreme Court of Ohio Monday ruled that hundreds of convicted defendants will need to be resentenced after judges handed down harsher sentences because they were considering evidence not admitted at trial. The ruling found that six parts of the 1996 Ohio sentencing law are unconstitutional because they required judges to review evidence during the [...]

The New York Times sued the US Department of Defense Monday over the government's failure to release requested documents regarding the National Security Agency (NSA) domestic surveillance program . The Times broke the story last December, reporting that the government has secretly eavesdropped on domestic phone conversations without court approval , and requested internal e-mails, [...]