US District Judge Reggie B. Walton denied a request Tuesday from several news organizations seeking the daily release of audio recordings of arguments and testimony in the upcoming CIA leak trial of former vice presidential aide...
Iraqi government officials have discovered the identity of the individual who shouted out the name of Moqtada al-Sadr , a militant Shiite cleric and head of the Mehdi Army militia, during the December 30 execution of...
Four US federal appeals court nominees requested Tuesday that their names be withdrawn from consideration by the Senate , according to Republican party officials. Each of the nominees, Michael Wallace, William Haynes, William Myers and Terrence Boyle [official...
Faced with possible indictment by an Italian judge, US and Italian intelligence agents implicated in the 2003 kidnapping and extraordinary rendition from Milan of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr Tuesday...
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in three cases Tuesday, including US v. Resendiz-Ponce , where the Court upheld the conviction of Juan Resendiz-Ponce on charges of attempting...
The Pitcairn Supreme Court found two more men guilty Tuesday of rape and related offences against children as young as seven. The latest conviction of Shawn Christian and Brian Young follow the six other men convicted in...
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed , one of the FBI's most wanted terror fugitives, was the target of two US air strikes in Somalia on Monday. Believed to be a member of al-Qaida and to have trained with...
The former head of the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity Ayham al-Samaraie , who escaped from a Baghdad prison in December, has said he plans to return to his home in the United States. Al-Samaraie, a member...
Opening statements were made Tuesday in insurance lawsuits brought against State Farm Fire & Casualty brought by policyholders who were denied claims after Hurricane Katrina . Judge L.T. Senter Jr. of the US District for...
US President George Bush announced Tuesday that Fred F. Fielding will serve as the new White House counsel . Fielding, who has advised Bush throughout his presidency and sat on the 9/11 Commission , will...