An internal US Department of Justice order disclosed Monday by the National Journal gave two top aides to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales wide discretion to fire and hire political appointees within the Department who were not subject...

Bertha Wilson , the first woman appointed to the Supreme of Canada , died over the weekend of Alzheimer's disease, it was disclosed Monday. Wilson was 83. She was appointed to the Canadian high...

Tennessee's moratorium on executions will expire Wednesday after Gov. Phil Bredesen accepted revised death penalty protocols Monday. Bredesen ordered the moratorium in February and directed the Tennessee Department of Corrections to conduct...