The New Hampshire Senate voted 13-11 Wednesday to approve a bill that would permit same-sex marriage in the state. The New Hampshire House of Representatives approved the bill [JURIST...
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The US Supreme Court heard its final oral arguments for the 2008 term Wednesday. In Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder ,...
A judge for the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) ordered the release of four generals who had been held on suspicion of their involvement in the February 2005 suicide bombing that killed...
US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the US has cleared 30 Guantanamo Bay detainees for release and will begin formally requesting that European countries accept them within weeks. During a European tour,...
A US Army soldier who fled to Canada to avoid serving in the Iraq war pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of desertion. Spc. Cliff Cornell was sentenced to one year in prison at a court-martial...
Officials from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday that the DOJ has begun looking into whether a settlement agreement involving Internet search company Google, Inc. over two copyright infringement...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 7-2 in Kansas v. Ventris that a defendant's statement made without a knowing and voluntary waiver of his Sixth Amendment...
Members of the US House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to appoint a special counsel to investigate allegations of torture against...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the state secrets privilege does not bar a lawsuit against a company that allegedly provided logistical support for CIA rendition...
A court-martial in Nigeria sentenced 27 UN peacekeeping troops to life imprisonment Tuesday. The soldiers of the 14th Nigerian Battalion were convicted of mutiny under the Armed Forces Act 2004 for staging street...
