The Supreme Court of Iowa held Friday that a statute banning same-sex marriage violates the state's constitution . In the ruling, the court affirmed a lower court's decision that the...
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The Vermont House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill approving same-sex marriage . The bill, aimed at "promot legal equality in the civil marriage laws and ... protect the religious freedom of...
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich , his brother Robert Blagojevich, and four associates were indicted on corruption charges Thursday by a federal grand jury. Rod Blagojevich was charged with 16 felonies including wire fraud, attempted...
A group of immigrants being detained in a Los Angles facility on Wednesday filed a complaint against the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency for allegedly violating the constitutional rights of immigrants detained at the facility. The suit was...
The US House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would give the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate the market for tobacco products. The bill, entitled...
Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that three detainees being held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan can proceed with...
China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced Wednesday that it would conduct a review of its prison system in response to the deaths of at least five inmates since February. The suspicious deaths include the...
The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) has asked Lebanese authorities to turn over documents related to the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , according to a court order released...
Twenty members of the Japanese parliament, the National Diet, formed a nonpartisan group Wednesday in order to delay the implementation of a lay judge system in the country. The group has concerns over rules governing disclosure...
The US House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday which allows the Treasury Department to ban certain types of compensation at companies which receive federal bailout money from the Troubled Asset Relief...
