A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Washington state's "top-two" primary election system is constitutional. Judge John Coughenour of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington held that voters were not confused...
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The US Supreme Court voted Tuesday to stay the execution of convicted murderer Cleve Foster until it decides whether to grant his petition for certiorari. Foster,...
The Illinois Senate , sitting in a lame-duck session, on Tuesday passed a bill abolishing the state's death penalty . The amended bill (SB3539) , approved by the House last week, passed 35-22...
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court in the province of Punjab on Tuesday sentenced two men to life in prison for violating Pakistan's blasphemy law . Mohammad Shafi and his son Mohammad Aslam were convicted in the city...
A federal judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday denied the habeas corpus petition of Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdul Razak Ali. The judge rejected Razak Ali's...
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed emergency legislation Tuesday making it a crime to picket or protest a funeral. The move comes after Reverend Fred Phelps's Westboro Baptist Church [WARNING: readers may find material...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in J. McIntyre Machinery v. Nicastro on the ability of a state, under the Fourteenth...
The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill released its full final report on Tuesday, tracing the deeper root causes of the spill and recommending steps to avoid future incidents. The report highlights mistakes made...
China has failed to achieve the goals it set out in its first national human rights plan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) declared in a report released on Tuesday. In its assessment of the government's National Human...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 8-0 in Mayo Foundation for Medical Research v. United States that medical residents are not classified as students for the purpose of federal tax exemption. The...
