The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday that food manufacturers will be given three years to remove all partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the main ingredient in artificial trans fat, saying they are no...
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A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona issued a pre-trial order Monday accepting another court's finding of racial profiling by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio . Hearing a lawsuit brought by...
The New York Senate on Monday passed a medical marijuana bill that would expedite access to marijuana for emergency medical purposes. The bill, passed by a Republican-led Senate in a 50-12 vote, would allow...
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for war crimes committed during the 1971 War of Liberation against Pakistan. Mojaheed, the Secretary-General of Jamaat-e-Islami Party (JI)...
An Egyptian court upheld the death sentence of deposed president Mohammed Morsi on Tuesday after consulting the grand Mufti, Egypt's highest religious figure and a government advisor on Islamic law. The death sentence was...
UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday renewed his call for the country to repeal the Human Rights Act and institute its own bill of rights in an article for the Sun newspaper . Cameron...
The Belgian Privacy Commission announced Monday that it is suing Facebook for alleged violations of Belgian and European privacy laws . In May, the commission issued Facebook a set of recommendations urging the...
The US Court of Federal Claims ruled Monday that the Federal Reserve bailout of AIG in 2008 exceeded its authority but did not award any damages. The suit was brought by...
The Cabinet of Israel on Sunday approved a bill allowing the force-feeding of prisoners on hunger strike if their lives are at risk. Entitled Preventing Damage from Hunger Strikes , the law would require doctors to exhaust...
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday unanimously affirmed a lower court decision that employers' zero tolerance drug policies are not pre-empted by Colorado's legalization of medical marijuana. The court held that an employee can legally...
