The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that texts and e-mails sent by public employees on their personal devices are a matter of public record when they deal with official business. The court found ...
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The Kansas Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the state failed to ensure sufficient funding for public schools. The court found that approximately one-fourth of Kansas's public school students have not been provided with basic...
A judge for US District Court for the Northern District of Iowa on Thursday sentenced a man who lied about his participation in the Rwandan genocide to 15 years imprisonment followed by deportation. Gervais Ngombwa ...
The Egypt Court of Cassation on Thursday acquitted former president Hosni Mubarak in a retrial of charges that he killed protesters during the civil uprising in 2011 that ended his 30-year...
The House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines voted Wednesday to advance a proposal to reinstate the death penalty for "drug-related heinous crimes." The legislation would impose the death penalty for several...
Federal prosecutors arrested seven Baltimore police officers on Wednesday on racketeering charges. The police officers are suspected of conducting illegal stops, stealing money and narcotics from individuals, swearing false affidavits, submitting false incident reports and participating in...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein reaffirmed the UN's long-standing position against the death penalty Wednesday and urged member states to end its use. In his opening statement at the biennial high-level panel...
The EU Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday directing the EU Commission to take measures to temporarily reintroduce visa requirements for US and other nationals whose countries still do not grant visa-free access to...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday accused police in the Philippines of falsifying evidence to justify killings in the country's war on drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte has conducted a large scale war on drugs...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in Coventry Health Care of Missouri, Inc. v. Nevils , a case that required the court to decide whether an insurer, guaranteed a right of subrogation through a...
