Virginia Governor Ralph Northam on Monday vetoed Virginia House Bill 1257 , which would have banned so-called "sanctuary cities." The bill would have prohibited cities and municipalities from implementing any policy that "restricts the enforcement of...
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The Arizona Supreme Court issued an order Monday denying in-state tuition for individuals who benefit from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Court reviewed the case brought from the Arizona Court of...
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Monday filed a motion with the president of the Court's Pre-Trial Division seeking a ruling on whether the Court may exercise jurisdiction over the alleged deportation of the Rohingya...
The Belfast City Council voted on Monday to decriminalize abortion upon requests from Amnesty International, Family Planning Association and Both Lives Matter . The council passed the motion with a 34-15 vote and five abstentions....
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday struck down a California school district's employee pay system, holding that using employee pay history to determine salary violates the Equal Pay Act . The...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Texas and Arnold & Porter filed a lawsuit Sunday in federal district court challenging the Galveston County Jail's policy of releasing those arrested for felonies and...
Jackson Women's Health Organization and others filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging a number of Mississippi abortion restrictions. The lawsuit claims Mississippi's abortion restrictions have been "designed to choke off access to abortion in the state, primarily...
South Korean prosecutors formally charged jailed ex-president Lee Myung-Bak on Monday with a slew of corruption charges, including bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. These charges make him the country's fourth leader to face a criminal trial in...
A coalition of 23 consumer, child safety and privacy advocacy groups filed a complaint Monday with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that YouTube violated children's privacy laws by collecting and selling data from children under...
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda called Sunday for an end to the violence that has recently taken place in the Gaza Strip and raised the possibility of ICC prosecutions against Israel...
