Civil rights lawyers filed a lawsuit Monday after immigration agents in Washington state detained a 23-year-old immigrant who was protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA is an executive order that prevents...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 2-1 Tuesday that immigrants who are caught entering the US illegally have no right to legal representation in an expedited hearing. A law passed in 1996...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday refused to lift a preliminary injunction that delays executions in Ohio. Last month Judge Michael Merz blocked Ohio's lethal...

Turkish Labour Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu said Tuesday that authorities have dismissed more than 90,000 public servants for alleged connections to a coup attempt in July. Critics say the purge is targeted to any political opposition to President Recep...

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Charter Communications Inc.'s subsidiary Spectrum for allegedly failing to deliver promised Internet speeds to customers. The lawsuit, filed in State Supreme...

Following a clemency order issued by President Pierre Nkurunziza , Burundi's government began releasing scores of prisoners on Wednesday. Included in those released were prisoners accused of endangering state security. This group of 300 released prisoners is...

Two UN human rights experts pressed the Royal Government of Cambodia to release five human rights defenders on Wednesday. The defenders were detained in May over allegations that they assisted a woman accused of making false claims while...

US District Court Judge Sam Sparks issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday to halt Texas' plan to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood . The cut, which was due to take effect January...

Brazilian Supreme Court justice Teori Zavascki died in a small plane crash Thursday. Also aboard the plane were Alberto Filgueiras, a longtime friend of Zavascki and owner of the aircraft, as well as the pilot, a...

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Wednesday revived a lawsuit that stems from the 2008 financial crisis. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) brought suit in 2012 against five...