Japanese automobile parts manufacturer Takata pleaded guilty on Monday to wire fraud arising out of air bag defects that killed 16 people. Takata was sentenced to pay $1 billion in fines, victim compensation and...
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North Carolina lawmakers filed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday aimed at breaking the impasse over the state's so-called "bathroom bill" (HB2) that requires transgender people to use public bathrooms that correspond to the sex listed...
The US Court of Appeals for Fifth Circuit on Thursday ruled that Texas can enforce a 2015 state law that criminalizes the harboring of illegal immigrants. Texas officials had claimed the law, known as House...
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John Kelly officially issued on Monday two memoranda to the department directing its workforce to implement two executive orders on the enforcement of immigration laws. The first memorandum...
A Portuguese court ordered the extradition of former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative Sabrina de Sousa to Italy Tuesday for a four-year prison sentence. De Sousa had been convicted in absentia along with 26 other Americans...
The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Thursday denied an attempt from the country's vice president to halt a protest against her election. Social activist Leni Robredo was elected vice president in May over the...
The Romanian Parliament agreed on Monday to hold a referendum regarding anti-corruption measures after public protests. There have been nearly two weeks of consecutive anti-government protests in opposition of the government's efforts to lessen anti-corruption...
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Monday determined that a lawsuit regarding President Donald Trump's immigration executive order can proceed in district court while the US Court...
Nepal on Thursday extended the mandates of two separate commissions tasked with investigating crimes from the country's civil war . This extension came hours before the mandates were set to expire without any cases actually...
The Constitutional Court of Romania declined on Thursday to rule on a controversial decree decriminalizing certain corruption offenses. The decree was introduced by the government last week and then referred to the court for review,...
