A court in Cuba on Saturday sentenced US contractor Alan Gross to 15 years in prison for attempting to undermine the communist government of Cuba, according to a state-run website. US National Security spokesman Tommy...

The Utah House and Senate on Friday approved a new Arizona-style immigration law. The Utah Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act replaces the older version of the law that had lost...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Thursday granted the Obama administration's petition to stay his previous order declaring the health care reform law [HR 3590;...

Two tobacco companies filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in order to enjoin a recent opinion by...

A three-judge panel for the Illinois Court of Appeals for the Fifth District on Thursday unanimously decided to reopen a $10.1 billion class action against Philip Morris involving deceptive marketing practices in light of a...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Thursday granted federal prosecutors' motion to dismiss three charges against former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich in an apparent effort to...

Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi called Sunday for his own trial to be set up in a public court. In an open letter to the head of the Supreme Judicial System of Iran [GlobaLex...

The Utah House of Representatives on Friday approved an Arizona-style immigration law by a 58-15 majority vote. Sponsored by Representative Stephen Sandstrom (R) , the controversial bill had been amended several times...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of South Carolina on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by convicted terrorist Jose Padilla , ruling that he has no right to sue...

former financier Allen Stanford , accused of defrauding investors out of $7 billion in a Ponzi scheme, filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing federal agents of violating his constitutional rights. The suit,...