Liberty , a UK-based advocacy group, announced Tuesday that it had met its crowding funding goal to launch a legal challenge against recently passed surveillance legislation. Among other provisions, the Investigatory Powers Act ...

The Kentucky House of Representatives on Thursday advanced a bill that would allow workers to avoid paying dues at union workplaces. This bill was backed by Republican lawmakers who gained a majority in the House...

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) said Friday that the Commercial Court of Zurich has rejected a lawsuit by labor unions over picking Qatar as the 2022 World Cup host . The claim was...

An Israeli soldier who killed a wounded Palestinian in the West Bank city of Hebron in March was been found guilty of manslaughter Wednesday. The three-judge military panel in Tel Aviv ruled against Sgt Elor Azaria. Chief judge Col...

Texas filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Food and Drug Administration to force it to decide whether an impounded shipment of a drug used for executions should be delivered to the Texas prison...

Ohio Governor John Kasich signed a 20-week gestation limit for abortions into law Tuesday, while also vetoing the "Heartbeat Bill" , which would have banned abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detectable. The Ohio...

Dominic Ongwen , an alleged former top official in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity brought against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

US Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) introduced a constitutional amendment Thursday that proposes eliminating the electoral college and allowing for direct election of the president and vice president. This proposal comes after Hillary Clinton ...

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Bravo-Fernandez v. US that the double jeopardy clause does not bar the government from retrying defendants after a jury has returned inconsistent verdicts and the...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that two Arizona identity theft laws used to support Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's workplace raids did not have discriminatory purpose and will remain on the books. US District Court...