Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday called for Mexico to address the failure of its investigation into the disappearance of 43 students from a teacher's college in Ayotzinapa, Mexico last September. HRW argues the Attorney General's Office...
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President Obama on Monday issued an executive order that requires federal contractors to provide at least seven days of paid sick leave to employees. Obama announced his intent during a Labor Day speech in Boston, where...
A judge for the US District Court for the Easter District of New York on Thursday ruled that a Long Island town's law preventing day laborers from soliciting work on sidewalks is an unconstitutional violation...
The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday ruled in favor of Ecuadorian villagers seeking to enforce a multi-billion dollar judgment against the Chevron Corporation. In 2011, the 30,000 villagers secured a $17.2 billion judgment...
White House spokesperson Josh Earnest on Monday said President Barack Obama is considering a "wide array" of options for closing the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While Earnest said that Congressional consent would be the...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell's emergency application to stay his mandated jailing while the court decides whether to hear his appeal. The order will keep McDonnell out of...
Planned Parenthood on Friday filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama , alleging that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's termination of Medicaid provider agreements for the facility violates...
The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned the use of sexual violence as a "tactic of war" in Iraq and Syria. Following a briefing by UN Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab...
UN Humanitarian Coordinator and Deputy Special Representative for the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) Aurélien A. Agbénonci on Monday strongly condemned an August 20 attack...
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday upheld a ruling against defendant Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, essentially granting the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the power to regulate corporate cybersecurity. In...
