Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on the United States to investigate the January 2017 US raid on Al-Qaeda that resulted in the deaths of at least 14 people. US special forces conducted an intelligence-gathering raid on...
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The German state of Bavaria on Tuesday approved a ban on full-face veils in certain public spaces, including universities, schools, government workplaces and while driving. Asserting that facial expressions are important to communication, Bavarian...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in Kindred Nursing Centers Limited Partnership v. Clark , wherein the court will once again be asked to decide whether binding arbitration agreements are permissible. The Kentucky Supreme Court...
US Magistrate Judge James Donohue on Friday ruled that Daniel Ramirez Medina , a Mexican immigrant-detainee, must be granted a bail hearing during the pendency of his immigration case . Ramirez Medina was granted permission to...
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled against Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine in his state's challenge to the certain tax aspects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The lawsuit, brought on behalf...
The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District on Wednesday ruled that state prison officials are not required to disclose the names of the pharmaceutical suppliers that provide the state with pentobarbital, the drug used in lethal...
The Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea on Wednesday announced that it added charges to Samsung Vice President Jay Y Lee's indictment alleging collusion between Lee and President Park Geun-hye . Seoul Central District...
The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday approved SB 3 , putting Pennsylvania in line to become the seventeenth state to pass a bill banning abortions past 20 weeks. The bill passed the Senate by a 32-18 vote, leaving...
US Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) was confirmed as Attorney General by a 52 to 47 vote on Wednesday, bringing to a close a contentious confirmation process. The committee hearing on his nomination included testimony on Sessions'...
US President Donald Trump on Friday issued an executive order and a presidential memorandum with orders aimed at an incremental dismantling of the Obama administration's financial regulations. Trump's orders direct his administration to review the regulations put in...
