Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel announced on Tuesday that his administration has filed a federal lawsuit against the three largest distributors of opioid narcotics. The complaint names AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation, Cardinal Health, and McKesson Corporation ,...

Virtual currency, also known as cryptocurrency, can be regulated by federal agencies just like other commodities, according to a federal court order issued Tuesday. Jack Weinstein, Senior US District Judge for the Eastern District of New York [official...

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a per curiam order Thursday vacating a decision by the Commonwealth Court to stay a hearing in a gerrymandering case, League of Women Voters v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ....

Through their questions and various statements during a one-hour oral argument on Tuesday, most of the Supreme Court justices indicated at least some consensus about their opinion of the practice of gerrymandering. With the exception of...

A widespread investigation into a corruption scheme between coaches at NCAA Division-1 basketball programs, an international apparel company, and financial advisors led to the arrest of 10 men on Tuesday, according to an announcement by an acting US Attorney...

A group of 25 refugees left a detention center on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday to travel to the US for resettlement, becoming the first of several hundred such refugees who will make...

During a speech at the Georgetown University Law Center on Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Department of Justice will become more involved in the "national recommitment to free speech on campus." Citing recent incidents...

Numerous raids on government and corporate headquarters in the Catalonia region of Spain, which includes the city of Barcelona and has a population around 7.5 million, have led to widespread protesting and increasing tension between police...

A Florida man filed a civil lawsuit against Florida Power & Light Company on Monday, claiming the utility company failed to make preparations that could have prevented some of the mass power outages resulting from Hurricane...

Last month marked a welcome trend in the Ukrainian conflict, with civilian deaths decreasing for the first time in three years, according to a report released Tuesday by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights...