The Kansas House of Representatives Committee on Federal and State Affairs on Friday voted to advance HB 2111 , a bill which would allow the open carry and transport of firearms around the state. The language...

Utah Governor Gary Herbert vetoed a bill on Friday that would have allowed people to carry an unloaded, concealed gun without a permit. Utah state representative John Mathis (R) , the lead sponsor...

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper on Thursday signed the "Colorado Civil Union Act," which will allow civil unions for same-sex couples in the state. The legislation explicitly provides same-sex couples with many of the benefits held...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Thursday that Maryland can require concealed-carry handgun permit applicants to provide a "good and substantial reason" for wanting to carry a gun outside the home....

A Louisiana judge ruled on Thursday that a state law banning felons from possessing firearms is a violation of the State Constitution . The ruling cited a constitutional amendment that was passed last year through referendum, making...

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico (ACLU-NM) on Thursday filed a lawsuit in a New Mexico state court on behalf of two same-sex couples seeking the legal right to marry. According...

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf was granted protective bail by the High Court of Sindh Karachi in Pakistan on Friday. AFP reports that Judge Sajjad Ali Shah set Musharraf's bail ...

Congolese war crimes suspect Gen. Bosco Ntaganda voluntarily surrendered himself into the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday. The ICC is now in the process of transferring him to...

India's upper house of parliament, the Rajya Sabha , approved a bill on Thursday that imposes tough penalties on perpetrators of sex crimes. The bill, which was approved by the lower house earlier this...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on Wednesday permanently blocked a key provision in Georgia's immigration law that criminalized knowingly transporting or harboring an illegal immigrant during the course of...