The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Tuesday partially overturned the convictions of former Bosnian Muslim General Enver Hadzihasanovic and former Brigadier Amir...

Thomas C., and Pamela McIntosh, v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, et al., US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, April 21, 2008 [dismissing claims of fraud against State Farm Insurance by a Mississippi couple who claimed...

Benzman, et al. v. Whitman, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, April 22, 2008 [ruling that former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman cannot be sued for making allegedly misleading reassurances about the air quality in New...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Giles v. California , 07-6053, where the Court considered whether a criminal defendant can block the testimony of...

US Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Tuesday unveiled new proposed regulations to implement the federal No Child Left Behind Act . At a meeting of the Detroit Economic Club, Spelling said :Today, more...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday that Christine Todd Whitman , former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , cannot be sued for making allegedly misleading reassurances about the...

The Iraqi government on Monday released 122 detainees from a prison in Sulaimaniyah under an amnesty law passed in February as part of the national reconciliation effort. The release was part of an effort to ease crowding...

At least two dozen former and current detainees have alleged that they were either forcibly administered drugs or witnessed the forceful administration of drugs on other detainees while in US custody, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. The detainees, held...

Convicted former top Chinese Communist Party official Chen Liangyu has decided not to appeal his corruption conviction , Chinese media reported Tuesday. Chen was found guilty earlier this month of accepting bribes and abuse of...

A federal judge on Monday dismissed claims of fraud against State Farm Insurance by a Mississippi couple who claimed that the company denied their insurance claim for damage from Hurricane Katrina based on bad...