Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006, passed by the the US House of Representatives, July 13, 2006 ....
Kerrigan v. Connecticut, Connecticut Superior Court, July 12, 2006 . Read the full text of the opinion per...
The US House of Representatives voted Thursday to renew the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) for 25 years. The renewal bill now goes to the Senate for approval after...
Former South Korean lobbyist Tongsun Park , was convicted Thursday on charges of money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and acting as an unregistered agent of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. A...
Jose Padilla and his attorneys may view classified information from the US Department of Defense (DOD) in preparation for his terrorism trial, US District Judge Marcia G. Cooke has ruled. Although defense...
Valerie Plame, the undercover operative whose revealed identity precipitated the CIA leak scandal , filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday against Vice President Dick Cheney, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove [official...
Amnesty International issued a scathing statement on Thursday condemning Israel and Lebanese political group Hezbollah for causing civilian deaths and taking hostages in violation of Geneva Convention protections. Israeli air strikes killed 40 civilians and injured 60...
President Bush has agreed to sign legislation authorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to review the NSA's controversial domestic spying program , US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) told the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. Specter...
A Chinese court has sentenced writer Li Yuanlong, a reporter for the Bijie Daily newspaper who wrote essays on websites banned by the Chinese government, to two years in prison for "inciting subversion of state authority," his lawyer said...
US Marshals took custody of three former NatWest bankers Thursday as the controversial extradition of the three British nationals went ahead as scheduled. Giles Darby, David Bermingham and Gary Mulgrew will face seven counts of wire fraud...