Massachusetts v. EPA, US Supreme Court, April 2, 2006 . Read the court's 5-4...

Boumedienne v. Bush, Al Odah v. United States, US Supreme Court, April 2, 2007 . Read the denial per Chief Justice Roberts ,...

Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart concluded an investigation Monday into the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) , finding that the European financial cooperative did not violate Canadian privacy laws [fact...

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed into law the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act Monday, legalizing medical marijuana in the treatment of certain "eligible conditions and symptoms." Eligible...

A federal judge on Monday granted former Enron vice president Christopher Calger's request to withdraw his July 2005 guilty plea to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The...

A military court in Jordan handed down sentences Monday for six men charged with planning suicide bombings at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman and several hotels frequented by Israelis and Americans. None of...

Italian Judge Renato La Viola ordered an investigation into the actions of Dr. Mario Riccio, the anaesthetist turned off life support for Piergiorgio Welby , a man who suffered from muscular dystrophy and sought the...

The president of Kyrgyzstan said Monday that the government will begin steps to amend the Kyrgyz constitution. At a meeting with government officials, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announced the formation of a working group for...

The Moscow City Court upheld a city ban on gay pride parades in the city on Monday, dismissing an extraordinary appeal by parade organizers challenging a ruling by the Tverskoy district court. Organizers say they are prepared...

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Monday upheld the 20-year prison sentence of former Bosnian Croat soldier Miroslav Bralo , dismissing Bralo's appeal alleging the trial...