The US Department of Education announced Tuesday that it is changing its regulations in order to allow public schools more discretion in providing for the separate education of boys and girls. The changes, to be...

The US government has filed a civil lawsuit against the estate of former Enron chairman Ken Lay , seeking $12.7 million. The Justice Department brought suit Monday "to recover property that constitutes proceeds of the...

A Dutch court took steps Monday to obtain testimony from Saddam Hussein in an appeal by a Dutch businessman convicted of selling chemicals that were used in poison gas attacks in Iraq. Frans Van...

The Secure Fence Act of 2006 , the second portion of a two-part plan to tackle illegal immigration in the US, was sent to President George Bush Monday for his signature. The...

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has ruled that Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj can act as his own lawyer in his upcoming trial. An...

The lead legal consultant for the military regime that took over the Thai government in a bloodless coup in September was elected Tuesday to serve as speaker of the National Legislative Assembly , which is tasked...

Indonesia will release two prisoners convicted of the 2002 bombings that killed over 200 people at a Bali nightclub , prison officials said Monday. The convicts will be freed Tuesday to mark the Muslim holiday...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales defended the new Military Commissions Act of 2006 Monday before an audience of senior military lawyers, insisting it gives enemy combatants detained at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST...

US District Judge Sim Lake on Monday sentenced former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling to 24 years in prison and determined that $45 million of Skilling's assets will be seized to be...

A lawyer for John W. Hinckley, Jr. argued Monday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia that the man who shot President Ronald Reagan and three others in 1981 should...