A federal judge in Houston denied a motion Tuesday from former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling that would have overturned his conviction on 19 out of 28 securities and wire fraud and insider trading counts...

The retrial of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of spreading HIV to more than 400 Libyan patients who were mostly children has been postponed yet again to allow the...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Tuesday to prevent two members of the Missouri Public Service Commission from gathering information about whether Missouri consumers' telephone records were released to the National Security...

Two Republican members of the US Congress announced a proposal Tuesday to bridge the gap between the Senate and House versions of immigration reform legislation . The plan devised by US Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison...

A bill that would set up a nationwide online database of sex offenders' homes and workplaces is awaiting President Bush's approval following passage Tuesday by the US House. The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 [HR...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Tuesday it has appealed the dismissal of a highly publicized lawsuit brought by the ACLU against CIA Director George Tenet and other agency officials...

Democrats in the US Senate are proposing additional exemptions for a bill that would punish those who help a minor cross state lines to receive an abortion without parental consent or notification. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)...

The UK Home Office announced plans to overhaul Britain's immigration system Tuesday in a review outlining how the Home Office's Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) will respond to the impact of...

The youngest suspect arrested in June in connection with an alleged terrorist plot to attack Canadian targets has been released on bail. The 16-year-old, whose name has not been publicized because he is a minor, was released...

Three men convicted in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings will likely be executed in late August, a spokesman from the Bali district attorney's office said Tuesday. Under Indonesian law, head of Denpasar's district attorney office...