Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring on Friday sent a letter to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting and investigation into the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth after the deaths of two...

Ireland's cabinet on Friday agreed to join Apple in appealing the European Commission's €13 billion ruling against the tech giant. The commission's ruling, issued in late August, determined that Ireland granted...

US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday formally committed their nations to the Paris Agreement , a pact seeking to reduce carbon emissions and halt climate change. The world's first comprehensive climate pact,...

Malaysian government minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan confirmed on Friday that Prime Minister Najib Razak is the unnamed official involved in the nation's recent national wealth fund scandal. In 2009 Razak established the fund known as...

German automaker Volkswagen (VW) on Thursday appealed the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision to support union representation for workers at the VW plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The United Automobile Workers (UAW) in...

The Ohio Democratic Party filed an emergency appeal with the US Supreme Court Thursday to stay a federal court ruling that eliminated the state's early voting period, known as the "Golden Week,"...

A reporter sued Missouri's prisons chief in federal court on Wednesday for excluding him from being an execution witness. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed the lawsuit on behalf of Christopher McDaniel , a reporter...

A three-judge panel of the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled Wednesday that when asked for public records under New Jersey's Sunshine Law, agencies may "neither confirm nor deny" their existence. The case centered around a state law, similar...

The rights coalition North Carolinians for Privacy on Wednesday dropped their case against the US Department of Justice (DOJ) challenging the federal government's restroom access policy. The case, North Carolinians for Privacy v. United States Department of Justice...

The Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the final challenge to a voter initiated act to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. The challenge came from a group called the Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy [advocacy...