US Magistrate Sheri Pym of the US District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday ordered Apple to assist the US government in unlocking the iPhone of one of the shooters in the...

Argentina and US bondholders on Tuesday settled a class action lawsuit over defaulted debt from 2001. According to the court appointed monitor, Daniel Pollack, creditors who participate would receive 100 percent of the principal owed ...

The Puerto Rico Legislature passed a bill Tuesday that would restructure the island's estimated $9 billion debt. After the Puerto Rico House of Representatives approved the bill on Monday, the Puerto Rico Senate [official websites, in...

North Carolina voters in two racially formulated voting districts filed a response in the US Supreme Court Tuesday rejecting the merits of the state's request to a stay a district court order to redistrict prior to...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday upheld a $450 million settlement between Apple and consumers who claimed that the company conspired with other e-book retailers to artificially raise the...

The Australian government violated the rights of former Guantanamo detainee David Hicks when they continued to detain him after a transfer deal with the US, the UN Human Rights Committee said in a...

South Dakota's state senate on Tuesday passed a bill which, if approved by the governor, will make South Dakota the first state to enact bans on opposite-sex bathroom and shower use in public schools. The Student Physical Privacy...

The city of Chicago on Tuesday agreed to settle a case alleging job discrimination against police department applicants. Under the settlement, Chicago will pay $2 million in back pay and other benefits to 47 job candidates...

Bahraini authorities arrested four US journalists covering the five-year anniversary of the nation's 2011 uprising and formally charged them on Tuesday. The journalists were charged with unlawful obstruction of vehicles and attending unlawful gatherings for their alleged...

The US Senate on Thursday approved legislation that will place a permanent ban on states taxing Internet access. The Senate, by a vote of 75-20, passed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015...