The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday that a lower court judge should not have expanded a class action suit of bondholders suing Argentina. District Judge Thomas Griesa had been overseeing...

The High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday stated that no country has achieved full equality between men and women and urged the 47 members of the Human Rights Council to make efforts to achieve...

A group of South Dakota lawmakers on Tuesday presented a resolution to the US Supreme Court asking it to overturn its abortion rulings in such cases as Roe v. Wade . The lawmakers believe ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday ruled that copyright owners must consider "fair use" before demanding the removal of online materials. The fair use doctrine, composed of a four-part test...

The US government, on order from federal judge Gladys Kessler , has released eight redacted videos showing forced feedings at Guantanamo Bay prison. The videos, released to the US District Court for the District of Columbia ...

A Ferguson, Missouri, reform panel on Monday released a report calling for the consolidation of police departments and municipal courts. The 16-member Ferguson Commission , established by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon following the shooting death...

Kentucky official Kim Davis, held in contempt for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses said Monday that she will not block her clerks from issuing the licenses. Davis was returning to work Monday following her release [JURIST...

The US Attorney's Office on Friday dismissed all charges against the former chairman of Temple University's physics department, Xi Xiaoxing , for allegedly sharing American-made schematics of a device used in superconductor research to Chinese scientists....

The California State Legislature on Friday approved the End of Life Option Act by a vote of 23-14. The measure would allow doctors to provide terminally ill patients with and aid-in-dying drug that a patient takes...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday blocked the use of a pesticide linked to the declining honey population in the US. The disappearance of a large number of honey bees...