German automaker Volkswagen (VW) confirmed] Tuesday that it had reached a $4.3 billion dollar settlement in the US in which it will plead guilty to criminal charges that it violated the Clean Air Act and obstructed...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Utah on Tuesday refused to dismiss a complaint against the National Security Agency (NSA) over allegations of warrantless surveillance during the 2002 winter...

Australian citizen and former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks made a court appearance on Tuesday in Adelaide on assault charges against his partner. Hicks was accused of assaulting his partner in September of last...

The Illinois House of Representatives on Monday approved a new criminal justice reform bill by a vote of 83-26 during the latest meeting of the General Assembly. The bill would amend the Illinois Criminal Justice Information...

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion Monday to stay a federal court order preventing the federal government from enforcing an Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulation that protects transgender people and women...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman . This case focuses on the fees charged by credit card companies to merchants whenever customers pay with a...

Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions began his confirmation hearing on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the position of attorney general in the cabinet of President-elect Donald Trump . During the hearing, he was...

The US Treasury Department announced on Monday that five Russian officials have been sanctioned for human rights abuses. The officials include Aleksandr Bastrykin, who serves as both chief public investigator and close aide...

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell warned on Monday that a move to repeal the Affordable Care Act without simultaneously implementing a replacement plan would create a dangerous situation in American healthcare....

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in Nelson v. Colorado . The court granted certiorari in September to decide whether Colorado's requirement that defendants must prove their innocence by clear and convincing...