The number of homicides in Florida has increased “significantly” since the passing of the so-called Stand Your Ground law , according to a report from the Journal of the American Medical Association released Monday. In the report , researchers found that implementation of the law, officially known to as Florida Statute 776.013, is associated with [...]

Egyptian political activist Sanaa Seif was released from prison on Tuesday. Seif was released after serving six months for “insulating a member of the prosecution.” Seif and dozens of other protesters were arrested shortly before a protest in April against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for handing over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. Seif [...]

The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP) released a report on Tuesday finding an increased criminalization of homelessness in cities across the US despite a lack of housing options. Such criminalization includes local ordinances that ban sleeping in vehicles, panhandling and camping on the streets. The report specifically targeted four cities—Denver, Honolulu, Dallas, [...]

The city of Cleveland on Wednesday submitted a revised use-of-force policy to a federal judge on Wednesday. Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. of the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio is overseeing an agreement by the city to reform the police department. The agreement between the city and the US Department of Justice [...]

The Russian Foreign Ministry released a statement Wednesday expressing the government’s decision to withdraw its signature from the Rome Statute, effectively leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC) . In its statement, the government expressed disdain over the ICC’s current investigation into possible crimes committed by Russian forces in South Ossetia in 2008. The statement also [...]

The US House of Representatives passed the Iran Sanctions Extension Act Tuesday, aimed at expanding the duration of the 1996 sanctioning of Iran. The Act is a reaction to a nuclear agreement reached between Tehran and several other nations, including the US, under the Obama administration. The agreement sought to lessen the burden of long-standing [...]

One survivor and nine families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Tuesday filed an appeal to the Connecticut Supreme Court seeking to have the court reinstate their lawsuit against Remington. The families claim that Remington, manufacturer of the gun used in the massacre, violated state law by advertising and selling [...]

Justice Timothy Kerr of the Queen’s Bench on Monday entered an injunction ordering prison officers back to work after the officers stopped work complaining of an increase in violence. The 24-hour protest was in reaction to increasing violence in the prison system and was intended to spur changes to protect prison workers. The Ministry of [...]

The Indian Supreme Court declined Tuesday to stay the demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes initiated by the government. However, the court requested that the government file an affidavit detailing the steps taken to ease inconvenience to the public, particularly long lines at banks and ATMs. The request for a stay came [...]

The German Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday rejected a request by the Bundestag Committee of Inquiry into NSA Activities that the German government release the US National Security Agency (NSA) Selector List of spy targets in Germany. The NSA and the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) had been working together for various intelligence endeavors when [...]