The US District Court for the District of Minnesota on Wednesday ruled that Minnesota’s sex offender program and civil commitment statutes are unconstitutional, but has chosen to await further proceedings on a remedy before taking any immediate action. The civil commitment program allows the state to detain individuals with “acute symptoms of severe mental illness,” [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 5-4 in Walker v. Sons of Confederate Veterans that state governments can restrict the kinds of messages printed on specialty licence plates. The Sons of Confederate Veterans had argued that the Texas government’s refusal to issue specialty licence plates including an image of the confederate flag violated First [...]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on Wednesday that it plans to fine AT&T Mobile 100 million dollars for their actions in slowing internet speeds after “unlimited data” users reached a certain limit. The FCC claims that AT&T slowed down internet speeds for unlimited users and failed to notify them that they would receive slower [...]

The Ukraine Prosecutor General on Wednesday revealed that two government soldiers have been detained for alleged links to the murders of two women who sympathized with armed separatists from the east. It is reported that earlier this week the soldiers broke into the home of the victims in village of Luhanske and shot them both [...]

The California Labor Commission has ruled that drivers for the personal transportation service Uber are considered employees, not contractors. The ruling, which was handed down on June 3, only became known to the public on Tuesday after Uber appealed it in state court in San Francisco. The commission had previously found in 2012 that Uber [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday ruled that a group of former top US officials may be held liable for the abuse of hundreds of detainees held for minor immigration violations after the events of September 11 . In a 2-1 ruling the court ruled that former Attorney General John [...]

A Bahraini court on Tuesday sentenced prominent Shiite leader Sheikh Ali Salman to four years in prison for insulting the Interior Ministry , inciting others to break the law, and inciting hatred against naturalized Sunnis. Salman is the secretary-general of the Al-Wefaq political opposition group, and was arrested in late December for speeches made between [...]

The European Court of Justice handed down a ruling Tuesday that strengthened the role of the European Central Bank (ECB) in mediating financial markets. The Court upheld the ECB’s 2012 offer to purchase the bonds of countries whose governments that would otherwise face high borrowing costs. The Court disagreed with a German group’s challenge that [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday renewed calls for womens and girls to be given equal access to education. A discussion panel held by OHCHR said equal educational rights is way to end discrimination against women that is “so deeply etched in many societies.” The panel said gender [...]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday that food manufacturers will be given three years to remove all partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the main ingredient in artificial trans fat, saying they are no longer “generally recognized as safe.” After June 18, 2018 no PHOs can be added to human food unless specifically approved [...]