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30 Tenn. courthouses receive bomb threats
Bomb threats to 30 courthouses and other government buildings across Tennessee forced many to be evacuated Tuesday, including the federal building in ...
Judge orders tobacco companies to say they lied
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of smoking and that ...
Pakistan plans to hold national elections in May
Pakistan plans to hold landmark national elections in May, the country's information minister said Tuesday. The vote would mark the first time a ...
Another blow for state's anti-eavesdropping law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered another blow to a 50-year-old anti-eavesdropping law in Illinois, choosing to let stand a lower court ...
Judge rejects obese Ohio inmate's execution claim
A condemned killer trying to delay his execution because of his extreme weight hasn't raised enough new issues to warrant the legal challenge, a ...
On average the Stones older than US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court used to be called Nine Old Men. That's nothing compared to the ageless Rolling Stones. The justices on average are the kid brothers ...
Court: Who counts as a supervisor?
When does your co-worker also count as your supervisor? The Supreme Court may make a final decision on whether to draw a legal line between work ...
Court orders new look at health care challenge
The Supreme Court has revived a Christian college's challenge to President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, with the acquiescence of the Obama ...
High court rejects appeal over insanity defense
The Supreme Court is refusing to consider whether a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
High court rejects appeal of ex-La. congressman
The Supreme Court is leaving in place the corruption conviction of a former Louisiana congressman who hid money from bribes in his freezer.
Benefits fight brings lesbian couple to high court
Like a lot of newlyweds, Karen Golinski was eager to enjoy the financial fruits of marriage. Within weeks of her wedding, she applied to add her ...
Indian gay rights parade demands greater tolerance
Hundreds of gay rights activists marched through New Delhi on Sunday to demand that they be allowed to lead lives of dignity in India's deeply ...
NY judge to Argentina: The court will be obeyed
Argentina has finally run out of wiggle room in a billion-dollar showdown over foreign debts unpaid since the country's world-record default a decade ...
Wrongly convicted Va. man gets pardon, new life
Johnathan Montgomery spent the past four years in a Virginia state prison saying the same thing a lot of inmates do: He was innocent. Convicted in ...
Tagliabue expects to rule on bounties by December
Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue plans to complete all hearings in the NFL's bounty probe of the Saints by Dec. 4 and make a ruling shortly ...
At public meetings, fights over prayer drag on
It happens every week at meetings in towns, counties and cities nationwide. A lawmaker or religious leader leads a prayer before officials begin the ...
Hostess says talks to stave off shutdown fail
Hostess Brands Inc. lived to die another day. The maker of Twinkies and Ding Dongs said late Tuesday that it failed to reach an agreement with its ...
Irish drop 3 doctors from probe into woman's death
The Irish government removed three doctors Tuesday from its investigation into the death of an ailing woman who was denied an abortion in an Irish ...
World court: Disputed islands belong to Colombia
The International Court of Justice ruled Monday that a group of tiny islands in the western Caribbean belongs to Colombia, but also granted Nicaragua ...
Judge: Hobby Lobby must offer morning-after pill
A federal judge Monday rejected Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.'s request to block part of the federal health care overhaul that requires the arts and craft ...
Kansas appeals court attorney fired over tweet
A Kansas appeals court attorney was fired Monday after using foul language about the state's former attorney general in comments she posted to Twitter ...
Twinkies maker Hostess lives at least another day
Twinkies will live to see another day. Hostess Brands Inc. and its second largest union agreed on Monday to try to resolve their differences after a ...
Zimbabwe: Anglican ex-bishop must return property
A Zimbabwe court has ordered a breakaway Anglican bishop to return church property he seized after his excommunication in 2007. Supreme Court Judge ...
Fight over Calif nativity display in court
The city of Santa Monica has allowed an elaborate nativity scene in its Palisades Park each Christmas for nearly 60 years, but officials are ending ...
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Alito takes on critics
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is defending the court's 2010 decision in the Citizens United case that helped fuel hundreds of millions of dollars ...