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Texas affirmative action plan in trouble at court
The fate of the University of Texas' affirmative action program rests with the Supreme Court, where skeptical conservative justices indicated they are ...
Judges OK SC voter law, say it must wait to 2013
A three-judge panel has upheld South Carolina's law requiring voters to show photo identification but has delayed enforcement until next year — adding ...
Appeals court reinstates campaign finance limits
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Montana's campaign donation limits, telling the federal judge who struck down the limits that the ...
Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues, in brief: ABORTION and ...
Players lash out at new bounty discipline
Jonathan Vilma, Will Smith and the NFL players union left little doubt they remain determined to challenge Commissioner Roger Goodell's authority to ...
Armstrong report expected this week
The world may soon know what the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has on Lance Armstrong. In August, USADA ordered the results from 14 years of Armstrong's ...
Lawyer to ICC: Don't let Libya try Gadhafi's son
A lawyer for the son and one-time heir-apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi warned the International Criminal Court on Wednesday that its ...
Romney promises no abortion legislation
Wading into an explosive social issue, Republican Mitt Romney on Tuesday said he would not pursue any abortion-related legislation if elected ...
Race between Romney, Obama still all about Ohio
It's still all about Ohio. After a strong debate performance, Republican challenger Mitt Romney is intensifying his efforts in the state that's ...
Commissioner Goodell re-issues bounty discipline
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld the suspensions of Jonathan Vilma and Will Smith on Tuesday for their role in the New Orleans Saints bounty ...
Sierra Leone tribunal to wrap up business soon
The tribunal established to prosecute those most responsible for atrocities committed during Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war will soon deliver its ...
Lawmakers seek more regulation of compounded drugs
Two Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday called for stricter federal oversight of compounding pharmacies in the wake a deadly meningitis outbreak linked ...
Ohio appeals to Supreme Court on early voting
Ohio's election chief on Tuesday appealed a ruling that reinstates the final three early voting days in the battleground state, calling a decision ...
Should appeals wait for inmates to be competent?
The Supreme Court seemed inclined Tuesday to eliminate the authority of federal judges to indefinitely delay a death row inmate's federal appeals in ...
Egyptian-born terror suspect pleads not guilty
An Egyptian-born preacher pleaded not guilty Tuesday to conspiring with Seattle men to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon, three days after ...
Philippine Supreme Court suspends cybercrime law
The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended implementation of the country's anti-cybercrime law while it decides whether certain provisions ...
High court won't hear case against Halliburton
The Supreme Court has ruled out reviving lawsuits against Halliburton Corp. over insurgent ambushes that killed civilian truck drivers in Iraq. In its ...
Court won't hear Chevron appeal concerning Ecuador
The Supreme Court is staying out of the fight over efforts by Amazon rain forest residents to collect more than $18 billion from Chevron Corp.
Court lets stand telecom immunity in wiretap case
The Supreme Court is leaving in place a federal law that gives telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the government with its email ...
High court looks at race in college admissions
Nine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this ...
Vote on Iowa justice seen as test for gay marriage
Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins isn't well known outside the legal community of his state, and even inside that group, isn't particularly ...
Correction: Subway Ads-Jihad story
In some versions of a story Oct. 5 about a court case involving anti-jihad ads, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a U.S.
"Critical mass" key to affirmative action case
Walking across the South Mall, or scanning the football stadium's 100,000 seats on game day, University of Texas admissions director Kedra Ishop sees ...
Pakistani lawmakers' citizenship under scrutiny
Pakistan's Supreme Court is demanding the nation's lawmakers disclose whether they are also citizens of other countries, a status that could cost them ...
Texas test scandal ex-school chief gets 3.5 years
A federal judge sentenced the former superintendent of El Paso Independent School District to more than three years in prison Friday for his ...