Zimbabwe's president goes back to court on polls
Zimbabwe's highest court said Wednesday it has received an application from longtime President Robert Mugabe's party to delay crucial elections by at ...

House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill
The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against ...

Italy top court faults Amanda Knox acquittal
Italy's high court on Tuesday harshly faulted the appeals court that acquitted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, saying its ...

Civil rights groups sue NYPD over Muslim spying
The New York Police Department's widespread spying programs directed at Muslims have undermined free worship by innocent people and should be declared ...

Court: Ariz. citizenship proof law illegal
States can't demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so, the ...
Court: 'Pay to delay' generic drugs can be illegal
Deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors, which government officials say keep cheaper forms of medicine off the ...

Indiana woman condemned for killing at 15 is freed
A woman who was sentenced to death at age 16 for taking part in the torture and murder of a 78-year-old bible studies teacher was released from an ...
Summary of Supreme Court actions Monday
The Supreme Court on Monday handed down decisions in five cases and agreed to hear two important appeals in the fall. Among the court's actions: — ...
High court to hear NJ housing discrimination case
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take on another dispute involving race, deciding whether people must prove they were victims of intentional housing ...
High court says driver records protected
The Supreme Court says lawyers may not obtain personal information from state driver license records to recruit clients for lawsuits. The justices ...
Court says jury should have final say in minimums
The Supreme Court says a jury should have the final say on facts that can trigger mandatory minimum sentences in criminal trials. The high court on ...
Court will review dispute between airline, pilot
The Supreme Court will review a $1.24 million defamation judgment against a Wisconsin airline that reported one of its pilots as mentally unstable and ...
Court won't hear Seattle officer appeal
The Supreme Court won't reconsider a jury's decision that an off-duty Seattle police officer who was cut off in traffic violated a man's rights by ...
Longtime gov't lawyer to lead Gitmo closure effort
President Barack Obama has chosen a high-powered Washington lawyer with extensive experience in all three branches of the government to be the State ...
Media study: more pro views on same-sex marriage
Around the time the U.S. Supreme Court was considering the same-sex marriage issue, news reports had more comments from supporters than opponents, a ...
Ind. woman sentenced to die at 16 to be released
An Indiana woman put on death row at age 16 for killing an elderly Bible school teacher is scheduled to be released Monday after serving a prison term ...
Obama chooses lawyer as Guantanamo closure envoy
President Barack Obama has chosen a high-powered Washington lawyer with extensive experience in all three branches of the government to be the State ...

Regional leaders urge Zimbabwe poll delay
Regional presidents meeting at a special summit on Zimbabwe asked President Robert Mugabe to delay crucial elections he has set for the end of July ...

Judge delays remedies in Arpaio profiling case
A federal judge who ruled an Arizona sheriff's office racially profiled Latinos delayed instituting remedies Friday to allow parties time to agree on ...

Supreme Court archive has about 14K hours of audio
Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell's Tidewater Virginia drawl could make the word "court" sound as if it had two syllables. And Justice Clarence ...

7 years in prison for Argentine ex-leader Menem
Former President Carlos Menem was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for illegally smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia in violation of ...

Expert: Dying woman should have got Irish abortion
A miscarrying woman who died in an Irish hospital should have had her blood poisoning detected much sooner and been offered an abortion to improve her ...

Court says human genes cannot be patented
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously threw out attempts to patent human genes, siding with advocates who say the multibillion-dollar ...

Unpaid internships in jeopardy after court ruling
Unpaid internships have long been a path of opportunity for students and recent grads looking to get a foot in the door in the entertainment, ...

New anti-demonstration rule at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has come up with a new regulation banning demonstrations on its grounds, two days after a broader anti-demonstration law was ...