Judiciary

Judiciary

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  Once feared in Boston, Bulger about to face jurors

  People who believe their family members were killed by reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger will be allowed to testify at his murder trial but won't ... 

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  Israel to send African migrants to third country

  Israel has reached an agreement to send thousands of African migrants to an unidentified country, according to a court document obtained Monday, a ... 

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  Police can collect DNA from arrestees, court says

  A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for police to take a DNA swab from anyone they arrest for a serious crime, endorsing a ... 

• Czech court OKs religious compensation plan

  The Czech Republic's highest court on Monday upheld a government plan to pay billions of dollars to religious groups in compensation for property the ... 

• ICC judges delay confirming Gbagbo charges

  International Criminal Court judges delayed a decision Monday on whether to put former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on trial for alleged ... 

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  Court says Egypt legislature illegally elected

  Egypt's highest court ruled on Sunday that the nation's interim parliament was illegally elected, though it stopped short of dissolving the chamber ... 

• Reluctant witness in Tenn. faces prison time

  Two and a half years ago, federal prosecutors announced with great fanfare the indictments of about 30 people accused of operating a multistate child ... 

• Judge: Google must give user info to FBI

  Google must comply with the FBI's demand for data on certain customers as part of a national security investigation, according to a ruling by a ... 

• Judge orders Google to give customer data to FBI

  A federal judge has ruled that Google Inc. must comply with the FBI's warrantless demands for customer data, rejecting the company's argument that the ... 

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  Holdout on concealed carry, Ill. gov gets gun bill

  Illinois would join the rest of the nation in allowing the carrying of concealed weapons under legislation approved by the General Assembly on Friday ... 

• Court backs border-state gun sale reporting rule

  A federal appeals court panel Friday unanimously upheld an Obama administration requirement that dealers in Southwestern border states report when ... 

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  Zimbabwe court orders national polls by July 31

  Zimbabwe's highest court on Friday ordered President Robert Mugabe to hold elections by the end of July, chiding the longtime leader for what it said ... 

• BP rig supervisors challenge manslaughter counts

  Two BP rig supervisors charged in the deaths of 11 workers in the Deepwater Horizon disaster claim the manslaughter counts in their indictment must ... 

• FBI: Ricin letter to Obama sent from Wash.

  Three poison-tainted, hand-addressed letters postmarked on the same day in Spokane, Wash., were mailed to President Barack Obama, a federal judge in ... 

• Obama's likely pick to head FBI widely praised

  Republicans said Thursday they see no major obstacles to Senate confirmation of James Comey, the former deputy attorney general in the Bush ... 

• US accused of withholding evidence in drug case

  Two Colombians who were facing the prospect of spending the rest of their lives in a U.S. prison for drug trafficking will go home much sooner after ... 

• United Technologies merger settlement approved

  A federal judge has approved a settlement in which United Technologies Corp. will sell some of its assets as part of its $18.4 billion purchase of ... 

• Russia's top court to hear Khodorkovsky's appeal

  Russia's highest court on Wednesday set a date for hearing appeals by jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner. 

• Partisan showdown looms over DC circuit nominees

  A partisan showdown is looming over what is known as the nation's second-highest court, with President Barack Obama poised to nominate as many as ... 

• NY high court eyes who can tap Starbucks' tip jars

  Baristas, managers and Starbucks itself put in their two cents Tuesday before New York's highest court in a tip-jar dispute that could have broad ... 

• Egypt: Islamist politicians wanted for questioning

  Egypt's official MENA news agency says authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a key Islamist politician and requested that another's immunity ... 

• Court won't hear challenge to copyright board

  The Supreme Court won't hear a challenge to the authority of the board that sets royalty rates for musical works. The high court refused Tuesday to ... 

• Court to see if Miss. lawsuit OK on global issue

  The Supreme Court will consider whether the state of Mississippi can bring a state-level lawsuit in a global LCD screen price-fixing conspiracy. 

• Court stays out of Planned Parenthood funding case

  The Supreme Court will not disturb a lower court ruling that blocks Indiana's effort to strip Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood because the ... 

• African leaders urge ICC to transfer charges

  African leaders on Monday asked the International Criminal Court to transfer charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to the Kenyan legal ...