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Judge's ruling challenges US transplant system
It's a life or death matter: Who gets the next scarce donated organ? In an unprecedented challenge to the nation's transplant system, a federal judge ...
Ariz. sheriff suspends immigration efforts
An Arizona sheriff who led the way for local police across the country to take up immigration enforcement is reconsidering his crackdowns — and other ...
Monumental phone-records monitoring is laid bare
A leaked document has laid bare the monumental scope of the government's surveillance of Americans' phone records — hundreds of millions of calls — ...
Pa. girl gets on lung donor list; boy also sues
A dying Pennsylvania girl has been placed on the adult waiting list for donated lungs amid a court fight over the nation's transplant rules with help ...
AG: Won't prosecute reporters for doing their jobs
Attorney General Eric Holder denied Thursday that the Obama administration is killing suspected terrorists with drone strikes to avoid capturing them ...
Court to allow girls to buy morning-after for now
A federal appeals court has decided to permit girls of any age to buy generic versions of emergency contraception without prescriptions while the ...
Court: Girls can buy morning-after pill for now
Girls of any age can buy generic versions of emergency contraception without prescriptions while the federal government appeals a judge's ruling ...
Some morning-after over-counter pill sales allowed
Generic versions of emergency contraception can be sold without a prescription or age restrictions while the federal government appeals a judge's ...
Argentine Supreme Court rules in favor of Chevron
Argentina's Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended a freeze on the Argentine assets of Chevron Corp. that had been ordered late last year following a suit ...
Chrysler refuses US request to recall vehicles
A defiant Chrysler is refusing to recall about 2.7 million Jeeps the government says are at risk of a fuel tank fire in a rear-end collision.
Ill woman denied abortion recovers after C-section
An ill Salvadoran woman who delivered a baby without a brain through a cesarean section after being denied a medical abortion is recovering well and ...
Obama nominates 3 to appeals court, testing GOP
Opening a summer showdown with Congress, a combative President Barack Obama nominated three judges to a powerful appellate court Tuesday and ...
Obama nominee behind 'driving while black' case
A federal judge President Barack Obama wants to promote to the appellate bench successfully sued the Maryland State Police for racial profiling after ...
Ex-Calif. Rep. Cunningham finishes prison term
Randy "Duke" Cunningham, whose feats as a Navy flying ace during the Vietnam War catapulted him to a U.S. House career that ended in disgrace when he ...
AP source: Obama nominating 3 to US appeals court
President Barack Obama is simultaneously naming three nominees to the understaffed federal appeals court in Washington, setting up an aggressive push ...
Archdiocese expected to appeal Ohio teacher case
A jury found an Ohio archdiocese discriminated against a teacher fired after becoming pregnant via artificial insemination, leaving legal experts ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...