After his appeal was denied on all counts, the sentencing hearing startedand Anwar took the gloves off, declaring the incident was a “complete fabrication” and a “political conspiracy” and attacking…
George Johnson RAW DATA Last month, thousands of Marines and their families were blocked in federal court from pursuing their claim that the government had given them cancer. The decision,…
SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — This much is not in dispute. William Richards’ wife, Pamela, was strangled and her skull smashed in the summer of 1993. A…
Birth place: Budapest, Hungary Birth name: Sari Gabor Father: Vilmos Gabor, soldier Mother: Jolie Gabor Marriages: Prince Frederick Von Anhalt, Duke of Saxony (1986-present); Felipe De Alba, ater declared invalid…
Despite questions about four challengers’ legal right to bring their lawsuit, the Supreme Court probably will not be deterred from deciding whether millions of people covered by the health care…
A homeless man in Columbus, Georgia, is due in court Monday on charges he sexually a woman’s remains during an alleged burglary in a funeral home. Domonique Smith, 26, was…
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia requested Thursday that people not describe him as “anti-gay” based on his judicial decisions, according to the Washington Blade. “Don’t paint me as anti-gay or…
The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for death row inmate Willie Manning after it found the state withheld evidence that would have been favorable to Manning’s defense….
The Utah House of Representatives approved a measure Friday that would allow executions by firing squad, the AP reports. – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) announced Friday he had placed…
Even at dark moments for this countryafter 9/11 or Hurricane Katrina, for examplemy tendency is always to scout out the sliver of hope for future progress. But I’ve got to…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A teenager who says she was raped after a school worker tried to use her as bait to catch an alleged sexual predator should be forced…
In some cases, such as in Illinois, Hawaii, Minnesota and New York, lawmakers opened the doors voluntarily. In othersmost recently Alabamait’s been state or federal judges forcing the toehold long…
CAIRO — Two Al-Jazeera English journalists were released from an Egyptian prison on Friday, after spending more than a year behind bars on terror-related charges in a case denounced as…
For aggrieved parishioners at churches ordered closed or merged by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan last November, it seemed like a simple task: Get a copy of the formal decree of…
READ: Chief Alabama judge pledges to defy Supreme Court ruling – “This order should make clear to all of the probate judges across Alabama that they need to follow the…
Her parents filed suit against Israel’s Ministry of Defense in a quest for accountability and sought just $1 in damages. Previously, a judge ruled that the family has no right…
The girl’s life was changed forever, she said, when the accused predator, a fellow student, allegedly sodomized her in a school bathroom. “I just felt like I was set up…
Lahore, Pakistan – The transgender community in Pakistan has gained ground with the Supreme Court recognising a third gender on national identity cards, however, it remains widely discriminated against in…
A federal appeals court on Thursday agreed to hold a hearing on a bid by lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to move his trial outside Massachusetts. The…
Another juror was dismissed in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez on Wednesday, marking the second time in two weeks a panelist has been removed…
Chief Justice Roy Moore likened an eventual U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage to the Dred Scott ruling and Plessy v. Ferguson, two 19th century Supreme Court…
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said American’s won’t need “a large adjustment” if the high court rules that gay marriage is a constitutional right. – See more with Ginsburg…
But she made an appearance recently on the arm of Rachel Fink, a student of the University of Maryland. Fink sat for nearly three hours last month as a tattoo…
A Seoul court on Thursday sentenced a former Korean Air executive to a year in prison for aviation law violations that stemmed from her inflight tantrum over how she was…
A South Korean court on Thursday found her guilty of violating aviation law, changing flight path and interference of operations. – He added that her actions threatened the development of…
More than 300 people died after the ferry capsized off the southwestern coast of South Korea in April, the majority of them high school students on a field trip. On…
NEW YORK — When New York City police officer Peter Liang sat down in a Brooklyn court on Wednesday, a companion leaned over and said quietly, “Breathe. Relax.” Liang, who…
WASHINGTON — On Monday, Alabama became the 37th state where same-sex couples could legally get married. The person who paved the way for this historic moment was Callie Granade, a…
Birth place: Kutama Mission, Southern Rhodesia Birth name: Robert Gabriel Mugabe Father: Gabriel Mugabe, a carpenter Mother: Bona Mugabe Marriages: Grace Marufu (August 17, 1996-present); Sally Heyfron (February 21, 1961-January…
Birth place: Winsted, Connecticut Birth name: Ralph Nader Father: Nathra Nader Mother: Rose (Bouziane) Nader Education: Princeton University, A.B., 1955, Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1958 Military: U.S. Army, 1959 Other…