Their photos and personal details have been splashed across a giant electronic screen outside a major train station in Changsha city in China’s southern province, Hunan. Curious onlookers and commuters…
Thousands are expected to gather at the Grand Mosque in Riyadh on Friday to say farewell to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud, a cautious reformer who succeeded…
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he hoped the Supreme Court would issue a ruling that would prevent states from banning gay marriage when…
The court documents also showed that her lawyers had sent a letter to Buckingham Palace asking to interview the prince under oath. In her sworn affidavit, the woman described Buckingham…
Monday “is not realistic” as a start date, and the court expects to announce a new date next week, said Ginny Hurley, spokeswoman for the U.S. District Court in Boston.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a nine-year prison sentence for a former lawmaker who was convicted of encouraging followers to take up arms to…
On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that a woman’s choice to have an abortion was a fundamental right under the Constitution. – Here are…
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, House and Senate Democrats aimed all the spotlights at campaign finance reform. They introduced a dozen…
According to Professor Garrett Epps of the University of Baltimore, who was in court, a total of between five and seven protestors stood up shouting statements such as “money is…
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The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a former air marshal who was fired after leaking plans to the media about security cutbacks can seek whistleblower protection. By a 7-2 vote,…
“It is not simply that WWE has failed to protect its wrestlers,” court documents say. “WWE deliberately creates and heightens the violence of its matches in order to ‘heat’ up…
Twelve months on, the former world No. 2 is facing a whole new challengegetting to grips with the vacuum cleaner. Persistent and worsening knee problems forced her to retire in…
In 2010, Roberts told students at the University of Alabama that while he thought “anybody” can criticize the Supreme Court, the backdrop of the State of the Union might not…
For once, four-time winners Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic are not center stage, and tennis hunk Rafael Nadal has been muscled out in Melbourne. The face of the fortnight belongs…
The Supreme Court is siding with a Muslim prison inmate in Arkansas who sued for the right to grow a short beard for religious reasons. The court’s unanimous ruling Tuesday…
For the second time in 11 months, opponents of Supreme Court rulings lifting limits on money in political campaigns briefly disrupted proceedings in the courtroom and embarrassed the court by…
The drama surrounding two teenage sweethearts on the run from the law ended quietly and unceremoniously in a Florida beach town. Dalton Hayes, an 18-year-old suspected of committing a string…
In a statement Friday, the court’s top prosecutor said the decision follows the Palestinians’ signing of the Rome Statute. In doing so, they officially become ICC members on April 1,…
Charles Frederick Warner, who was convicted in 2003 for the first-degree rape and murder of his then-girlfriend’s 11-month-old daughter in summer 1997, is scheduled to be executed Thursday at 6…
The court accepted the case for study, two court spokeswomen told CNN. The royal household affirmed its “respect” for judicial decisions but declined further comment. – The plaintiff has asked…
LEGALIn the following 36 states and the District of Columbia: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New…
U.S. District Court Judge James Spencer, who last week sentenced McDonnell to two years in prison, two years of supervision after his release and a $1,100 fine, issued his order…
“A local judge issued an arrest warrant for a 9-year-old for failure to appear in court,” he told CNN. “Our officer located the child sometime last week, transported the child…
In October, Martin was found guilty of manslaughter and felony hazing. On Friday, an Orange County circuit court judge sentenced him to 77 months. “I honestly am ashamed that I…
Krishna “Kris” Maharaj, 75, was not in court when Judge William Thomas said, “This court fully weighed the materiality, relevance and inconsistencies of the newly discovered evidence, and concludes that…
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state may continue to force a teenager to undergo chemotherapy treatments that could save her life. The court said that attorneys for…
A royal family spokesman in London labeled the accusation against Prince Andrew “categorically untrue.” The woman made the allegation in a civil motion filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in…
November 22, 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald assassinates President John F. Kennedy. November 27, 1963 – President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking before a Joint Session of Congress, says, “No memorial…