A former multi-millionaire was given a 12-month community order today after admitting stealing his sister´s designer handbags.
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to force Internet service providers to keep their networks open to all forms of content, throwing into doubt the agency´s status as watchdog of the Web.
The most senior law officer in the country took to the witness stand today, claiming that she was duped into employing an illegal immigrant from Tonga as her cleaner
Former Desperate Housewives star Nicollette Sheridan is suing for $20 million (£13.2m) after accusing the show’s creator of assault.
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry signed three anti-abortion bills into law Monday. The first bill prohibits abortions performed because of the gender of the fetus. The second bill creates the Freedom of Conscience Act and protects medical employees who refuse to participate in procedures such as abortion based on religious beliefs.
A year-long effort by the Securities and Exchange Commission to overhaul its enforcement of laws against corporate crime has run into courtroom setbacks and internal skepticism, underlining how difficult it is for the agency to remake itself as a get-tough cop.
Federal regulators are seeking to fine Toyota $16.4 million for waiting four months or more before notifying safety officials about vehicles with a "sticky pedal" defect.
Calling her son "a lamb being fed to the wolves," the mother of an Alexandria man killed at a state psychiatric hospital called Monday for a law that would separate violent patients from others receiving treatment.
The US Customs and Border Protection has arrested 115 Haitians who have crossed the boarder illegally since the January 12 earthquake, according to Sunday reports.
German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger on Sunday announced plans to enact a law to increase protections for journalists using information obtained from government sources. Under section 353b of the German Penal Code, public officials who release state information can be punished by up to five years in prison.
Disruptions suffered by Google´s Chinese search service show how vulnerable it remains to the country´s internet police - a threat industry executives said is likely to drive users and advertisers in the country away.
US President Barack Obama and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar [official profiles] announced a comprehensive energy plan [WH press release; DOI press release] Wednesday that would introduce regulations to increase offshore drilling while tightening emissions and mileage standards on vehicles.
The case file of Jon Venables has been passed to the Parole Board, which will rule on whether he should be released from prison, a board spokesman said.
Britain faces months of walkouts whatever the result of today’s High Court ruling on a national rail strike, the head of the trade union movement has told The Times.
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the Sixth Amendment guarantee of effective assistance of counsel requires a criminal defense lawyer to advise a non-citizen client that pleading guilty to an aggravated felony will trigger mandatory, automatic deportation.
Two Pakistani men and a Romanian woman were charged in Spain on Thursday in connection with the kidnapping of a 5-year-old British boy in Pakistan.
In a rare bipartisan vote, the Senate approved and sent to President Obama on Wednesday a bill intended to spur employment by providing businesses with incentives to hire new workers — an approach that Congressional Democrats hope to repeat.
The discord between the United States and Israel over Jewish building in East Jerusalem deepened Tuesday with Israeli officials saying they would reject demands by Washington and expressing anger over the public upbraiding of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by the Obama administration.
Greece received a welcome vote of confidence on Tuesday from the rating agency Standard & Poor’s for its deficit-reduction efforts, but the country was still pressing for details on a new loan rescue package from fellow euro-zone members, which remain divided over how it might work, Stephen Castle reports in The New York Times.
Candidates from parties allied with outgoing President Alvaro Uribe dominated Sunday´s elections in Colombia to replace a Congress tarnished by lawmakers´ links to far-right criminal bands.
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