Benjamin L. Hooks, a civil rights leader who led the NAACP from 1977 to 1992, has died, said the vice president for communication at the NAACP.
Russia has put an end to the adoption of children by American families until rules covering them can be hashed out with U.S. officials, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
With the health care fight and two weeks at home behind it, Congress is taking on proposals to reform Wall Street and prevent future financial collapses.
Gordon Brown came under fire today for his admission that, as Chancellor, he was not tough enough in reining in the excesses of the City.
A judge in the US District Court for the Southern Distric of Mississippi on Tuesday ordered a southern Mississippi school district to end its practice of allowing students to transfer from their assigned schools and classroom groupings, resulting in a segregated school system.
The lawyers and engineers who dwell in an elegant enclave here are at peace with the hulking neighbor just over the back fence: a vast energy plant that burns thousands of tons of household garbage and industrial waste, round the clock.
Facebook today responded to calls to step up online security by announcing a raft of new measures to "transform social networking safety".
A female soldier disciplined by the Army after missing a parade to look after her daughter is set to receive damages after winning an employment tribunal claim, it was reported today.
Two-thirds of Americans don´t want to make it easier for illegal immigrants to become citizens, even though a slight majority is sympathetic towards their plight, according to a new poll.
Congress is poised for another partisan showdown over extending unemployment insurance, as concerns about the growing budget deficit have complicated the path forward for an otherwise popular program.
Sir Richard Branson is set to be dragged into the trial of four British Airways executives accused of price fixing.
Members of one of Britain’s richest families have been found guilty of breaching charity law over donations of almost £1 million to the Conservative Party.
President Obama on Friday received his second opportunity to shape the U.S. Supreme Court when Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement.
British Airways and Iberia on Thursday announced a definitive merger agreement, ending nearly two years of often-strained negotiations on the creation of a Europe´s third-largest airline group.
Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, leader of the liberal wing of the Supreme Court, announced on Friday that he would retire at the end of this term, setting up a confirmation battle over his replacement that is virtually certain to dominate the political scene this summer.
The death of a man aged 70 who was given an overdose by a foreign locum has prompted scrutiny of an EU-imposed system Urgent changes to the law are required to ensure that foreign doctors are competent in English and safe to treat patients on the NHS, MPs say today.
A law to make financial education compulsory in schools has also been withdrawn because of the election
A new law signed by President Napolitano will have the effect of shelving two trials in which Silvio Berlusconi, the Prime Minister, is accused of corruption.
Several visual artist organizations filed a class action suit [complaint, PDF; press release] Wednesday against Google alleging copyright infringement resulting from the company´s book scanning project .
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that five additional states will joinin a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act .
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