The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday strengthened Ebola screening for travelers coming to the U.S. from three West African countries hit hard by the deadly virus.
South African track star Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to five-years in prison on Tuesday for killing his girlfriend by firing his gun through a bathroom door.
Amidst international debate over whether travel to and from countries ravaged by the deadly Ebola virus should be banned or restricted, a major American university has imposed its own standards.
Uganda’s legal system is based on English common law, but criminal defendants who can’t afford legal representation—and most can’t—aren’t appointed counsel unless they face a death sentence or life in prison.
Updated: A judge in South Africa said Thursday that track star Oscar Pistorius acted “unlawfully” in the shooting death of his girlfriend last year, but he wasn’t guilty of premeditated…
The judge who is considering the fate of double-amputee track star Oscar Pistorius had several careers after her childhood in a two-room home in a poor, black township in South…
Efforts by the Obama administration in recent months to focus on illegal trafficking of wildlife and related activities undermining wildlife conservation have not received widespread attention. But that could change…
Corrected: Unknown to many of the law students he taught over the course of a 40-year career at Washington University, Peter Mutharika was the descendant of Malawian tribal leader.
Rejecting a law firm’s argument that a partner is not an employee and hence can’t file a whistleblower suit, the United Kingdom’s top civil court Wednesday gave a green light…
Nelson Mandela, a longtime political prisoner who went on to become globally recognized as an inspirational leader of his country and win the Nobel Peace Prize, died peacefully amidst his…
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