In a report today that appears likely to ignite further controversy over a fringe religious group that advocates polygamy, Texas Child Protective Services says more than one in four pubescent…
Apparently stung by a Florida judge’s finding Monday that his client deserves a new murder trial because of ineffective assistance of counsel, a Tampa lawyer has fired back at the…
Although Afghanistan officially has government courts to settle civil disputes and rule on criminal matters, there is another option that citizens, in some cases, are pursuing in order to get…
Outraged to discover that Las Vegas only licenses officiants with religious affiliations, a self-avowed atheist is threatening to sue if Nevada state legislators won’t change the law to allow him…
After news earlier this week that William Dillon will not be retried in a murder case for which the apparently wrongfully convicted Florida man spent 27 years in prison, defense…
A Texas boy, who was 8 years old at the time, of the crime testified along with another witness that Ricardo Rachell was the man who had sexually assaulted him.
A student who was suspended for three days by her former high school for criticizing an advanced-placement English teacher on her Facebook page is now suing her principal with the…
A recommended plan by a bipartisan commission of technology experts to strengthen cybersecurity laws and create a new federal oversight post equivalent to the director of national security is likely…
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday on whether Title IX is the only basis for a lawsuit filed by parents who say their 5-year-old daughter was sexually harassed…
Seven of the 14 people forgiven by President Bush last week are former hunting or shooting enthusiasts. Five even wrote Bush expressing their desire to win back the right to…
A major Muslim charitable organization and five of its former leaders were convicted by a federal court jury in Texas today of aiding terrorism via their charitable contributions.
Testifying for the government yesterday in a federal corruption trial against his former partner, an ex-Chicago police officer said cops routinely participated in a number of illegal acts.
Ruling from the bench, a federal judge has found that five Algerian men were held unlawfully for nearly seven years at the U.S. military facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and…
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