The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is set to adapt a tougher visa regime that makes getting H-1B nonimmigrant visas harder for the U.S. companies. Once implemented, the DOL decision will hurt several companies that hire cheap and skilled workers from countries like India and China.
File this under Ridiculously Awesome: Frustrated with the constant chatter of attorney Nnajite Okobie and two of his clients, Nigerian Magistrate Adewumi Makanjuola ordered them to either spend five minutes hopping around the court like frogs or pay fines for contempt of court.
Catherine Greig, the girlfriend of reputed mob boss James Whitey Bulger, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison. Greig was sentenced on Tuesday, June 12, after being charged with identity fraud and and helping the reputed mob boss avoid capture for 16 years.
Frank Cady, an actor best known for for his recurring and popular role as storekeeper Sam Drucker on the TV sitcoms Green Acres and Petticoat Junction, died Friday at his home in Wilsonville, Ore. He was 96.
Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta, who is accused of insider trading, will not testify in his own defense, according to a letter written by his main lawyer to the U.S. District Judge in New York.
Junior Alexander Guy, 49, signed up for a cell phone for the first time last month and got George Zimmerman's old number and death threats.
Apple has been officially reprimanded over its misleading advertising in Australia of the term 4G for new iPad 3. No considerable penalty here: According to The Australian, Apple has agreed to a $2.25 million settlement in Australian courts after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) won a battle alleging the Cupertino, Calif.-based company misled customers about the new iPad's touted features.
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng's brother has said that local authorities destroyed evidence of abuse in his village, coinciding with reports that government surveillance, which turned the village into a prison to keep the activist under house arrest for two years, has ended.
A younger woman. A Vegas wedding. A new tattoo. Kelsey Grammer may have all the fixings for a mid-life crisis. RadarOnline.com is reporting that the 57-year-old actor is going through some changes in his middle age and might not be coping with them so well.
Florida Governor Rick Scott vowed on Wednesday to continue a disputed effort to purge ineligible voters from the rolls, defying a federal order to halt the process.
Scout Willis, the 20-year-old daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, was reportedly arrested in New York on Monday for using a fake ID and drinking beer in a subway station.
A federal appeals court has declined to reconsider striking down California's prohibition on same-sex marriage, increasing the likelihood that the issue will reach the Supreme Court.
A detailed look at the latest news surrounding Arsenal's activities in the transfer market this summer.
Peru's Supreme Court has approved the United States extradition request for Joran van der Sloot, the man suspected in Natalee Holloway's disappearance,. but the Dutchman must first serve out his 28-year prison sentence, according to the Associated Press.
When George Zimmerman fatally shot unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin in February, he wasn't immediately arrested and charged because of the state's controversial 2005 Stand Your Ground law. Due to the measure, killers and vicious attackers in some cases are walking free, a report shows.
George Zimmerman is back in Florida to return to custody, but his legal team plans on
Egyptians continued protesting into Sunday, outraged that a court spared Mubarak's life.
After weeks of being stuck in Mexico because of an immigration issue, Elizabeth Olivas, a Frankfort High School honor student, first stepped off a plane at Indianapolis International Airport on Thursday and then delivered her speech as salutatorian to her graduating class on Saturday.
Zimmerman, who is facing second-degree murder charges in the death of Trayvon Martin, had his bail revoked after prosecutors accused him of conspiring with his wife to lie about $200,000 they collected from a website toward his legal defense.
In a double blow to Florida's controversial push to prevent election fraud, a federal judge blocked the state's new voting law and the Justice Department ordered the state to halt a purge of noncitizens from its voter rolls.
Sex ed is apparently taken very seriously at Brooklyn's James Madison High School, aka Horndog High, which is embroiled in yet another sex scandal, as allegations emerge that married English teacher Erin Sayar allegedly had a month-long sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student.
The legal activist gives his first public speaking engagement in America after leaving from China.