SUPREME COURT

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday overturned Prop 8, the ballot measure that ended same-sex marriage in California five months after the state's Supreme Court allowed gays and lesbians to marry.

Luis Ortiz faces charges of first-degree attempted murder after he allegedly shot police officer Kevin Brennan in the head.

The BSE Sensex snapped a five-day rally on Tuesday as investors locked in profits after the government forecast growth may dip below 7 percent, the slowest pace since the 2008 financial crisis.

It seems some Super Bowl viewers were more upset about the halftime show than the Patriots' loss. The Parents Television Council released a statement Monday morning slamming the NFL and NBC for British singer/rapper M.I.A.'s profane gesture.

Amazon.com will begin collecting sales taxes on orders from Pennsylvania in September, on the heels of a California settlement where it agreed to begin collecting sales in the Golden State also beginning September.

Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White claims Gov. Mitch Daniels should also be charged with voter fraud, based on the standards used by the prosecution in his conviction.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday will release its long-awaited decision on Prop 8, California's ballot measure ending same-sex marriage in the state.

The federal appeals court will announce on Tuesday it's ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California's ban on gay marriage. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced Monday morning that it plans to reveal the long-anticipated verdict by 1 p.m. ET.

Norway's Telenor ASA (TEL.OL) plans to fight an order by the Supreme Court to cancel 122 telecoms licences held by its Indian joint venture, but has not ruled out abandoning the country altogether, the head of the company's Asian operations said.

M.I.A. not only bounced on stage with Madonna and Nicki Minaj during Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, she shocked the audience by giving them the middle finger.

The human safari exploitation of the Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands has reached the British Parliament with MPs tabling a motion calling on India to close the illegal road that cuts through the tribe's reserve.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited Egypt to mark the anniversary of the uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak.

Robin Tyler and Diane Olson were the first of 18,000 same-sex couples to legally wed in California

Duch, now 69 years old, was the commander of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison.

Mobbed by cameramen and with two fingers raised in a victory salute, Subramanian Swamy stood before the Supreme Court on Thursday, flushed with the vindication of an unrelenting legal campaign aimed at the country's most powerful politicians and the Congress party.

The BSE Sensex was subdued on Friday as some profit-taking emerged after the index rose more than 3 percent in the last three sessions, and as weak Asian markets ahead of key U.S. jobs data dented investor sentiment.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's contract with Macy's to exclusively sell certain products has a loophole that will let the company sell in J.C. Penney Co stores, according to the home-goods company.

As pro-business groups clamor to convince regulators to overhaul their draft of the controversial Volcker rule, fault lines are emerging within the opposition over just what a revamped draft should look like.

If Gilani is convicted of contempt, he faces up to six months in prison and would be disqualified from holding public office in the future.

The Supreme Court on Thursday revoked all 122 telecoms licences issued under a scandal-tainted 2008 sale, a fresh embarrassment for the government and plunging the mobile network market of Asia's third-largest economy into uncertainty.

Wall Street's own watchdog filed a complaint against Charles Schwab Corp on Wednesday accusing the online brokerage of requiring customers to waive their rights to pursue class actions against the firm, a violation of industry rules.