A state government report said on Friday that California's homicide rate fell by 7.8 percent in 2010 to the lowest level since 1966, in-line with a U.S. drop in violent crimes that researchers have attributed in part to better police work.
Insider trading by members of Congress is a clear problem, but fixing it may prove difficult.
A state judge is allowing a conservative group in New York to proceed with a lawsuit to overturn New York's new law legalizing gay marriage.
Two men found guilty of setting off a bomb in a Minsk subway station in April, killing 15 people and wounding hundreds, were handed down a death sentence in a Belarus court Wednesday.
One of Newt Gingrich's former Republican colleagues called the current GOP presidential frontrunner an evil person on Tuesday. Do his previous policy positions and statements support that characterization?
Amazon has opposed states' efforts to force online retailers to collect sales tax from consumers, arguing that Congress must first give them authorization.
The CEO of Swiss pharmaceutical company Naari AG said its sodium thiopental was never intended for a U.S. market or lethal injections.
The ongoing European debt crisis is threatening the global economy and must be dealt with swiftly and decisively, Canada's finance minister Jim Flaherty said at a conference on Wednesday.
The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed a U.S. judge's ruling and injunction that blocked tobacco companies from having to display graphic images on cigarette packs and advertising, such as a man exhaling smoke through a hole in his throat.
Justices hear case that could affect the statute of limitation for filing certain insider trading claims.
A new California law means Murray will serve his time in overcrowded Los Angeles County Jail
Texas officials have asked the U.S. Supreme court to block an interim restricting plan imposed by a federal court, which rejected a plan by the state legislature after critics argued it did not increase opportunities for minority representation.
The U.S. Supreme Court will review an overtime pay case from a nationwide class of GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical sales representatives.
An equal-rights group in Kansas is asking Gov. Sam Brownback to repeal the state's sodomy law, which was rendered unconstitutional by a Supreme Court ruling eight years ago. Some legislators argue that, since the law is unenforceable, it isn't worth the effort to repeal it. But laws have symbolic meaning whether they are enforced or not.
The high school senior has sparked a debate on the limits of First Amendment free speech in public schools, when a joking Twitter post landed her in the principal's office, pressured to write a dictated apology to Gov. Brownback. Sullivan's right to tweet has been backed by news sites, but as social media blurs the line between public and private, the Kansas school district may stick by its decision.
Nassau County has a New Year’s gift for 100,000 daily passengers on L.I. Bus: it’s going French, having been sold to France’s Veolia Environment SA, whose transportation unit operates many other U.S. systems.
Italian designers, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana will stand trial once again for alleged tax evasion charges valued at over $1.1 billion.
The Canadian government has the right to fine U.S. Steel (X.N: Quote) for breaking job-protection promises made when it bought Canadian steelmaker Stelco, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday.
A Canadian provincial court on Wednesday upheld the country's ban on polygamy, saying the harm that plural marriage causes to women and children outweighed any infringement of religious freedoms.
After the Thanksgiving break, justices will return to several cases involving broadcasters, pharmaceutical companies and investors.
The government of Tamil Nadu has banned screening of Dam 999, with immediate effect. The film was supposed to release on Nov. 25.
A former talent manager is hoping to convince the California Supreme Court to block enforcement of the state's Talent Agencies Act.