The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal law invalidates several portions of Arizona's tough immigration law but kept in place a controversial provision requiring police officers to check the status of immigrants they believe to be in the country illegally.
A new survey suggests that Republicans are convincing voters to reject Obama's reform even when they like much of what is in it, such as allowing children to stay on their parents' insurance until age 26.
The political world is eagerly awaiting not one but two Supreme Court verdicts that could reshape the political landscape for the Obama administration.
The U.S. Supreme Court will announce its health care decision on Thursday, after making three major rulings on Monday.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Intel Corp, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Cellcom Israel, Nokia Corp, Banco Santander, Deutsche Bank and Microsoft Corp are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Monday.
Indian security agencies have arrested one of the suspected handlers of the terrorists who carried out attacks in Mumbai November 26, 2008, which killed 166 people.
The indefinite hunger strike by Air India pilots entered the second day Monday even as the Aviation Ministry and the management refused to budge to their demands. About 400 pilots owing allegiance to the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG, now derecognized) have been striking from May 8, demanding parity in pay and career progression in Air India.
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Money manager Ezra Merkin has agreed to pay $410 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general that accused Merkin of steering client money to Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, a person familiar with the settlement said on Sunday.
Most Americans are concerned about the public-health consequences of antibiotic overuse, even as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration drags its heels in developing regulations for the meat industry.
The state has been barred from using capital punishment, although the court did not specifically rule that lethal injection or the death penalty is unconstitutional.
The fate of the Obama administration's health care reform law may finally be settled this week, when the U.S. Supreme Court is widely expected to finally announce whether the politically charged law will live or die.
From immigration to same-sex marriage to education, U.S. President Barack Obama has been able to advance his agenda without Congress. Here's how.
Penn State says the legal process has spoken with its release of a guilty verdict for the university's former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant football coach at Penn State, has been placed on suicide watch for his own safety after a guilty verdict was returned in his child sex abuse case, his lawyer told CNN.
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Jerry Sandusky, former assistant coach of the Penn State football team, was found guilty on 45 of 48 counts of child sexual abuse Friday night.
Oscar Fuller has been sentenced to one year in prison for punching a woman during a dispute over a New York City parking space. Fuller received the maximum punishment for the misdemeanor assault, which ended up causing Lana Rosas serious brain damage.
The attorney for James Whitey Bulger, the reputed Boston gangster who went on the lam for 16 years and was captured in California last year, wants to delay Bulger's upcoming trial for a year, enraging prosecutors.
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Megan Crafton, An assistant cheerleading coach at an Indianapolis high school, has been arrested for allegedly performing sexual acts on a 17-year-old male student.
The 62-year-old Ashraf resigned from his post as water and power minister in February 2011 under a cloud of corruption allegations, although he denied any wrongdoing on his part.