SUPREME COURT

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.

Judge William Adams -- the family court-at-law judge from Aransas County, Texas who was caught on video beating his daughter with a belt -- has been suspended with pay by the Texas Supreme Court.

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber Tuesday blocked the execution of a death row inmate and declared the state capital punishment-free as long as he's the Governor of the state.

The California Supreme Court declined to give local governments carte blanche to hike health premiums for retired workers, saying on Monday that retirees could have a right to such benefits in some circumstances.

U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., has introduced the first proposal directly inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement.

An orchestra conductor is a lead plaintiff in a case challenging U.S. Congress' authority to remove celebrated works from the public domain.

The California Supreme Court declined to give local governments carte blanche to hike health premiums for retired workers, saying on Monday that retirees could have a right to such benefits in some circumstances.