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Speaking during Assange’s extradition hearing in London, human rights lawyer Carey Shenkman called the century-old Espionage Act one of the most contentious laws in the United States.

A former member of Paraguays Congress and her husband have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, U.S. authorities announced.

Poland's justice minister accused the European Union of waging an attack on democracy" after the European Parliament passed a resolution criticizing lax adherence to the rule of law and discrimination against women, LGBT people and other minorities in the...

A Christian group against threats to religious freedoms is appealing a federal judge's ruling that temporarily blocked an Idaho law banning transgender women from competing in womens sports.

Israel closed its schools on Thursday, a day before entering a second national coronavirus lockdown, as daily infections topped 4,500.

It was difficult to celebrate America in Saginaw this year. The deadly coronavirus had torn through the county. Unemployment had surged fivefold. Weeks of protest over racial inequality left many debating what should be hallowed and what must be changed.

In 2019, there were slightly less than 1 million samesex couple households in the U.S., and a majority of those couples were married, according to new figures the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.

A shooting outside a senior living apartment complex in a small Wisconsin town left four people wounded, including the gunman, law enforcement said Thursday.

After consultation with all stakeholders, the federal government has decided in principle to give constitutional rights to Gilgit-Baltistan, the minister told reporters.

U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres urged Israel and the Palestinians on Wednesday to seize the opportunity for negotiations following the diplomatic agreements between Israel and two Gulf Arab states that resulted in the suspension of any Israeli anne...

This week's decision to charge a white bar owner who fatally shot a Black man during a chaotic night of protests in downtown Omaha months after the shooting was deemed selfdefense highlights how difficult it can be to sort out these cases.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday that YouTube stars who rented out the Jersey Shore house Monday should be taken to task after an estimated 1,000 people showed up, many flouting COVID19 social distancing rules.

A senior U.S. official on Wednesday rejected claims that the government sent an American citizen to Venezuela where hes been charged with plotting terrorist attacks and labeled a spy.

A Minnesota man who is accused of joining the Islamic State group in Syria has been returned to the United States to face terrorism charges.

Top aides to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went before a congressional committee on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trump's dismissal of the former State Department inspector general as he investigated weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and allegati...