Three Northern California law enforcement officers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a man who was pinned facedown during a 2021 …
Palace official secured assurance under archaic custom that requires UK parliaments to get consent of monarch to draft bills Royal courtiers privately put pressure on …
Louisiana’s Republican-controlled Senate has advanced a bill that would empower state and local law enforcement to arrest and jail people who entered the U.S. illegally
First minister calls for end to vexatious reports after far-right agitators attempt to “overwhelm” official systems Neo-Nazi and far-right agitators are exploiting Scotland’s new hate …
Exclusive: More than 600 prominent lawyers sign letter that calls for end to exports as a ‘measure to prevent’ genocide Three former supreme court justices, …
‘No further action’ over posts by author and gender-critical activist despite complaints Comments by JK Rowling challenging police to arrest her for online misgendering do …
Group working with Labour and Lib Dem MPs oppose government’s move to introduce harsher measures Rough sleeping could be fully decriminalised after 200 years under …
The interim report from the commission investigating Maine’s deadliest mass shooting focused mostly on whether authorities should have taken shooter Robert Card into custody and …
Republican lawmakers across the country were already jockeying to inject their states deeper into immigration enforcement when the Supreme Court, if only briefly, let Texas …
European Union joins chorus of criticism of Article 23, which includes harsh new penalties for offences such as insurrection, sedition and espionage The European Union …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has announced rules to implement a 2019 citizenship law that excludes Muslims, weeks before the Hindu nationalist leader seeks a …
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida law pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that limits diversity and race-based discussions in private workplaces …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that makes it easier for authorities to compel treatment for people with mental illness or addiction issues
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill to ban school boards from rejecting textbooks based on their teachings about the contributions of people from …
Throughout the corridors of many state Capitols, families are sharing emotionally gutting stories of tragedy caused by mass school shootings with the hope that revealing …
Irish data regulator says platform put 13- to 17-year-old users’ accounts on default public setting, among other breaches TikTok has been fined €345m (£296m) for …
The Biden administration is recommending changes to a 151-year-old law that governs mining for copper, gold and other hardrock minerals on U.S.-owned lands, including making …
Government and regulators may be responsible for failing to stem discharges into rivers, says Office for Environmental Protection The government and regulators may have broken …
In a major win for progressive Texas cities, a district judge in Texas on Wednesday ruled that a controversial new state law targeting local regulations …
Twenty-year-old could face death penalty after anti-LGBTQ+ legislation was introduced this year Ugandan prosecutors have charged a man with “aggravated homosexuality” under anti-LGBTQ+ legislation introduced …
One plaintiff who was denied an abortion after her daughter was diagnosed with anencephaly vomited from the witness stand as she detailed her harrowing pregnancy, …
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has charged 16 Republicans with multiple felonies after they are alleged to have submitted false certificates stating they were the …
Legislation that led to Carla Foster being jailed after procuring pills for a termination said to be ‘antiquated’ Prosecutors have been urged to heed a …
Rishi Sunak’s key reforms had faced challenges from peers including from the archbishop of Canterbury The government’s small boats and migration bill is poised to …