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A human rights court has ruled that a civilian massacre committed by El Salvador’s military must be investigated.

HSBC Holdings Plc might pay a fine of $1.8 billion as part of a settlement with U.S. law-enforcement agencies over money-laundering lapses, according to several people familiar with the matter.

The U.S. Senate supported an amendment intended to prevent the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens.

Yes, this actually happens in the United States.

Osaka schools will require students to attend classes on Saturday in response to falling educational standards and rising delinquency.

Huang had languished in prison for 11 years.

A 12-year-old boy stands on trial after allegedly murdering his neo-Nazi father.

At any given time, 4,500 New York prisoners are housed in "the Box." More often than not, they have not committed a violent crime.

State officials are no longer considering being Facebook friends a violation of Texas' fraternizing policy.

Terry Williams, who killed his sexual abuser, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Oct. 3.

Erica DePalo, the former "Teacher of the Year" in New Jersey accused of having sex with a 15-year-old honors student, has pleaded not guilty to sex assault charges during her arraignment Wednesday.

Defense attorneys who represented O.J. Simpson during his 1994-95 murder trial have responded to new allegations that one of the most important pieces of evidence had been illegally tampered with.

17 years after the infamous OJ Simpson murder trial, a member of the prosecution made the claim that OJ Simpson's defense team manipulated the famous glove that ultimately helped lead to a not guilty verdict for Simpson.

Terry Williams, who has spent nearly his entire adult life in prison, allegedly experienced long-term sexual abuse at the hands of the man he murdered in 1986.

The UN passed a new set of international standards designed to protect the rights of domestic workers, who often suffer from abuse at the hands of their employers.

UN Special Rapporteur in Palestine Richard Falk has denounced the Rachel Corrie verdict.

After a 16-year prison stint for the 1995 arson murder that killed her 3-year-old son, Kristine Bunch was granted $5,000 cash bail at the suggestion of prosecutors.

The Oklahoma execution of Michael Hooper, who was sentenced to death in 2004 for the triple murder of his girlfriend, and her two children, went ahead on Tuesday evening despite the inmate's attempt to delay. Hooper was the 100th inmate to be put to death in Oklahoma, since the state renewed capital punishment in 1990.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin accepting applications Wednesday for a new Obama administration initiative, first announced in June, that allows many undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children to temporarily avoid deportation and obtain legal work permits.

Police found a gun at the home of the 31-year-old ex-girlfriend of Sikh temple shooter Wade Michael Page. She is a nursing school student -- but also a felon, barred from having firearms.

After rounding up over 6,000 suspected illegal immigrants over the weekend, Greek authorities announced that 1,600 will be deported.