In 2012, US Border Patrol Agent Lonnie Swartz shot at José Antonio Elena Rodríguez through the border fence. Legal action followed. Now, a federal appeals court's verdict: The Mexican boy died on Mexican soil. But he still deserved to be constitutionally protected against Swartz's use of deadly force.

The technology has been described as 'Orwellian'.

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Miko Peled’s new book is an exhaustive study of the U.S.’s case against five Palestinian-American defendants who were convicted under anonymous accusations. By Charles Glass.

A bill approved Wednesday by French lawmakers outlines steep fines for gender-based harassment on the country's streets and public transportation. The law will allow for fines of 90-750 euros, roughly $104 to $868, for sexual or sexist comments. That definition also includes behavior that is degrading, humiliating, intimidating hostile or offensive.

The Detroit Police Department has yet to identify the officer who had been with the department for 18 years.

City officials say military helicopter drills have been in the works for over a year with the Department of Defense and other agencies.

The Constitutional Court of Georgia has released a statement on the decision made today regarding the use of marijuana, effectively abolishing administrative punishment for the use of the drug.

Fear of facing the legitimacy issue has not stopped Americans from harboring profound doubts.

The unprecedented move from MGM Resorts International to sue hundreds of victims of last year's mass shooting in Las Vegas using an obscure U.S. law never tested in court has been framed by the casino-operator as an effort to avoid years of costly litigation — but the legal maneuver may not play out that way.

Putin twice invoked an obscure 1999 treaty with the U.S. that could obligate his cooperation in such investigations. By Scott Ritter.

When a U.S. citizen heard he was on his own country’s drone target list, he wasn’t sure he believed it. After five near-misses, he does – and is suing the United States to contest his own execution. By Matt Taibbi.

Vizaline says its service is not surveying, but Mississippi authorities disagree. By Cyrus Farivar.

In the 24 hours after Donald Trump unveiled Brett Kavanaugh as his pick to replace Anthony Kennedy, folks across the spectrum weighed in with their views. If nothing else, it is clear that—due to the Judge's long, and perhaps somewhat checkered past—there are a lot of angles to look at. A sampling:

A US judge extends a deadline for ending the separation of young migrant children and their families.

India’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death penalty for three men convicted in the gang rape of a young woman in Delhi in 2012, a landmark case that brought an unprecedented level of attention to violence against women in the country. The brutal rape of the 23-year-old medical student, who died of her injuries, had sparked nationwide outrage and forced changes in the law. But six years later, there are few signs that sexual violence against women is abating.

The minority party needs some remedy when the majority leader is immune to considerations of fairness and consistency in his exercise of the Senate’s constitutional powers.

Poland's leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, attempts to stack the courts and consolidate power as he pushes the country to the right.

Who is we?

Malgorzata Gersdorf showed up for work despite being barred by new rules giving the government more control of the judiciary. Hundreds of demonstrators cheered her on.