Thiel is the tech industry's highest-profile Trump supporter, and also on the board of Facebook.

Local media reports former police officer Philip Brailsford signed an agreement that allowed him to be temporarily rehired to allow him to apply for an accidental disability pension and medical retirement.

The automobile took over because the legal system helped squeeze out the alternatives.

A grand jury had ruled Marshae Jones intentionally caused the caused the shooting death of her foetus by initiating a fight. But after a public outcry, prosecutors have dropped the charge.

In case after case, U.S. judges sealed evidence about the risks as the body count mounted. And as a Reuters analysis found, it’s only one of many big product-liability cases in which judges have countenanced a lethal and often unlawful secrecy.

Cyclists can be a nuisance, running red lights, riding on the pavement ... but are they dangerous, and if not, is it a problem if they break the law?

For well over a decade we've discussed the short-sightedness of the US repeatedly demanding that China "respect" US intellectual property, because China has only turned that around on the US, and used Chinese patents as a way to block American competitors from entering the Chinese market.

The onus is on MPs to ensure the government respects a legal ruling criticising the export of weapons used in Yemen

What happens when your community is no longer welcome on the internet? For Australian sex workers, that's been the reality for almost one year. The Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) made online platforms like Facebook and Google liable for any content that advertised sex work, even consensual work.

The University of Houston got a big win this week when a state appeals court agreed to reverse a lower court ruling that would have allowed a Houston photographer to sue the university for using an aerial photograph the university used to promote its business school. By L.M. Sixel.

You may have seen this story in various forms over the weekend, starting with a big Wall Street Journal article (paywall likely) claiming that Genius caught Google "red handed" in copying lyrics from its site. Lots of other articles on the...

More than four years after Congress required the Department of Justice to assemble information about those who die in police custody, the agency has yet to implement a system for collecting that.

Native American women and girls disappear at twice the per-capita rate of white Americans. Many still do not have answers as to what happened to their mothers, aunts, sisters, daughters. Some said they felt failed by authorities; they had been made to wait days by police to report a loved one’s disappearance or had their pleas for help ignored altogether.

Hong Kong braces for another mass rally Sunday as public anger seethes following unprecedented clashes between protesters and police over an extradition law, despite a climbdown by the city’s embattled leader in suspending the bill. Organisers are hoping for another mammoth turnout as they vowed to keep pressure on chief executive Carrie Lam.

Officers in law enforcement agencies across the country have joined private hate groups on Facebook, participating in the spread of extremism.

Hong Kong extradition bill: Carrie Lam backs down and 'suspends' legislation, sets no new time frame

American retailers, manufacturers and tech companies warned President Donald Trump on Thursday that tariffs on China will damage the US economy, lead to job losses and harm millions of consumers.

It's getting violent.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case brought by a Guantanamo Bay captive against his perpetual detention, even though war on terrorism has no end in sight. By Kevin Gosztola.

In a key property rights decision, two West Virginia residents scored a rare victory from the state Supreme Court. By Kate Mishkin and Ken Ward Jr.