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A local court ordered the Japanese government on Thursday to compensate residents living near a U.S. airbase on the southern Okinawa island for noise pollution, as prospects of moving the controversial facility remain unclear.

The South Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for Ken Huber, a former police chief convicted of killing his wife.

Manila court judge has directed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to immediately bring back Senator Panfilo Lacson to the country as she junked the senator's motion for reconsideration seeking to cancel the issuance of an arrest warrant against him.

A federal appeals court orders Virginia's attorney general to back away from threats of suing a woman for posting elected officials' Social Security numbers. The reason: The government published the private data first.

WASHINGTON, July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A U.S. District Court in Montgomery, Ala., granted judgment in favor of the United States yesterday in a lawsuit brought to enforce the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) against the Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH).

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the convictions of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and ordered a new trial, saying a jury received incorrect instructions before considering his role in the 2001 nuptials of a 14-year-old girl and her cousin, 19. Jeffs, 54, was convicted in 2007 of two counts of first-degree felony rape as an accomplice. He is serving two consecutive ...

Court in Khabarovsk region orders internet provider Rosnet to block YouTube over ultra-nationalist video Russia's blogosphere reacted with anger today after a regional court banned YouTube because it carried a single video containing "extremist" content. The court in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Khabarovsk region in the Russian far east ordered Rosnet, a local internet provider, to block YouTube as ...

A court in Russia's Far East has ordered a local Internet provider to block access to five websites including YouTube because extremist materials allegedly were available on them. ...