WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court ruled Friday military commissions may resume war crimes trials of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) -- Three Muslim firefighters can keep their beards until at least Aug. 1 following a federal judge's ruling regarding a D.C. Fire Department ban on facial hair.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The Justice Department has asked for quick action on a judge's order halting proceedings by a war crimes court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. trial of a terror suspect at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba has been halted by a federal judge who said the Bush administration had overstepped its bounds.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A judge ruled against the Bush campaign Wednesday, saying it couldn't order the Federal Elections Commission to stop "527" groups from anti-candidate actions.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Three South African boys under the age of 10 reportedly have confessed to beating a tiny 6-year-old boy to death.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Washington granted permission for a one-day strike by four unions that say they want to protest a lack of government support for Amtrak.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1 (UPI) -- A new drug discount service offered by an HIV advocacy group is offering cut rate -- up to 50 percent off -- pharmaceutical prices to its members.

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