LONDON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The head of Britain's new Supreme Court says he hopes the court's justice selection process doesn't become politicized like in the United States.

TORONTO, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The Canadian province of Ontario announced Tuesday it is suing several tobacco companies for $50 billion to recover medical expenses it has paid.

WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday announced it was rescheduling its confirmation vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to next week.

WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he will oppose Judge Sonia Sotomayor's bid to join the Supreme Court, even as other GOP lawmakers have endorsed her.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 17 (UPI) -- Pakistan's Supreme Court Friday acquitted Nawaz Sharif in a plane hijacking case going back to when he was prime minister.

NEW YORK, July 16 (UPI) -- A New York teenager snapped at an animal-rights activist after admitting she baked her former roommate's kitten alive in an oven.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 16 (UPI) -- A Sri Lankan commission says it could not find evidence the country's military was involved in the deaths of 17 French charity workers in 2006.

AUSTIN, Texas, July 14 (UPI) -- The Texas attorney general's office says evidence seized in a raid on a polygamist ranch can be used in court.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, July 13 (UPI) -- They just won't go away. Twenty years after the fall of communism, much Central Europe’s economy, politics and judiciary is dominated by former Communists. It is a despicable legacy. But it might not be the worst of it.