HOUSTON – A legal case that for two decades has pitted Chevron against Ecuadorean Amazon villagers over who was responsible for polluting remote tracts of jungle has taken another bizarre twist, with an ... Read more
WASHINGTON — Most of the biggest challenges facing the Environmental Protection Agency — climate change, major new regulations on power plant emissions, biofuels production and enforcement of clean ... Read more
WASHINGTON — Most of the biggest challenges facing the Environmental Protection Agency — climate change, major new regulations on power plant emissions, biofuels production and enforcement of clean ... Read more
WASHINGTON — Problems with defense lawyers’ e-mails and computer files prompted a military commission judge on Thursday to postpone a pretrial hearing that had been scheduled for next week in the ... Read more
MIAMI — The parents of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teenager who was shot by George Zimmerman last year, have settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the homeowners’ association in the gated ... Read more
Federal authorities have agreed to establish new policies governing the conduct of immigration officers during raids, including restrictions on how and when agents can enter private homes, the source of ... Read more
A global corporation accused of pushing a beloved entertainer to his death. A family whose internal squabbles have been tabloid catnip for decades. A courtroom crowded with lawyers, but off limits to television ... Read more
The 35 Atlanta public school employees charged in a testing scandal have been released from jail and are awaiting their first appearance in court. They are accused of running a conspiracy in which they ... Read more
MOSCOW — The Irish government is promoting a partnership with one of Russia’s largest banks to help seize assets in the former Soviet Union belonging to Sean Quinn, a bankrupt Irish businessman who was ... Read more
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Whaling brings to mind visions of the 19th century. Harpoons into blubber. Captain Ahab versus Moby-Dick. But in some parts of the world, whaling remains very much alive, despite a ... Read more