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The family of a teenage Iraqi girl gang raped and murdered by U.S. troops said on Sunday they were disappointed that a soldier sentenced to 110 years in jail for the crime did not receive the death penalty. Private Jesse Spielman was found guilty of four counts of murder, rape, conspiracy to commit rape, and […]

The Democratic-controlled House has approved and sent to President Bush for his signature legislation written by his intelligence advisers to enhance their ability to intercept the electronic communications of foreigners without a court order. The 227 to 183 House vote capped a high-pressure campaign by the White House to change the nation’s wiretap law, in

Private contractors and the insurance companies that represent them could face hundreds of millions of dollars in legal claims arising from the collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge, attorneys familiar with such cases said Friday. Private contractors and the insurance companies that represent them could face hundreds of millions of dollars in legal claims arising

If cabinet members were perishable goods, Alberto Gonzales would have passed his “sell by” date sometime last spring. Since January, when he first faced sharp questioning over the firing of U.S. Attorneys, the Attorney General has earned disastrous reviews for his inconsistent testimony and poor judgment and for appearing to place loyalty to the White

For Richard Levin, the commute to his new law firm from the Upper West Side required only a slight adjustment: simply get off the subway one stop earlier. For his new firm, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, the change was more extensive. While other Manhattan firms are building up their bankruptcy departments, Cravath Swaine is just

British Airways faces a massive damages claim from millions of passengers after the airline was fined for colluding with its rival Virgin Atlantic over fuel surcharges on tickets. BA was hit with penalties totalling $550 million by competition authorities in the UK and United States yesterday for holding secret discussions with Virgin over a two-year

Buried among prairie dogs and amateur animation shorts on YouTube is a curious little mini-documentary shot in front of an abortion clinic in Libertyville, Ill. The man behind the camera is asking demonstrators who want abortion criminalized what the penalty should be for a woman who has one nonetheless. You have rarely seen people look

When Alberto R. Gonzales was asked during his January 2005 confirmation hearing whether the Bush administration would ever allow wiretapping of U.S. citizens without warrants, he initially dismissed the query as a “hypothetical situation.” But when Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) pressed him further, Gonzales declared: “It is not the policy or the agenda of this