A series of brutal acid attacks has raised alarm in Indonesia, with women's advocates warning that chemicals have often been ...

The ruling removes the 20 per cent seat and 25 per cent vote threshold, paving the way for more diverse candidates and a more ...

A Loudoun County courthouse recently named after influential civil rights attorney Charles Hamilton Houston has been designated as a national historical landmark. The courthouse in Leesburg was ...

Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom Alice, has died. She was 87. Lavin died in Los Angeles on Sunday of ...

Landmark Hillcrest Cinema, the neighborhood’s only movie theater, announced the closure in early January by way of a posted notice to patrons in the theater’s lobby. According to the theater ...

Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) agreed on Monday to a deal to be acquired by a consortium that included brothers Erik and Pete Nordstrom, great-grandsons of company founder John Nordstrom, and Mexican retail ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) held historic hearings from 2 to 13 December addressing States’ obligations under international law to combat climate change, a process spearheaded by small ...

The grave of Owen Brown, who like his father John Brown struggled all his life to end slavery, was named an L.A. County landmark this month. The path that led to that moment was as long and ...