US Supreme Court zeroes in on gay marriage under federal lawFor the second day in a row Wednesday, the US Supreme Court grappled with the issue of gay marriage - this time in light of the definition under federal law of marriage as being between a man and a woman.02:08 29.03.2013
New York court dismisses Tymoshenko's claims against US companiesThe US District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed complaints against several US companies in former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's lawsuit against RosUkrEnergo and its co-owner Dmytro Firtash.14:04 28.03.2013
US Supreme Court grapples with California’s gay marriage banThe US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case contesting California’s state legislative initiative defining marriage as between a man and a woman.18:58 27.03.2013
Abramovich, RBC may settle false report dispute out of courtRussian tycoon Roman Abramovich could settle a dispute with RBC Media group over its false report on Monday of the Chelsea football club owner’s arrest in the United States out of court09:36 27.03.2013
Russian orphan flees US parents, lives on streets, returns to RussiaA Russian teenager who was adopted at the age of 12 by a US couple chose to run away from home, living on the streets for months before finally making it back to his grandmother in Russia, Vesti television channel reported.17:50 26.03.2013
Controversial US politician Michele Bachmann under investigationThe US Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) has launched a probe against former presidential hopeful and conservative Congresswoman Michele Bachmann amidst allegation of financial impropriety during the 2012 presidential campaign.13:48 26.03.2013
Pro-gun groups challenge constitutionality of New York gun law reformVarious US pro-gun advocacy groups teamed up to sue New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and various other state and local officials over the constitutionality of a sweeping gun control law passed last January.19:01 22.03.2013
Russian court will consider ordering US to return 2-year-old orphanA Russian court will consider annulling the adoption of Kirill Kuzmin, brother of the recently deceased Russian orphan Maxim Kuzmin, on March 25.17:27 22.03.2013
USA responded to 7 of 19 Russia's requests on child abuse casesThe United States has responded to seven of Russia's 19 requests for help on child abuse cases that concern US parents whose adopted Russian children died, Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika said during a Government Hour meeting in the State Duma on Friday.16:07 22.03.2013
Bikram yoga founder accused of sexual harassment, sabotage by star pupilOne of the world’s most famous yoga gurus has been accused of sexual harassment and discrimination by a former protégé, according to the New York Post, which obtained a copy of the complaint filed earlier this month with the Los Angeles Superior Court.15:06 22.03.2013
Chinese NASA worker in US court over computer cacheA former Chinese contractor with the NASA appeared in US federal court Thursday, his lawyer said, after he was arrested following an attempt to fly back to China carrying laptops, hard drives and SIM cards in his bags.13:04 22.03.2013
Microsoft discloses law enforcement requests for user dataUS tech giant Microsoft disclosed Thursday that it and its main video chat service Skype received more than 75,000 requests last year from government law enforcement agencies in the United States and four other countries to provide customer user data.09:03 22.03.2013
Top judges fear sequestration cuts will mar US JudiciaryLeading federal judges warned the US Congress Wednesday of the dire impact sequestration will have on the nation’s federal court system, claiming in a congressional testimony that the federal spending cuts threaten to compromise the courts’ constitutional mission.14:08 21.03.2013
Two suspects charged in $13.2 mln Facebook Ponzi schemeFormer gubernatorial hopeful and known snake oil salesman Craig Berkman has been charged for defrauding investors of upwards of $13 million by way of a Ponzi scheme built on empty promises of pre-IPO shares in Facebook, LinkedIn, and other hot social media websites.01:02 21.03.2013
Latvian Foreign Ministry against Gozi virus creator's extradition to USLatvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics has analyzed the information regarding Dennis Calovskis, who has been charged with a cyber crime in the United States, but has not found any grounds for his extradition.18:11 20.03.2013
Russian investigators vow to prosecute US families for orphan abuseRussia's Investigative Committee will call on Interpol to prosecute the US families who have been implicated in the deaths of their adopted Russian children, the committee's chief Alexander Bastrykin told reporters on Wednesday.17:44 20.03.2013
Most of Russian cabinet against US Adoption Ban - Deputy PMThe majority of Russian ministers are against a recently approved ban on US nationals adopting Russian children, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Wednesday.15:05 20.03.2013
Russia launches criminal probe into US death of Maxim KuzminLocal authorities in Russia's Pskov Region have launched a criminal investigation into the alleged negligence in the processing of adoption documents of Maxim Kuzmin (renamed Max Alan Shatto), whose recent death in the US provoked an enormous outcry in his home country.22:01 19.03.2013
Children's ombudsman demands police materials on Maxim Kuzmin's death in USChildren's rights commissioner Pavel Astakhov insists that US authorities forward all documents related to the death of Maxim Kuzmin, a Russian boy adopted by a Texan family.14:17 19.03.2013
US defense contractor charged with leaking nuclear plans to Chinese loverA 59-year-old American defense contractor, who formerly served as an officer for the US Army, has been arrested and charged in Hawaii with leaking classified information about US nuclear weapons and national defense strategy to his 27-year-old Chinese paramour.12:25 19.03.2013