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Home-schoolers win asylum in U.S.

Germans fled 'persecution'

Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010

A U.S. immigration judge's decision to grant political asylum to a German family with "a well-founded fear of persecution" for home-schooling their children should send a powerful message to the German government to change its stance on home schooling, the family's attorney said Wednesday.

Abu-Jamal sentence may be reinstated

High court overturns lower court's decision

Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010

Mumia Abu-Jamal may be "live from death row" again.

D.C. homicides hit lowest level since '64

Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009

The year is drawing to a close with homicides in the District at a 45-year low, reflecting a national trend that law enforcement officials are attributing to multipronged crime-prevention strategies that include advances in communication and coordination.

Al Qaeda takes credit for airplane plot

Obama reassures public; Napolitano admits lapses

Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility on Monday for the unsuccessful Christmas Day effort to bring down a jet over Detroit, while the Obama administration rushed to deal with the political fallout from the attack.

Obama adds security, orders review after flight incident

Monday, Dec. 28, 2009

In his first public remarks since an apparent jihadist attempt to explode a plane on Christmas Day, President Obama said Monday that security has been enhanced for flights and he has ordered a review to determine how the suspect was able to get on a plane bound for the United States in the first place.

Three arrested in terrorism-drugs link

First case in U.S. connecting al Qaeda to trafficking

Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009

Federal prosecutors on Friday charged three suspected al Qaeda associates with selling cocaine, in the first case that law enforcement officials say links the terrorist organization to drug trafficking.

Credit Suisse fined for assisting Iran, others

Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009

Switzerland's second-largest bank agreed Wednesday to pay a $536 million fine after admitting it engaged in illegal business with Iran and other countries banned from doing business in the U.S.

High court to examine privacy at work case

Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case that potentially calls into question whether employers can stop their workers from sending personal messages using company equipment.

High court to hear texting privacy case

Monday, Dec. 14, 2009

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case that questions whether text messages that employees send on a company account can be kept secret from their employer.