We hear a lot of talk these days about “the rule of law” but not so much about what those words mean. They mean that the government may not take actions contrary to existing laws. The words are vitally important to

A couple spoke with their waitress for a moment during dinner but didn’t think too much about it until she slipped them a handwritten note. It wasn’t until they left the restaurant that they unfolded the letter — and realized they had to act immediately.

London’s Metropolitan Police deployed live facial recognition at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival. The technology, which has been used by U.K. police 111 times this year, has stirred debate over privacy and public safety among civil liberties groups and law enforcement.

The Rochester City Attorney’s Office moves to leverage three counts of Disorderly Conduct against Shiloh Hendrix, a woman who used racial slurs against a Somali child with a disability in a since-viral video in April. The charges would amount to a maximum of

In New York City, social clubs backed by China undermined a congressional candidate who once challenged the regime on Chinese television. They helped unseat a state senator for attending a banquet with the president of Taiwan. And they condemned a City

A man was left with a severe gash and blood streaming down his face after he claims he was attacked with ‘a glass bottle containing a lit rag’ just moments after putting up England flags in his home town. Rival groups

A man told two 14-year-old girls eating pizza in a town centre that he “wanted to have a baby with them” and tried to kiss them, a court heard. Hadush Kebatu, from Ethiopia, allegedly propositioned the teenagers “without any encouragement” after

A 22-year-old Syrian man, identified as N., is on trial in Brussels for the rape of two minors. One of the victims is his current pregnant wife, who is 14. He has justified his behavior in both cases that in his