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A judge in California has overturned that state's physician-assisted suicide law. The state attorney general now has five days to appeal the ruling to keep the law in place.

Mitzi Bolanos said she's Hispanic and never felt discriminated against — until she started walking around with her pit bull. Bolanos wants to fight dog discrimination and opposes widespread bans on the notorious terriers. She's in the first class of students at the Lewis and Clark Law School Center for Animal Law Studies.

Mexican President Vicente Fox faced a choice of whether to sign into law a bill decriminalzing possession of small amounts of drugs. Proponents says the law will empower law enforcement to focus on major drug trafficking. Robert Siegel talks with Sam Enriquez of The Los Angeles Times.

Siding with Planned Parenthood, a federal judge late Thursday issued a preliminary injunction against two parts of a controversial new Florida abortion...

Repealing the federal health law would add an additional 19 million to the ranks of the uninsured in 2016 and increase the federal deficit over the next...

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office this week urged a circuit judge to dismiss a challenge to a law that imposes strict penalties on local governments...

For nearly three years, the Afghan parliament has tried to pass a law banning violence against women. Supporters say they've made concessions to address conservatives' concerns. But critics say the proposal still violates Islamic law.

A new law signed today requires public notification within 24 hours of pollution incidents.

A federal judge has refused to dismiss the National Rifle Association’s challenge to a 2018 state law that blocked people under age 21 from buying guns.

The Legislative Session has hit a pause as the State House and Senate still need more time to figure out a budget. Legislators were still able to agree on a plethora of new proposed laws.