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WASHINGTON - In a blow to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a U.S. judge on Thursday upheld a Pennsylvania state law that could make it difficult for his supporters to monitor Election Day activity in Democratic-leaning areas.Trump has repeatedly said that the Nov. 8...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the green light to growing marijuana for recreational use in a landmark decision that could lead to legalization in a country with a bloody history of conflict with drug cartels. Supporters of reform sparked up joints to...

NEW YORK - Internet service providers must turn over customer emails and other digital content sought by U.S. government search warrants even when the information is stored overseas, a federal judge ruled on Friday. In what appears to be the first court decision addressing...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A federal judge is putting pressure on the Minnesota Legislature to change how the state deals with some sex offenders. Thursday, five days before the Minnesota Legislature is to convene for its 2014 session, Judge Donovan Frank wrote in a ruling that...

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FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- The mother of a soldier killed five years ago says she's disappointed by a court ruling protecting the protesters at her son's funeral. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that the Westboro Baptist Church, which holds anti-gay protests at the funerals of soldiers,...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- An appeals court has reversed a ruling that would have allowed family members of two people killed in a house fire on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation to sue an insurance company. A federal judge in 2008 refused to throw out a wrongful death and personal...