In a major setback in the fight against gender-based violence, Argentinian President Javier Milei’s government has announced it will repeal the crime of femicide from the penal code. In a speech at ...

There are 12 states with "zombie" sodomy laws, meaning that if a Supreme Court case protecting gay sex is overturned, it would become illegal again.

The legislation, known as Gittel’s Law broadens New York State’s penal code to include new categories of licensed mental ...

They have done so behind an expanding veil of secrecy laws that shield the execution process from public scrutiny.” “Since January 2011,” the organization noted, “legislatures in thirteen ...

Further, parents' identity and age will also have to be validated and verified through voluntarily provided identity proof "issued by an entity entrusted by law or the Government", as per the draft ...

In a hauntingly calm voice, Atul shared how his soon-to-be ex-wife was misusing Indian penal laws to harass him and his family, and how he was not able to see his four-year-old child unless he met her ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa put his name on many key laws in 2024, but there are still 18 laws are still waiting to be signed. Not all of the bills that have been signed have been welcomed—the ...

More protections for your credit score if you face medical debt? These are among the roughly 1,000 new laws hitting California starting the first day of 2025. If that sounds like a lot ...

Scores of new California laws are going into effect in 2025 after Gov. Gavin Newsom took action on hundreds of bills that crossed his desk last year. Among the legislation Newsom signed into law ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hundreds of laws were passed in California in 2024, and in the coming days, many of those will start going into effect. Many of the new laws have made headlines throughout ...

New laws taking effect on January 1 in four states would crack down on companies using child labor laws or violating already-existing laws, while one state loosened its child labor laws.