THE High Court is set to rule on the legality of local council "boycotts" on Israeli goods produced on the West Bank. A Jewish rights organisation has asked two judges in London to rule that the councils, in passing the boycott resolutions, breached equality law duties and failed to have regard "to the need to...
A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday overturned the bribery conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell in a ruling that could make it harder for prosecutors to bring corruption cases against elected officials. McDonnell had been found guilty in 2014 of accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from a wealthy...