Court keeps poultry slaughter case alive
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In a victory for animal-rights   supporters, a U.S. district court ruled on Wednesday that   members of the U.S. chapter of the Humane Society can sue the   federal government over the way chickens and turkeys are   slaughtered.
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A federal appeals court issued a stay of execution Monday for a convicted killer who had stopped appealing his death sentence and was set to be die in the electric chair.
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U.S. Supreme Court justices on  Wednesday questioned whether the government can compel cattle  ranchers to pay for an industry marketing program, famous for  its "Beef, It's What's for Dinner" advertisements.
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A California judge on Tuesday kept alive a human rights lawsuit that claims energy giant Unocal Corp. should be held liable for the alleged enslavement of local residents during
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The High Court is to decide whether a seriously-ill baby with a rare genetic disorder should continue to be treated.
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By Flory, Gary A; Peer, Robert W; Bendfeldt, Eric S  Virginia state agencies study methods for small-scale carcass disposal in response to an outbreak of avian influenza.  WINDROW COMPOSTING has been successfully used in the U.S.
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The High Court has ruled a woman in a persistent vegetative state given an experimental treatment against her family's wishes can be allowed to die.
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An Alabama death row inmate won a last-minute stay of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, keeping in place an unofficial U.S. moratorium on executions that has lasted more than four months.
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By Mick Hinton, Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 13--OKLAHOMA CITY -- A bill that would curb the power of the attorney general to sue poultry companies was stalled in a House subcommittee on Monday.   Rep.
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The Supreme Court today declined to consider whether dying patients have a right to be treated with experimental drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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A Virginia death row inmate received a stay of execution on Wednesday, the latest in a series of reprieves since the U.S. Supreme Court last month agreed to decide a challenge to the lethal injection method.
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The Supreme Court refused Monday to reinstate a Florida law passed to keep a severely brain-damaged woman hooked to a feeding tube, clearing the way for it to be removed. How soon that would happen, however, was unclear.
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OAK BROOK, Ill. Oak Brook-based McDonald&#39;s is considering whether to require its chicken processors to use a slaughtering method that animal rights groups say is more humane.
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HARTFORD, Conn.  - A federal judge on Monday  stayed the execution of serial killer Michael Ross, who had  been scheduled later this week to become the first person put  to death in New England in 45 years.
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By MICK HINTON World Capitol Bureau  The measure would limit the attorney general's power to sue the poultry industry.   OKLAHOMA CITY -- A bill that would curb the power of the attorney general to sue poultry companies was stalled in a House subcommittee on Monday.    Rep.
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The Supreme Court yesterday declined to consider whether dying patients have a right to be treated with experimental drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Hong Kong authorities may ban the slaughtering of poultry by retailers in a bid to prevent a bird (avian) flu pandemic. The WHO has warned that the next global pandemic may come from a mutated bird flu virus.