A conservative majority on the high court issued a ruling Thursday that could put an end to most class-action cases.

Under the Hoeven-Corker border security amendment to the U.S. immigration reform bill, DREAMers and agriculture workers need not worry.

France's data-protection regulator is leading a European drive to force Google to change its all-encompassing privacy policy.

The biggest economy in Latin America was nothing but a success story, according to conventional wisdom. That was wrong.

Mobile phone usage in Africa is spreading fast, at once spurring economic growth and also making violent conflicts more common.

70 percent of the U.S. government’s classified intelligence budget goes to private contractors.