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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Behzad Mirhashem, University of New Hampshire(THE CONVERSATION) What the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution means when it protects citizens against an unreasonable search by government agents isn’t entirely clear. It certainly includes police physically entering a person’s home, but for almost 100 years, the Supreme Court has tried to define what else might qualify, including

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Anthony Johnstone, The University of Montana(THE CONVERSATION) Twenty years ago, when I was a law student taking constitutional law, the Second Amendment did not even come up in class. Today, as a law professor, I teach the Second Amendment as the very first case in my constitutional law class. The emergence of the Second Amendment in law school classrooms is a lesson in the ways

Some Massachusetts property owners are struggling to return to normalcy following several dramatic pipeline explosions three months ago

Palestinian police have cracked down on a Hamas protest in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, beating demonstrators with batons and throwing stun grenades

British officials have released the photos chosen by members of the royal family for their Christmas cards

Global stocks are down Friday after Chinese authorities said industrial output and retail sales both slowed in November, the latest warning sign from the second-largest economy in the world

The board overseeing North Carolina's public universities is meeting to decide the fate of a Confederate statue toppled by protesters at the state's flagship campus

A Dutch appeals court has upheld a prison sentence of nearly 11 years for a man convicted of cyberbullying dozens of young women and gay men around the world

Kanye West appeared to reignite a feud with fellow rapper Drake in which he claimed Drake had called trying to threaten him

A man in his 20s has been remanded in custody suspected of preparing a terrorist attack and illegal weapons possession

U.S. stocks are falling after new reports raised more concerns about China's economy. Markets were also lower in Europe and Asia.

US industrial production climbed 0.6 percent in November on surging output at mines, utilities

Spanish prosecutors file tax evasion charges against Colombian singer Shakira

Spanish prosecutors are charging pop music star Shakira with tax evasion, alleging she defrauded the treasury of more than 14.5 million euros ($16.3 million) between 2012 and 2014

Rio de Janeiro's public security secretary says that the assassination of a city councilwoman in March was committed by militia members who saw her as a threat to their attempts to take over lands in the western part of the city

A Philippine court has found 66 alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf guilty of kidnapping dozens of students, teachers and a Catholic priest in the south in 2000, in the largest single conviction involving the brutal Muslim militant group

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