Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the US Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said today she is retiring.

The US Supreme Court today overturned the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying Enron Corp-related documents before the energy giant’s collapse.

THRONGS of eager onlookers wrapped in hats and scarves jostled for space as US President George W Bush’s brand new Cadillac swept into view.

Throngs of eager onlookers wrapped tightly in hats and scarves jostled for space as President George Bush’s brand new Cadillac swept into view.

George Bush swore the oath of office for a second term as president of the United States today, pledging to seek “freedom in all the world” as the surest path to peace in an era of terrorism across the globe.

His second term secured, President George Bush is reaching out and asking the 55 million people who voted to oust him from office to get behind the ambitious agenda he’s laid out for the next four years.

THIS morning, as the fog of uncertainty begins to rise (and there’s no guarantee of that), either John Kerry or George Bush will emerge as the leader of the world’s most powerful nation for the next four years.

THE US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that California atheist Michael Newdow lacked the right to bring a constitutional challenge to the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, avoiding a decision on the key church-state issue.

The United States has created a ”lawless enclave” at a military base in Cuba where more than 600 men from 44 countries are being held without access to American courts, a lawyer for the men told the Supreme Court today.