Law & Society

A federal judge has delayed the trial involving a lawsuit filed against a water company and a manufacturer that sold a chemical to a company involved in a massive spill in Charleston.

South Africa's Department of Corrections said Thursday that Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympic runner who shot his girlfriend to death on Valentine's Day 2013, can leave prison and move to house arrest next week.

The world's largest wealth fund is planning to sue Volkswagen AG in a rare legal action from Norway's $850bn oil fund that underscores investor anger over the emissions scandal at the German carmaker.