The US Treasury Department intends to soon issue a long-delayed rule forcing banks to seek the identities of people behind shell company account holders, after the "Panama Papers" leak.
Panama said it would form an independent commission to review the country's financial practices following the leak of information from a local law firm that has embarrassed a clutch of world leaders.
The Louisiana House has voted on Wednesday to triple the wait time for women seeking abortion, bringing it to a total of 72 hours or three days from the previous 24-hour period. Louisiana could be the sixth state to have the longest waiting periods nationwide.
Virginia Attorney General has filed the paperwork to seek the exoneration of a man who was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder. The man was imprisoned back in 1982.
