Law & Society

The National Football League and its players union argued in court on Friday over whether the child abuse-related suspension of the league's 2012 most valuable player Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings should be overturned.

The number of U.S. drivers under the influence of alcohol is steadily dropping, but the use of illegal drugs by drivers is on the rise, new data from a U.S. Transportation Department survey showed on Friday.

Iran's foreign minister has warned the United States that failure to agree a nuclear deal would likely herald the political demise of pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani, Iranian officials said, raising the stakes as the decade-old stand-off nears its end-game.