Law & Society

Four members of the San Francisco Police Department are under investigation for allegedly sending racist and homophobic text messages and all of them have been on the force for more than a decade, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Sunday.

A small London-listed miner is pushing ahead and confident of victory in its $2 billion international arbitration battle with Indonesia, the company's chairman said on Monday, after a mysterious fire hit its Jakarta offices last week.

U.S. authorities are considering imposing tougher restrictions in Arkansas to contain a virulent strain of avian flu in the heart of America's poultry region in a bid to minimize international trade disruptions and contain the virus.