WASHINGTON – A U.S. judge has issued a default order against Russia in a lawsuit seeking to force the country to hand over historic Jewish documents. Judge Royce Lamberth issued the order after Russia refused to participate in the case. The lawsuit was brought by members of Chabad-Lubavitch, which follows …

PARIS – Three suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA were taken into custody this weekend in southern France, a French police official said Sunday. Two of the suspects, carrying handguns and fake French and Spanish identification documents, were stopped by police Sunday as they headed to an underground …

KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait’s highest court has ruled that women lawmakers are not obliged by the law to wear the headscarf, in a ruling that is a blow to Muslim fundamentalists in this small oil-rich state. The Constitutional Court dismissed on Wednesday a case raised by a voter who claimed …

WASHINGTON – U.S. immigration authorities say 223 gang members and associates were arrested in Florida in the last fiscal year. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Operation Community Shield led to 1,785 arrests in 89 cities nationwide. The arrests were made between Oct. 1, 2008, and Sept. 30. The 223 …

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A former Mobile jail inmate testified Wednesday that then-Circuit Judge Herman Thomas spanked his bare bottom severely three times, rubbed it once and, on another occasion, grabbed his crotch while clothed. Under questioning by Thomas’ attorneys, the former inmate also said the judge found him a job, …

LONDON – The U.K. government says Prime Minister Gordon Brown is taking a personal interest in the case of a British man who has been sentenced to death on drug trafficking charges in China. Britain’s Foreign Office says the prime minister has repeatedly raised the case of 53-year-old Akmal Shaikh …

STOCKHOLM – Three scientists who created the technology behind digital photography and helped link the world through fiber-optic networks shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday. Charles K. Kao was cited for his breakthrough involving the transmission of light in fiber optics while Willard S. Boyle and George E. …

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. – A man who thought there was an intruder in his house shot and killed his fiancee the day before they were to be married, police said Friday. “Right now everything points to a tragic accident,” Police Chief Kevin Brunelle told The Associated Press, adding investigators were …

Michael Jackson’s first wife, Lisa Marie Presley, says her ex-husband often thought about death, even comparing himself to her ill-fated father. Presley wrote Friday on her MySpace blog that Jackson once said during an emotional conversation, “I am afraid that I am going to end up like [Elvis Presley], the …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” June 1 to 2, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Tonight, former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter, Liz, go “On the Record” for their very …