BOWLING GREEN — Joseph Adam Minor had been on the stand in a federal courtroom in Bowling Green for about five hours over the course of two days, and only two out of four attorneys had questioned him so far.

New York, Apr 25 : Christian Tarantino, the owner of Synergy Fitness clubs on Long Island and New York City, on Wednesday was sentenced to three terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for his role in the murders of three men between 1994 and 2003.

An attorney for Sauk County dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger attacked the credibility of a state witness in court Wednesday.

The attorney for a Schaumburg man who claims a former Schaumburg undercover police officer lied to obtain a search warrant, has filed a petition to vacate the man's sentence. Sean Cerami, 49, pleaded guilty to drug charges on April 13, 2012 and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. His attorney Victor Ciardelli says his client pleaded guilty after a judge found the officer's testimony more ...

The Pentagon is asking for nearly $450m to maintain and upgrade the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.

The Henderson County Commissioners Court approved a bond-refinancing package that will save the county more than $50,000 by the time the bonds are paid out in 2016.

Robert Gregory Dempsey, also known as "Jesse Rockwell," was indicted Monday by a federal grand jury in Jackson, Tenn., on one count of possession of child pornography and one count of interstate transportation of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III said.

(AP Photo/Ethan Miller, Pool). O. WHY IS O.J. SIMPSON IN COURT? The 65-year-old former football star and actor is serving nine to 33 years in a Nevada prison after a jury found him guilty in 2008 of leading the gunpoint robbery of 2 sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room.

Patients with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa stuck with treatments in a clinical trial and made significant improvements with just a slight modification of the standard goals and methods of care. Participants reported improved quality of life, mood and social adjustment.

The female chief executive officers were paid an average of $1.31 million in 2011, compared with $1.93 million paid to the 42 male CEOs. That means they made about 68 cents for every dollar paid to a man -- a bigger salary divergence than the 72 cents women earned against every $1 paid to a man in the wider economy, as measured by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The jury in the Jodi Arias trial has one decision left to make: Should she live or die? She made her case in court for why she should be allowed to live.

Since 2002, Dr. Ronald Hines, a 69-year-old, Texas-licensed veterinarian has provided veterinary advice over the Internet to help animals across the country and around the world free of charge or for a nominal fee. For many of the pet owners who visited his website, Dr. Hines is the only realistic option, writes Cameron Langford of Courthouse News Service. Many of the visitors to Dr. Hines ...

COMMON PLEAS COURT NEW SUITS 13-DP-0352 - Nikki A. Cochran, 4316 Carona St., v. Ronnie T. Cochran, 4316 Carona St., petition for domestic violence civil protection order. 13-DP-0353 - Taheekah Nicole Mahmood, 1967 Portage Path, v. William Jack Robinson IV, 1361 Woodward Ave., petition for domestic violence civil protection order. 13-DP-0354 - John Layne, 2107 Troy Road, Apt. D2, v. Josh Vitatoe ...

Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the gruesome killing of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona after a four-month trial that captured headlines with lurid tales of sex, lies, religion and a salacious relationship that ended in a blood bath.

Faced with a decision to allow the execution of killer Nathan Dunlap or grant him clemency, Gov. John Hickenlooper chose to do neither. Instead, he granted an extraordinary "temporary reprieve" that likely means Dunlap won't face execution as long as Hickenlooper is governor.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is now sitting in a 10-by-10-foot cell at Federal Medical Center Devens in Ayer, Mass. about 40 miles west of Boston. There, he awaits the next steps in the US government’s case against him – first, a probable cause hearing scheduled for May 30.

Aisling Brady McCarthy charged with first-degree murder, assault and battery causing the death of one-year-old

Knox County Commissioner Jeff Ownby was given judicial diversion Friday after pleading no contest to a charge of public indecency.

For years, mentally disabled turkey processing plant workers suffered under the hands of their employer, a jury ruled Wednesday. Verbal abuses included frequently referring to the workers as “retarded,” “dumb ass” and “stupid,” the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission wrote in a press release announcing the $240 million verdict, its largest ever. The men "reported acts of physical abuse ...

Circuit Judge Chris Comer ruled last month that the four sued officers were acting in the line of duty when Spurlock was killed and he granted the City of Huntsville and the drug squad agents' summary judgment.

ST. CLAIRSVILLE Belmont County Common Pleas Court Judge John M. Solovan II handed down numerous sanctions for violations of community control and probation during his Friday court hearings.

COUNCIL BLUFFS – On May 8, Katrina Sue Bates, a 46 year old resident of Griswold, was sentenced to 180 months imprisonment for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in and around Cass County announ

ESSEX FELLS - The trial of Anthony DiGilio, 33, of Brick Township, who was charged with vehicular homicide after the death of Essex Fells boater Robert Post in 2008, finished in Toms River this week w

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A federal court jury in Las Vegas found a Nevada-based homebuilder guilty of siphoning off federal money that was supposed to be used to build Navajo Nation affordable homes for his own gambling and personal expenses.

A Wisconsin man who has spent two decades in prison for rape has had his conviction overturned.

TransCanada Corp. (TRP) won another of the remaining Texas state-court challenges by landowners trying to block construction of the Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline across their property.

The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature scored a victory Wednesday in a long-running battle over how lawmakers drew up new districts for themselves and Congress.

A Suisun City woman serving a seven-year state prison sentence for stabbing her husband 16 times in 2010 recently lost her appeal bid.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Jo White rebuffed calls by House Republicans to forswear a rule that would force public companies to disclose political spending, saying she won’t “prejudge the issue.”

Week two is underway in the trial for Becky Bryan, the wife accused of killing her husband, late Nichols Hills Fire Chief Keith Bryan.

Federal authorities say a prison management group has agreed to pay $140,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit in Arizona.

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke). Kermit Gosnell's defense lawyer Jack McMahon speaks outside the justice center, Monday, May 13, 2013, in Philadelphia.

A Maryland man was sentenced to more than a decade behind bars today, but it's where he pimped out his victims that might surprise you.

By Karen Zapf, Plum Advance Leader A Texas man will serve a life sentence for gunning down a Gateway High School football player during a chance encounter in North Carolina. Jurors ...

Obstruction and retaliation are among the charges Judge Dupuy is facing. And he could be removed from the bench

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Connecticut man accused of assaulting a Brown University basketball player over the weekend is expected to make his first appearance in a Rhode Island court.        

After being found guilty in a landmark trial, Tonawanda Coke could be hit with $200 million in fines.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. — Lawyers for alleged theater shooter James Holmes asked the court Monday to change his not guilty plea...

The trial date for a first-degree assault case has been pushed back yet again, this time because of an eight-month delay in receiving medical records.

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York jury on which Caroline Kennedy served has acquitted a man of dealing crack cocaine. Kennedy was juror No. 7 at the trial of Harlem resident Nelson Chatman. It took the Manhattan state Supreme Court jury about one hour to find Chatman not guilty. The only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Kennedy is a lawyer and author. She ...

LOS ANGELES - A judge refused Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that a fugitive Mexican priest molested a boy 25 years ago in Los Angeles and instead combined claims by 11 alleged victims into one trial.