Three Federal Appeals Court judges refused to block the use of helicopters to haze wild bison May 20, according to a news brief filed by the Associated Press. Ninth District U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges denied an injunction filed by Helena, Mont. conservation group the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, which claimed using helicopters at low-altitudes to haze bison also affects the area's ...

GREAT FALLS — Gov. Steve Bullock held a signing ceremony in Great Falls Tuesday for two bills aimed at preventing child abuse, selecting a city where five children have died at the hands of their abusers in the past five years. One bill creates the crime of criminal child endangerment if a person causes substantial risk of death or serious injury to a child under 14 years of age. It would punish ...

The state of Michigan about to do exactly what Genesee County did several years ago: send home the kitchen help and bring in private contractor Aramark to take care of the cooking.

(AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool). Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix.

A Minnesota man has been sentenced to one year of probation for obstructing a federal prosecutor in Iowa after his son was sent to prison in an animal terrorism case.

LAS VEGAS, May 18 — An attorney who O.J. Simpson claims botched his Nevada robbery trial five years ago told a court last night that he poured his “blood, sweat and soul” into defending the former football hero, who he said had been badly tainted by his sensational 1990s murder case.  Yale Galanter, who took the witness stand in a week-long ...        

State’s highest court deals heavy blow to Gov. Bobby Jindal’s hallmark school choice initiative.

Winslow Lazer Norton of Emeryville and Abraham Volstein Norton of Walnut Creek agreed to a sentence of six months in jail and six months on home detention. They also agreed to forfeit some $600,000 in revenues.

Lauderdale County Doctor Sentenced for Health Care and Wire Fraud

CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) -- It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground. Killing these iconic birds is not just an irreplaceable loss for a vulnerable species. It's also a federal crime, a charge that the Obama ...

Local Republicans in Congress condemned President Barack Obama's renewed commitment to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, freshening their own arguments against transferring detainees and putting Americans in harm's way.

LEWISTON — A budget crisis threatening to force the early release of convicted criminals, layoffs of jail guards and even the closure of some Maine jails is headed to the governor's office.

SOUTHAVEN – Southaven Mayor Greg Davis is due back in a Hinds County Chancery Court in Jackson next Wednesday, April 10, in a showdown with Mississippi State Auditor Stacey Pickering over alleged misspent funds amounting to more than $70,000 including fines and penalties.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — For two years, the Columbia County Jail north of Portland restricted inmates' personal mail to the sending and receiving of postcards.

Methodist West Houston Hospital has inducted four Katy and West Houston community leaders to its board of trustees. New members include Stu Levin, managing partner of Levin & Atwood Law Firm; Vidal Ramirez, president of the Allegiance Bank of Texas’ Katy office; the Rev. Dr. Charles B. Simmons, senior minister of Memorial Drive United Methodist Church; and Dr. Robert Vanzant, primary care ...

Inga Gutierrez was sentenced in 12th Judicial District Court Wednesday to 46-and-a-half years in prison for her involvement in the Lower Cottonwood Canyon standoff in 2009.

BECKLEY, W.Va. -- A California man pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to extort $13 million from a West Virginia coal company executive.Aspiring actor Vivek Shah, 25, of West Hollywood, Calif., pleaded guilty to one count of transferring threatening...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — An aide to former Connecticut House Speaker Chris Donovan implicated himself in a scheme to illegally funnel donations to his candidate, a federal prosecutor said Monday at the start of the trial of the aide, whose lawyer countered that his client knew nothing of the plot and is being singled out by others hoping to strike a deal with the government.        

DAVENPORT, Iowa -- A Minnesota man has been sentenced to one year of probation for obstructing a federal prosecutor in Iowa after his son was sent to prison in an animal terrorism case.

GAINESVILLE - The focus was on children Friday morning as dozens of people gathered in Kenyon Plaza in downtown Gainesville for the annual observance of National Crime Victims' Rights Week.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio maybe put before voters. On Friday, Attorney General Mike DeWine certified a summary of the proposal containing More >>

The Senate yesterday squelched several bills that passed the House earlier this year, including measures to decriminalize marijuana, prohibit prison privatization and allow funeral homes to offer a form of chemical cremation called alkaline hydrolysis.

Richard Earl Witcher Jr. of Gloucester, was sentenced to 18 years in prison Friday for the 2011 murder of Karen Kay Kelly.

The man who jumped over the counter of the Wells Fargo Bank in the Foothills last September while brandishing a weapon as he stole money from the teller's cash drawer has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison.According to the United States Attorney's...

Indiana counties could be forced to pay some of the costs of a change in the state's criminal code that is designed to keep low-level offenders out of prison while ensuring the worst serve more of their sentences.

This is the world Robert Mendez grew up in: Inner city. Father dead by the time he was 5. Stepfather in and out of prison. Family struggling to make ends meet.

"Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore won't have to serve any additional prison time for his two-year run from the law in stolen cars, boats and airplanes under a plea deal reached in Skagit County.

NY judge refuses to dismiss drugged-driving case against Kerry Kennedy        

NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City man will spend two to four years in prison for stripping a van that was used to get elderly people to church.

A central Pennsylvania man is in jail, facing charges he stole two packages of adult diapers and shoe inserts from a Carlisle pharmacy.

The former agriculture commissioner's attorney, Guthrie True, said that doesn't allow enough time to prepare.

Vickie Greene put in her final day Thursday as administrator of Southern Regional Jail at Beckley, ending a 19-year career with the West Virginia Regional Jail Authority.

A Montana man arrested last year at Sacramento International Airport when he attempted to board a plane with a concealed firearm has been sentenced to three years in prison.

LITTLE ROCK — About 26,000 Arkansas children have an incarcerated parent, according to Dee Ann Newell, executive director of Arkansas Voices for the Children Left Behind. The group held its 19th annual Mothers in Prison, Children in Crisis event Friday at the state Capitol to raise awareness about the issue of mothers and children separated by incarceration. Eighty percent of incarcerated men ...

The director of Colorado's parole division, which has been under fire for two months for its handling of Evan Ebel and other violent parolees, has been put on a paid leave of absence, prisons officials said Wednesday.

Conservative Judicial Watch group suit denied as appeals court says US government right to classify pictures A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the US government had properly classified as top secret more than 50 images of the al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden that were taken after his death , and that the government did not need to release them. The unanimous ruling by three judges on ...

A Fort Collins man's bid to regain his permit to carry a concealed handgun was rejected Thursday by a district judge.

Prison time is ordered for a man convicted of sexually assaulting a woman in Eau Claire.

As Kyle Dube is formally charged with killing Nichole Cable, 15, the judge seals an affidavit with case details.

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.

A judge ruled yesterday in Atlantic County Superior Court against PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site. PokerStars had agreed in December to buy the former Atlantic City Hilton as a foothold into the U.S. online gambling market.