A former NASCAR driver who led police on a high-speed chase through Nevada, Arizona and Utah has been ordered to appear in Utah state court next month.

NORTHAMPTON -- A pretrial hearing date has been set in the triple slaying case that has wended its way through the court system for more than a year and a half.

In yet another blow to a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, Baxter International (BAX) said its late-stage clinical trial failed to meet its endpoints for “reducing cognitive decline and preserving functional abilities” for patients.

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Authorities have charged an Illinois prison guard with delivering a cellphone to an inmate at the maximum-security Menard Correctional Center.

A judge has granted the release of a teen jailed for two weeks after authorities say she discarded her newborn in a bathroom trash can.

An Oregon man who stripped naked at Portland International Airport to protest a security check is back before a judge to fight the federal government's proposal to fine him $1,000.

Charges stemming from Titans tight end Brandon Barden’s DUI arrest in February have been dismissed after the arresting officer failed appear in a Georgia courtroom.

As more information comes out about the relationship between Gov. Bob McDonnell , Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and the head of a company suing the state, one local Republican lawmaker said the state's ethics laws work well, but another said accepting extravagant gifts from political supporters sends the wrong message.

A federal judge has dismissed one of two civil counts against the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph and Bishop Robert Finn filed by a victim who was the subject of lewd photographs taken by a diocese priest in a western Missouri church.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A smoke shop owner has testified in federal court that an aide to former Connecticut House Speaker Chris Donovan knew about donations to Donovan's failed U.S. House campaign made through straw donors intended to kill legislation.        

Posted April 29, 2013, at 3 p.m. Last modified April 29, 2013, at 5:14 p.m. ROCKLAND, Maine — A 37-year-old Tenants Harbor man accused of shooting a dog in the head because it defecated on his floor is being held without bail after his arrest Saturday evening.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has named two district court judges to fill vacancies, including one caused by the appointment of a judge to the Kansas Court of Appeals.

A 23-year-old central Ohio man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for attacking two females last year - including the rape of a 15-year-old girl.

The trial of a former Upshur County commissioner and his adult son, accused of holding a state game warden at gunpoint in a confrontation, has been postponed, Upshur County District Attorney Billy Byrd said today.

Photo courtesy Ken Thomas Posted by Scott T. Smith / CBS12 News OCKLAWAHA, Fla. (AP) -- A north Florida man faces charges after fatally shooting a red-bellied woodpecker that was eating the plums from his trees. ...

Medford Today, Genetta Huddleston-Coradetti is at the Jackson County Jail, flown in from Florida on a secret indictment. She's the sister of a Medford man accused of killing his wife. Allegedly involved in a murder plot. NBC 5's Jennifer Elliott was in the courtroom during her arraignment. Jennifer? A murder and now a conspiracy to murder. Genetta Huddleston-Coradetti was read multiple measure ...

Knoxville lawyer Pamela Reeves faces more intensive investigation by federal agencies and a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee since being nominated Thursday by President Barack Obama to be the first woman to serve as a federal judge in the Eastern Tennessee District.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A California man accused of trying to extort several wealthy individuals, including West Virginia coal magnate Chris Cline, is expected to plead guilty Thursday in federal court.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state Supreme Court is upholding a revised plan to redraw the boundaries of Pennsylvania's legislative districts, ruling that a panel's new plan is constitutional.The court's unanimous ruling Wednesday came after it initially rejected a map drawn by a five-member com...

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...

Pennsylvania State Police say a Washington County judge stole cocaine from evidence in drug cases that he presided over.

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a former Guernsey town treasurer to two years in prison for failing to pay taxes on money she has admitted to embezzling from the town.

Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge William Pearson approved a motion filed by defense attorneys to continue the upcoming trial for the remaining defendants in the Randal Boykin murder case.

Reaction outside the courtroom to the guilty verdicts in the trial of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell.

Day two of Plainview Police Capt. Derrick McPherson’s felony trial on Tuesday included his accuser, Officer Amos Rodriguez, and McPherson himself on the stand.

A military couple got married Wednesday in Greensburg under unusual circumstances, unsure if they were going to able to tie the knot. Navy Petty Officer Matthew Silva, of Connecticut, and Air Force Senior Airman Bianca Braun, of tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla., got married in the presence of a judge who made sure they were allowed to get married under Pennsylvania law. According to state law ...

A Hobbs man, convicted of killing two women last year, will be getting another trial soon. 31-year-old Paul Lovett was charged with the deaths of 26-year-old Elizabeth Garcia and 35-year-old Patty Simon.

Before he was a flight risk, Kwame Kilpatrick was so broke he couldn't fly without help from a female gospel singer, who prison officials outed as the source of plane tickets used by the former mayor to travel between Texas and Detroit.

Federal prisoners can request compassionate release if they are terminally ill, but a recent investigation found that many die while their requests drift through the system. Now, prison leaders say they will simplify the approval process and start tracking requests electronically.

HARRISBURG – Former state Rep. Bill DeWeese should be granted a new trial on corruption charges because a judge improperly limited the number of defense witnesses who testified, DeWeese’s attorney told a Superior Court panel Wednesday at a hearing on his appeal.

A Denham Springs man is sentenced to two-and-a-half years for attempted possession of child porn. U.S. District Court Judge Richard T. Haik sentenced Brad Maruschak, 37, who pleaded guilty in Dec. after talking in a chat room to whom he thought was 14-year-old girl. The girl was actually an undercover Louisiana State Police officer. From April to August 2012, Maruschak has sexually graphic ...

The Affordable Health Care Act and, according to Gov. Steve Beshear, a healthier lifestyle for citizens are coming to Kentucky. That is if opponents don’t succeed in blocking Beshear’s efforts in court. Last week, Beshear announced Kentucky will expand Medicaid eligibility to about 308,000 low-income Kentuckians.

Florida Supreme Court justices are sounding skeptical about an appeal from the ringleader of a mass killing over an Xbox video game system.

The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that cities and counties have the right to ban medical marijuana dispensaries within their borders, despite the existence of a state law that p

TROY, Ala. — An Alabama judge has overturned two rape convictions against a Troy man, saying prosecutors failed to share evidence that was relevant to the man’s defense.

SILVER CITY — An Arizona man who left his passenger dead on the side of the road following an accident, will serve no jail time following a plea agreement presented in Silver City District Court on Monday.

CEL-SCI Corporation today provided an update on the Phase III Clinical Trial of its investigational drug Multikine* for the treatment of head and neck cancer.

A very helpful Wiki style web page has been launched by the famous bankruptcy attorneys in Los Angeles to let their clients learn the basics of this legal procedure, as well as get access to useful and authentic government links. Zhou & Chini have released similar pages in many other cities in Southern California in their pursuit of providing California bankruptcy laws to the public. (PRWeb May ...

A Mahopac man whose car slammed into another vehicle in 2007 on Route 6 in Somers after sliding on ice will receive $22.5 million in damages from the state after winning a lawsuit stemming from the incident.

Prosecutors have rested their case in the trial of a former Democratic county chairman and a party member accused of forging signatures on petitions used to place Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the 2008 state Democratic primary ballot.