Policy analysts, immigration attorneys and community organizers will review proposed legislation in UC Riverside event By Bettye Miller UCR will host a forum on immigration reform on May 11. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Immigration attorneys, policy analysts and community organizers will review immigration reform legislation introduced in Congress at a public forum on Saturday, May 11, at [...]

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana's Supreme Court has ruled that the funding method for a private school tuition voucher program pushed through the state Legislature last year by Gov. Bobby Jindal is unconstitutional.

By Preston Peeden KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - An elderly nun and two other peace activists will be sentenced in September on their convictions for damaging a Tennessee defense facility where enriched uranium for nuclear bombs is stored, a federal judge said on Thursday. U.S. District Court Judge Amul Thapar also said he would decide on May 14 whether the three activists - Sister Megan Rice ...

A cargo pilot who overshot the Spokane airport by 50 miles last year, then lined up on the wrong runway during his approach, has been convicted in federal court of the rare charge of flying while intoxicated.

Efforts to gather data and develop recommendations to reduce the use of solitary confinement in Texas jails and prisons seem to have withered this session in the face of opposition from officials who oversee those facilities. But the lawmakers behind the proposed legislation are not prepared to accept defeat.

A judge will rule "as soon as possible" on a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Kentucky Health Benefits Exchange that Gov. Steve Beshear created last year by executive order.

By Mark Hofmann, Daily Courier The day after a Connellsville mayoral candidate was held for trial for his alleged involvement in operating a chop shop, the candidate suspects politics to ...

WASHINGTON DC— A federal court in California has authorised the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve a “John Doe” summons seeking information about US taxpayers who may hold offshore accounts in a Barbados-headquartered Caribbean bank.

Nearly ten years after his father was indicted by federal prosecutors, a son in the same line of work is being sued by the Arkansas Attorney General. The name of the Greenbrier auto dealer J. Eric Turner will no doubt bring to mind to some the name of James Turner.

NEWARK, N.J. - A former New Jersey county Teacher of the Year who admits having sex with a 15-year-old student from her honors English class has been spared prison time.

Bankruptcy lawyers in Fullerton Zhou & Chini complete another useful page for their bankruptcy information for California . The new page offers very insightful tips and tools to assist individuals seeking bankruptcy information. (PRWeb May 15, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/bankruptcy-information/Fullerton-California/prweb10730110.htm

ARSONDRUMORE TWP.: Someone tried to burn items on a man's property on Big Chestnut Island in the Susquehanna River April 26. State police ask anyone with information to call Trooper Kelly Osborne-Filson at 299-7650. Tipsters also may call Lancaster City/County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-322-1913 or ano...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner was arrested on federal extortion charges over the weekend and is to make an appearance in federal court.

A Hutchinson man was granted two years of probation Friday for blackmail for reportedly threatening ...

New York auto accident lawyer David Perecman at The Perecman Firm supports Global Youth Traffic Safety Month. In May, youth are encouraged to focus on traffic safety and the prevention of auto accidents. (PRWeb May 15, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/NYautoaccidentlawyer/NYautoaccidentlawyer/prweb10727739.htm

WASHINGTON — An Idaho man charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama by shooting at the White House practiced with his weapon for six months and may have been upset about the country’s marijuana policy, prosecutors said in a new court document.

Milan prosecutors on Monday demanded a prison sentence of six years and a lifetime ban from public office for former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in his sex-for-hire trial.

The plea is widely seen as Holmes' best hope, and perhaps his only hope, of avoiding the death penalty. 

Bernadette Jones, 31, of Lexington, was arraigned Monday for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. Her preliminary hearing is set for May 16.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Majorities in every California county voted last fall to scale back the state's Three Strikes law so thousands of inmates serving life sentences for relatively minor third offenses would have the chance to be set free.

LITCHFIELD >> A Litchfield County man accused of killing his girlfriend in January 2000 has remained free for 13 years awaiting trial and has been earning a $129,000-a-year taxpayer-funded salary as a state sales tax auditor.

A former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner who sued Barclays Bank after it demanded that he make good on what he claims is a fraudulent $540,000 loan agreement is now trying to spread the blame for the loan's creation to several of the defunct firm's onetime leaders, including former Dewey chairman Steven Davis.

As Al Horford led a lumbering fast break, David West doled out a flagrant blow that sent the Atlanta center tumbling to the court.

Police in the Tri-State Area said expensive infra-red chopper cameras, known as a FLIR ball, are growing in sophistication and will be used in new ways, as secret weapons in the sky.

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The website for the Washington State court system has been hacked and up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and a million driver's license numbers may have been accessed, officials ...

A Glouster man who got drunk and fired a gun at his girlfriend will probably be sentenced to three years in prison, after pleading guilty to felony charges Monday in Athens County Common Pleas Court.

SAFFORD — The man who admitted killing a Clifton man after a multi-person brawl was sentenced Monday to the maximum amount allowable according to his plea agreement.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell proved a serene but solitary figure in the courtroom during his long murder trial, in contrast to the chaotic life he built as an inner-city doctor, abortion provider and father of six.

JACKSON, Tenn. – A former West Tennessee educator is now facing federal child pornography charges. According to court documents, David Arthur Rohm is charged with one count of possessing child pornography and five counts of receipt of child pornography.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The public defenders office that represented a St. Albans man convicted of stabbing his sometimes-girlfriend to death had a conflict of interest with a witness in the case that should nullify the trial, the mans...

Indiana state prison officials are using customized playing cards for a deadly serious purpose — to help unlock the mysteries of unsolved murders and persons gone missing

PHOENIX - A man was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday for his murder conviction in the beheading of a man in Arizona who police say had stolen drugs from a Mexican drug cartel.

The New York Knicks ’ magical season, along with the team’s hope of a championship, collapsed Saturday night in a Game 6 loss to the Indiana Pacers in the second round of the 2012-13 NBA playoffs. New York should have beaten Indiana. The Knicks had the deeper roster, more experience and the best player on the court in Carmelo Anthony . While the outcome of this series can be largely attributed ...

The state's court system on Wednesday announced $24 million in aid to help upstate courts deal with a backlog of cases and provide more public defenders for the poor.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The state Supreme Court will be honoring the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut for its public education and outreach efforts.        

The trial of former lobbyist and land developer Harvey Whittemore got underway in federal court Wednesday afternoon.

Pitt and Penn State will play again - on the basketball court - when the Panthers host the Nittany Lions in the 2013 Big Ten/ACC Basketball Challenge on Tuesday, Dec.

Chesapeake Energy has named Anadarko Petroleum executive Robert Douglas Lawler as its new CEO.

A central Ohio man who inadvertently killed his father during a neighborhood dispute last year has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Black Hills National Forest management policies on fighting wildfires and mountain pine beetles have won another court challenge by environmental groups who believe the policies hurt sensitive wildlife species.

Authorities say a state prison inmate walked away from a work crew in Central Oregon, and a search failed to find him.