A U.S. federal court has ordered over US$23 million in monetary penalties and restitution against several firms and individuals, including a Canadian, in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme.

A paroled sex offender has entered a guilty plea to the computer luring of a child for the purposes of sexual activity.

Two former executives with a traffic equipment company were sentenced to federal prison Wednesday and ordered to pay $3 million in restitution for bribing a former Broward County traffic official to get contracts.        

A former Minnesota Department of Corrections officer will spend the rest of his life on conditional release after he serves his prison sentence for having sexual relations with a female inmate at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Togo last November.

By Renatta Signorini, Tribune-Review A long embrace between Jessica Shotts and her mother ended three days of an emotional trial that left Shotts’s estranged husband convicted of fatally shooting ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias returns to court Wednesday so jurors can consider whether the death penalty should be an option for sentencing the former waitress after convicting her last week of murdering her former boyfriend.        

HONOLULU (AP) — Opponents of a plan to build the world's largest telescope at the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano are appealing their case in the state courts.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- A former Army Ranger who fled from Fayette County Circuit Court last summer just before being convicted of rape and sodomy has been caught in Wyoming. Lexington police spokeswoman Sherelle Roberts told the Lexington Herald-Leader that 29-year-old John C. Buckley IV was back in custody after he fled July 12. A U.S. marshals task force found Buckley in Wyoming. A news ...

A North Carolina woman is due in federal court in Richmond to be sentenced for running an interstate prostitution ring.

The Grade 3 Derby Trial on opening night at Churchill Downs produced yet another winner by red-hot trainer Todd Pletcher—Forty Tales—but this one is not going to be joining his five other runners in the starting gate Saturday for the Kentucky Derby. Even with the points system now determining who winds up in the field, there will be an also-eligible list this year, and there can always be some ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey court has upheld the conviction of a Texas man who was arrested in 2009 with 21 guns in his car. Dustin Reininger told police he was moving from Maine to Texas after he was found sleeping behind a Wachovia Bank in Readington, Hunterdon County.

Jodi Arias heads back to court Wednesday as jurors consider whether the death penalty should be an option for sentencing the former waitress after convicting her of first-degree murder last week.

A Poughkeepsie man faces prison time after admitting to bolting from an Albany County jewelry store with a $40,000 diamond he hadn't paid for.

A personal injury lawyer from the Stephens, Anderson & Cummings law firm in Texas says a new study underscores the need for changes in the way that distracted driving accidents are reported. (PRWeb May 20, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/distracted-driving/lawyers-tx/prweb10734221.htm

Will Hunter was driving a former prison inmate to a job interview at a door manufacturing plant in Ludlow, Vt., recently when the man, in his 50s, started to question whether the trip was a waste of time.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - An Emmy nominated actor and Youngstown native is making his way home this spring. Ed O'Neill will receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree at Youngstown State University's spring commencement.

An Oregon State Police trooper accused of fondling a woman during a traffic stop pleaded guilty Tuesday in Clackamas County Circuit Court to official misconduct.

I am sitting at my desk in Bangor, Maine, trying to find words that will carry weight for you. This is as good a time as there will ever be to change how the military responds to sexual assault. You do not have the executive authority to demand changes in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Virginia's first African-American federal judge will step down from full-time active status next year.

A Mississippi martial arts instructor suspected of mailing letters containing the deadly poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials appeared in federal court on Monday for a brief hearing.

The new panel is expected to be in place by Tuesday, May 21 when the Fox show shoots in Charleston, South Carolina. read more        

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a decision likely to further diminish the network of storefront pot shops and fuel efforts to have the state regulate the industry.

Brennan's restaurant in New Orleans is famous for inventing the Bananas Foster dessert, but the eatery is also known for a long-running ownership dispute.

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Several waste haulers and the National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) have announced that they will settle a longstanding waste flow control lawsuit against the City of Dallas that dates to 2011.The settlement, which was approved this week by Federal District Court Judge Reed O'Connor, means these haulers can dispose of the waste ...

The 2013 session of the Kansas Legislature nears an end with the chief justice of the state Supreme Court accusing a leading senator with political coercion. Meantime, efforts are picking up steam to force appellate judges into retirement and to build separate civil and criminal appeals courts.

FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE: Sources have confirmed to omg! and "omg! Insider" that Lindsay Lohan has dropped her Mark Heller as her attorney and is back with her former attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley. Also, sources have confirmed to omg! that Lohan … Continue reading →

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Myrtle Beach man was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for robbing more than a dozen banks in multiple states.

The state Game and Fish Department asked a federal court Tuesday to lift a decades-old order preventing the agency from providing New Mexico residents with the majority of annual licenses to hunt bighorn sheep, ibex and oryx.

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a patent dispute concerning Medtronic Inc over medical devices it manufactures that give the heart electrical jolts when it fails to pump blood properly. Medtronic wants the Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court finding that it had the burden of showing that it was not infringing on patents owned by ...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY-- Convenience stores in Indiana are going to court over the right to sell cold beer.

A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury returns Monday to continue deliberating in the murder trial of West Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell.

The theme for Law Day 2013 was “Realizing the Dream: Equality for All” and visitors to the Plymouth Trial Court did not have to search far Wednesday for proof of progress. Leading the observances from a third-floor courtroom were three of the most powerful women in the county, the state and the nation: Judge Rosemary Minehan, Senate President Therese Murray and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Charles Burnett III, an investor and philanthropist, today issued an "Open Letter to the Shareholders of Regions Financial Corp." in advance of the company's Annual General Meeting to bring attention to management's failure to properly oversee its legal affairs.

Former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado was in Redding as part of his state tour against Gov. Jerry Brown’s handling of prison crowding, labeling it as a “harmful early release program” that needs to be repealed.

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 7 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma woman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for defrauding would-be parents, adoption agencies and law firms.

Mississippi’s high court postpones execution, hours before Willie Jerome Manning was to die by lethal injection.

Georgia State Patrol Dash Cam Video shows troopers and investigators chasing Rufus Chatman, Troy Jackson, and Maurice Williams after Chatman and Jackson robbed a holiday party on Hall Road in Bainbridge.

POMEROY, Ohio - One man has been jailed for murder and two others are charged as accomplices after a Pomeroy man was found dead in a Meigs County motel, officials said on Thursday. The Meigs County Sheriff's Department arrested 32-year-old Ryan .

Sex offenders cluster at Salinas motel; Supreme Court considers housing restrictions.

A 22-year-old Gresham man appeared in court Monday to be arraigned on one count of manslaughter for his role in a fatal crash in Southern Oregon.

Indiana’s bloated voter registration rolls, which officials say make elections more susceptible to fraud, will soon come under more scrutiny by the state. The Indiana Secretary of State’s office will spend more than $2 million to purge the voter registration rolls in each of Indiana’s 92 counties, removing the names of voters who are dead, in prison, or have moved away.