Louisiana's Supreme Court says the school funding method is unconstitutional.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - The company that owns the historic Kennebec Arsenal site in Augusta says it disagrees with allegations in a court complaint filed by the state, but hopes to work through their differences.

Two Delaware County men face life in prison without possibility of parole in a shooting death following a rap battle.

A Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling Wednesday means Cumberland County will be partly home to three state senators.

(Courtesy Lifetime) Riley's conscience is heavy with last week's decisions in this week's episode After last week's events— when Riley decided to go through with sleeping with one of her clients in exchange for $50,000 —her guilt is weighing heavy on her soul. What's the fallout from her life-altering (and character-changing) decision? Find out in this week's episode. Riley confesses... to Lacey ...

EDGERTON, Mo. - Two inmates who fled a Kansas prison face several charges in Missouri, including trying to kidnap the mayor of the small town where they were eventually captured.

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (AP) — A Northern California man faces up to six years in prison after pleading guilty to reckless driving causing the death of an Incline Village couple who was hit in a pedestrian crosswalk at Lake Tahoe in December 2011.

Join the Del Mar Foundation on Tuesday, May 28, for a free seminar titled “Keys for a Successful Estate Plan” as part of its free Tax and Estate Planning Seminar Series. The seminar will be held at the Del Mar Powerhouse Community Center from 4-6 p.m. and will feature speaker Daniel B. Crabtree, Attorney at [...]

GULFPORT — State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has asked a judge to void a jury’s finding that the company defrauded the government involving a policyholder claim after Hurricane Katrina.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge has agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Friday's federal appeals court ruling upholding the conviction and 28-year prison sentence of kids-for-cash judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. brings a case that gravely embarrassed the legal profession in Luzerne County and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ne

A not-yet-public U.S. federal court order has apparently halted wire transfers between payments startup Dwolla and the largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox. Dwolla , based in Des Moines, Iowa, offers inexpensive wire transfers. Mt. Gox , headquartered in Tokyo, runs a popular exchange where people can buy and sell the virtual currency bitcoin. The intent of the court order is not clear, although ...

PHOENIX : A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.

Brach Eichler grows practice as the regulatory environment and a highly competitive business environment create new challenges for providers of all sizes. (PRWeb May 15, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10723255.htm

A Philadelphia abortion doctor was sentenced Wednesday to a third life term for killing an aborted baby that he described as so big it could "walk to the bus."

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor met with Colorado students before helping dedicate a new state courts building in Denver Thursday.

OAKLAND, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After two months of trial, on May 10, 2013, an Alameda County jury returned a verdict in Andrews, et. al. v. Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC., Case ...

Greg Evans has been arrested more times than he can remember, spent time in jail, and been a drug user for 25 years of his life. At the Effingham Area Drug Court Graduation Friday, he hoped to put all that behind him. "The only hope we have is here t

The Heart of Rushville will host a vendor meeting for its Farmers and Artisans Market at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in the Assembly Room of the Rush County Courthouse.

(AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins). FILE - This courtroom sketch shows defendant Robel Phillipos appearing in front of Federal Magistrate Marianne Bowler at the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston, Mass. on Wednesday, May 1, 2013.

SALEM — A pair of bills aimed at curtailing protests by environmental activists that disrupt logging in state-owned forests was comfortably approved Monday by the Oregon House. House Bill 2595 would create a new “interference” crime that would apply to protesters who chain themselves to or sit in trees, who …

Lansing — The Michigan Department of Corrections said Tuesday it will contract out food services at the state's 31 prisons to a private vendor, cutting 373 jobs and reversing its earlier decision that the bids did not meet minimum savings requirements.

Editor's note: In December 1984, Daniel Remeta, Lisa Dunn and Mark Walter left Traverse City, Mich., ...

Meet Millie Gordon once and you'll never forget her. She's 80-something (adamantly not specifying) and considers herself to have so many kids, she loses count after 500.

A former fire coordinator for Greenwood County will spend about four months in prison for sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman while he was on the job. Corey Grumelot accepted a plea deal Friday after four days of testimony in his trial. South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigators said Grumelot was taking a 26-year-old woman from Abbeville to Greenville because of bad weather in ...

NEW CUMBERLAND - A Youngstown, Ohio, man accused in the death of a Newell woman in 2011 is scheduled to be put on trial Aug. 29. Jarell A.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court says former lead paint companies that were sued by the state are responsible for paying their own legal expenses. The high court on Friday turned down the appeal of several ...

Newark, May 10 : A Passaic County, N.J., man was arrested on Thursday after law enforcement officers discovered alleged child pornography at his residence, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Ariel Castro maintained his home as a prison for three young women, holding them in seclusion and sexually assaulting them for his own pleasure, a Cuyahoga County, Ohio, prosecutor told a judge Thursday.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky -- A federal judge approved a $40 million class-action settlement Monday between Skechers USA Inc. and consumers who bought toning shoes after ads made unfounded claims that the footwear would help people lose weight and strengthen muscles. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell in Louisville approved the deal, which covers more than 520,000 claims. About 1,000 people ...

The Boulder woman accused of clipping a food truck with her SUV, driving into a University of Colorado student eating lunch and then striking the church where she had planned to attend an Alcoholic Anonymous meeting has pleaded guilty to all of the charges against her, according to court officials.

Las Vegas — The last time O.J. Simpson was in a Las Vegas courtroom, he stood next to defense attorney Yale Galanter before being handcuffed and hauled off to prison for up to 33 years.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Assembly has approved allowing courts to order mentally ill defendants who have regular run-ins with the law to complete tailored outpatient treatment plans.

A civil liberties group is claiming in federal court that an ex-Marine was locked up in a mental hospital last year because of his hostile views toward government.

BOSTON - A judge approved a request Monday by Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's defense attorneys to receive records compiled on him in federal prison.

The following items represent just a sampling of calls, and were selected by the Berkeley Police Department unless otherwise noted. Click to see past narratives from police, and Berkeleyside’s most recent compilation of calls for service. See the most recent “ calls for service” spreadsheet from the Berkeley Police. April 20, Saturday: Police arrested Keith Whittaker, 46, after responding to the ...

Notice of Trustee's Sale Idaho Code 45-1506 Today's date: March 20, 2013 File No.: 7303.23224 Sale date and time (local time): August 16, 2013 at 10:00 AM Sale location: in the Veteran's Plaza outside the north entrance of the administrative building, 451 Government Way, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 Property address: 308 S Aerie Court Post Falls, ID 83854 Successor Trustee: Northwest Trustee Services ...

A California woman testified in court Thursday that a man she met on the dating website ChristianMingle.com raped her on their first date.

Michigan prison inmates are being offered a new path to higher education while behind bars.

When police went looking for the man who they say broke into several area businesses, they had a major clue on their side -- the GPS monitoring device the suspect was wearing. James Kilmire, 37, had a tracking device strapped to his right ankle when he was arrested last Friday by Akron police in the parking lot of a Walmart. "This rises to the level of not the most brilliant person," said Akron ...

Inmates in the Cook County jail are readying for an online chess match against inmates in Russia.