A Raleigh man will spend the rest of his life in prison for his role in a murder-for-hire plot in North Carolina that has ties to Wilmington.

PORTLAND -- An Oregon State Penitentiary inmate had five years added to his prison time Monday for crimes against law enforcement while he's been in custody. The U.S. attorney's office in Portland says 32-year-old Andrew Laud Barnett mailed a threatening letter in 2008 to the Washington sheriff and deputies. In 2011, he threw human waste on a jail guard in Portland. And last April he mailed a ...

The state’s highest court removed Clerk Magistrate Robert E. Powers from office Friday, concluding that he willfully and repeatedly violated the professional code of conduct for clerks during his four years on the Barnstable bench.        

WORCESTER - A Foxboro man convicted of drunken driving and#8212; for what prosecutors said was the 15th time and#8212; was sentenced to almost a decade in prison Wednesday.

A 28-year-old Rockport resident received a suspended jail sentence after admitting to a subsequent offense of driving without a license. Judge Joseph Jennings sentenced Jennifer Jones of Sandy Bay Terrace to 60 days in jail, but with that sentence su

The first week of the trial for Barren County Sheriff Chris Eaton and two other Barren County law enforcement officials is now finished.

The Supreme Court of Louisiana ruled today 6-1 that the way the state funds its school voucher program is unconstitutional.

Suspect, Ariel Castro could face death penalty if convicted.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla has died of natural causes while serving life sentences in prison for crimes against humanity.

A judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing a Mississippi casino of serving a gambler so many free drinks that he died.

A group of Lincoln County, Tenn., men have been sentenced in an ongoing methamphetamine conspiracy to federal prison terms ranging from six to 14 years.

People who test positive for smoking pot can legally be fired from their job, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in deciding that there is no employment protection for marijuana users. In a split ...

An Abilene mother is on trial, accused of not turning her son over to police after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in a series of car burglaries around ACU in 2011.

Six death row inmates sued Arkansas prison officials Friday, claiming execution procedures adopted by legislators last month will put them at risk for an agonizing death.

HARRISBURG - A Red Hill man was charged in connection with a crystal methamphetamine ring that stretched from Mexico into the Lehigh Valley. James "Jimbo" Schwar, 35, was charged with possession with the intent to manufacture or deliver, corrupt organization and other related charges, according to a press release issued by Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane. Schwar was a supplier of ...

With other accusers stepping forward, a former yeshiva teacher changed pleas Monday in the middle of his trial, admitting he sexually abused a boy he met while working as a camp counselor.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The attorney for a New York man imprisoned amid accusations he infected 13 young women with HIV in the 1990s says his client doesn't have the virus.

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - After living 27 years in the woods as the legendary North Pond Hermit, Christopher Knight isn't too keen on speaking with many people as he sits in Kennebec County Jail, awaiting his next court hearing. He is speaking with two people: his attorney and, surprisingly, the woman who arrested him, State Trooper Diane Perkins-Vance.

SEGUIN — Guadalupe County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 on Tuesday to adopt an ordinance designating an area within the county where the disposal of municipal or industrial waste will be allowed.

BOSTON - Seventeen-year-olds would no longer automatically enter the adult court system in Massachusetts under a bill that won unanimous approval Wednesday in the House of Representatives.

Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in prison after failing to pay taxes on $1.8 million in earnings between 2005 and 2007, according to The Associated Press.

The images of former Dona Ana County jail inmate Stephen Slevin have become infamous since the county agreed to pay him millions of dollars after he spent two years in jail without trial. Slevin was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated in a stolen vehicle, a vehicle he borrowed from a friend and didn't return and went on a trip across America. He was a pre-trial detainee, and he was ...

Washington State Jury Deliberations Underway in Da Vinci Robot Surgery Lawsuit Filed by Family of Prostate Surgery Patient Who Died, Allegedly Due to Da Vinci Robotic Surgery Complications. (PRWeb May 23, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10762878.htm

Almost seven years after Sean Hill was shot to death outside a Norwich home, Bruce Gathers will be sentenced for killing him. But Thursday's sentencing was called off, and it will take place at a later date.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he did not make the controversial decision to secretly seize telephone records of the Associated Press but defended his department's actions in the investigation of what he called a "very, very serious leak."        

(AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool). Jodi Arias addresses the jury on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix.

Authorities have charged an Illinois prison guard with delivering a cellphone to an inmate at the maximum-security Menard Correctional Center.

A Fredericksburg intelligence analyst with the U.S. Marshals Service admitted in court to owning child pornography at work.

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 ...

Authorities say an Arizona prison inmate is dead from an apparent suicide, and two Guatemalans believed to have entered the country illegally being held at a detention center in Pinal County have also

DES MOINES (AP) — A federal judge has significantly narrowed the scope of a lawsuit filed by two Omaha, Neb., men who claim the city of Council Bluffs and two former police detectives lied and hid evidence leading to their conviction on murder charges. Terry Harrington and Curtis McGhee are seeking compensation for 25 years spent in prison for what the courts have concluded was a wrongful ...

This story has been corrected to reflect the maximum possible prison term for Mr. Smith is 6 years. An earlier version of this story indicated a larger number. The Bonanza regrets the error.

NEWTON — Sheriff Michael Strada threw open the doors of Sussex County Jail Tuesday evening to welcome members of local businesses for a tour of what some may consider the most infamous business in town.

Mott "surprised me and thrilled me. ... I lusted after that woman. I'm in my middle 50s and she's a double dozen years my junior," McCree, 56, said. 

Saturday is a day, and night, for milers. There are four Grade 3 stakes on the schedule, and all of them will be run at the distance of one mile.

Dow Chemical will appeal an order to pay $1.2 billion in damages after it lost a class-action lawsuit.

"The increased burdens ... have the potential to drive women out of state or underground." by Lauren Daley It's not like getting an abortion in Pennsylvania was easy before. Just ask Janet, who more than a decade ago found out she was pregnant, at age 17. State law requires parental consent if a minor wants an abortion, unless a judge bypasses the requirement.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman convicted of murdering her newborn twins was sentenced Friday to a minimum of 51 years in prison, despite her family pleading with the judge who said he found the 26-year-old untruthful and selfish.

Police in Washington may soon find themselves in real trouble if they ignore a judge's order to return marijuana they seized from a man during a traffic stop.

BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels withdrew from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday after heavy fighting with government troops, an activist group said, as it more than doubled its tally of deaths from sectarian killings in a coastal city earlier this month.

David Moyes appears to be a known entity – killer baby-blue eyes, careful Caledonian courtesy, a study in Scottish steel.