TEXOMA -- The nation's highest court is preparing to consider whether a North Texas water district should have access to water supplies in southeastern Oklahoma.

Chief justice says lawmaker tied court budget to judges’ endorsement of new plan to fill vacancies on the bench, which the lawmaker denies. But selection plan is unlikely to pass because Kansas Bar Association opposes it.

When a convicted murderer is paroled from prison, where does he go?

The Food and Drug Administration has officially broken the law by failing to release regulations needed to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the 2011 legislation meant to overhaul the nation's food safety system.

Bank of America Corporation (BAC) Analyst Day Call May 8, 2013 10:00 AM ET Executives Chad Holliday – Non-Executive Chairman Brian Moynihan – CEO Lauren Mogensen – Corporate Secretary Gary Lynch – General ...

The judge has promised a decision by the end of June. The Mississippi Supreme Court will have the final say on whether the death sentence will stand.

Findlay and Fostoria residents and former IHOP restaurant employees were sentenced this week to two years of probation for identity theft charges involving illegal immigrants. The operation involved the former Findlay IHOP at 7777 Hancock County 236.

A Nebraska man has been given jail time for allowing his son to stay at his home after escaping from a minimum-security prison in South Dakota. Robert Thorngren, of South Sioux City, was sentenced Monday in Dakota County Court to 220 days in jail on a misdemeanor charge of accessory to a felony. He must pay a $500 fine.

An abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic agreed Tuesday to give up his right to an appeal and faces life in prison but will be spared a death sentence.

An Oregon man who stripped naked at Portland International Airport to protest a security check — and became an Internet celebrity because of the disrobing — went to court Tuesday to contest the federal government's proposal to fine him $1,000.

Montimere, 25, posed as a high school basketball player in Texas in 2010 Guerdwich Montimere, the former Dillard basketball player who made national headlines after posing as a high school student in Texas, was released from prison on Monday.        

A ruling from the 5th District Court of Appeals upholds the jury’s convictions of the former Hoover High School star and Ohio’s two-time Mr. Football.

Toys R Us will go before the highest court in Massachusetts Monday, to appeal a $20 million award. A jury awarded the money to the Aleo family, who sued the toy company after their daughter was killed on an inflatable pool slide.

Women who received face transplant meets press BOSTON (AP) -- A Vermont woman whose ex-husband doused her with industrial-strength lye in 2007, disfiguring her, has revealed her new face.

Yesterday’s coverage largely focused on the two cases in which the Court heard oral argument and the lone opinion that it issued. Yesterday the Court issued its opinion in Moncrieffe v. Holder. By a vote of seven to two, the Court held that if a noncitizen’s conviction for a marijuana distribution offense fails to establish [...]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A federal judge has granted a defense request to delay the trial of a Kansas veteran accused of illegally possessing explosives. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten on Wednesday rescheduled until July 16 the trial for Alfred Dutton because of a scheduling conflict.

Luxury goods manufacturer Coach has sued a Wichita business, its owner and an employee for allegedly selling phony goods bearing its brand name.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the federal court in Wyoming has upheld a management plan for the Black Hills National Forest.

Wednesday, the North Carolina Court of Appeals heard arguments that will determine whether Durham author Michael Peterson should get a new trial. He was convicted of killing his wife Kathleen in 2003.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) _ A federal judge has set a trial date for a Kansas store owner accused of selling phony luxury goods imported from China. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren on Thursday scheduled the trial of 54-year-old Glenda Sue Morgan for July 2 in federal court in Wichita.

Almost five years have passed since a study showed poor criminal defendants are routinely processed through Michigan's justice system without ever speaking to an attorney in violation of the Constitution.

SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Court of Appeals has rejected a request by a northern Idaho man for a re-sentencing hearing following his guilty plea to statutory rape.

A man accused of killing two women was found competent to stand trial in 14 th Judicial District Court.

Montimere, 25, posed as a high school basketball player in Texas in 2010 Guerdwich Montimere, the former Dillard basketball player who made national headlines after posing as a high school student in Texas, was released from prison on Monday.        

Is Trayvon Martin shouting for help on a 911 call, or are the screams actually the voice of defendant George Zimmerman? A Tuesday court filing offered new clues to the strategy that Zimmerman’s attorney Mark O’Mara will take when the Sanford, Florida trial in the killing of 17-year-old Martin begins on June 10. In the [...] Trayvon Martin Shouts Filing Hints At New Zimmerman Defense Strategy is ...

In a story that's only on KSLA News 12, an Oklahoma woman convicted of horse theft back in April returned to an ArkLaTex court Tuesday to face new charges.

A Kansas judge ruled Tuesday that there is enough evidence to hold Jimmy Dean Crocker, 59, over for trial.

(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin). Carol Peifer, of Glendale, Ariz., places a sign in front of Maricopa County Superior Court as she and dozens of other spectators wait for a verdict in the Jodi Arias murder trial, Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in Phoenix.

A Saudi Arabian traveler who was arrested Saturday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with a pressure cooker in his luggage is not a terrorist, his defense lawyer said today.

COLUMBUS — Ohioans who repeatedly use guns to commit crimes would face tougher penalties under a proposed new law backed by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and fellow Republicans. DeWine joined state Sen. Jim Hughes of Columbus, and Franklin County … Click here to read this story on The Chronicle-Telegram . Content copyright The Chronicle-Telegram . Your #1 source for Lorain County News.

Authorities are hoping an offender jailed at the Rockville Correctional Facility can help them piece together details on how three young women were kidnapped, raped and held captive for nearly a decade in Cleveland, Ohio.

Two terrorism suspects charged with plotting to derail a VIA passenger train, in what police are calling a “Al Qaeda-sponsored” attack with alleged ties to Iran, will appear in court Tuesday morning.

Attorneys would be subject to discipline, including possible disbarment, for threatening to report the immigration status of a worker considering an employment claim under terms of fast-moving legislation that passed a key California committee Tuesday. Lawyers can already be disciplined for dishonesty or "moral turpitude." The new language, supporters said, will give immigrants the protection ...

ANDOVER, Mass., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --  Interim results from the International INSPIRE Trial presented today at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 33 rd Annual ...

New legislation has been announced aimed at reducing the number of gun crimes in Ohio. The act would change current gun specification sentencing laws and increase penalties for certain offenders.

Bobby Ferguson's wife has sued him for child support and revealed their teenage son is receiving public assistance after the government seized about $4 million in cash amid an ongoing search for money tied to the City Hall corruption scandal.

A state prison inmate accused of raping a teenage mentally-challenged girl while out on furlough pleaded guilty to felony rape...

When Angelenos go to the polls next week to choose the next mayor of Los Angeles, they also will be the largest electorate to vote on a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Almost five years have passed since a study showed poor criminal defendants are routinely processed through Michigan's justice system without ever speaking to an attorney in violation of the Constitution.

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman is questioning the expected use of a voice recognition expert at his murder trial next month.

Jury selection has begun in the trial of Dr. Dipak Desai, who is facing several charges related to the Hepatitis C outbreak five years ago linked to his clinic.