AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Closing arguments have started in the case against five men charged in a Texas federal court with using a race horse breeding operation to launder cartel drug money. The defendants are charged with money laundering conspiracy related to operations of a horse ranch near Lexington, Okla.

MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce papers.

After 38 years in the legal profession, the last 15 of them on the federal bench at the U.S. District Courthouse in Urbana, Michael P. McCuskey has decided he'd like to scale back. Come July 1, the veteran jurist will transition to senior status.  URBANA — After 38 years in the legal profession, the last 15 of them on the federal bench at the U.S. District Courthouse in Urbana, Michael P ...

El Paso County, for now, is not violating the Texas Constitution and can continue to provide health benefits to the domestic partners of its employees, a district court judge ruled on Tuesday.

MCKINNEY, Texas - A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce papers.

A lesbian couple can't cohabitate, a Texas judge ruled, because one woman's divorce settlement bars overnight guests except spouses   — and the lesbian couple can't marry in Texas.

A Texas judge has ruled that a Lesbian couple will lose their children if they continue to cohabitate. According to an Associated Press report on the ruling, a clause in Carolyn Compton’s divorce states that her children are not allowed …

HOUSTON — A San Antonio man condemned for the 2005 slaying of a pregnant Lubbock woman whose body was stuffed in a piece of luggage found at the Lubbock city landfill has lost an appeal at Texas' highest criminal court. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday agreed with the Lubbock trial court, which rejected an appeal from Rosendo Rodriguez, 33.

UPDATE: A V8 mechanic arrested in Austin could be returning home alone after being scheduled to appear in a Texan court next week.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a state law that forbids most people between ages 18 and 20 from obtaining permits to carry concealed handguns. A three-judge panel handed down its decision Monday, May 20.

Gov. Martin O'Malley was scheduled to sign dozens of bills into law Thursday, including a measure making Maryland the 18th state to abolish the death penalty. The bill prohibiting executions, passed during the recently concluded General Assembly session, would take effect on Oct. 1. Maryland currently has five convicts on ...

New England Law | Boston's 102nd Commencement on Friday, May 24, 2013 address; to be delivered by U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz. (PRWeb May 20, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10738118.htm

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont couple charged in the killing of a popular St. Johnsbury teacher last year wants new lawyers.        

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices are questioning a Virginia law that would override a federal employee’s designation of a beneficiary in a federal insurance program. Warren Hillman listed Judy Maretta as the beneficiary of his Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance policy while they were married. They later divorced and he married Jacqueline Hillman. However, he [...]

Union officer and political operative Harry Raymond Soucy said he left a token of appreciation in House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero’s office refrigerator after a meeting with him and smoke shop retailers.

A federal appeals court has rejected claims by convicted Florida killer John Errol Ferguson that he should not be executed because he is mentally incompetent.

A new state crime report shows a decrease in domestic violence offenses in the past year but, according to one expert, the numbers might not be comprehensive.

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A woman who is suing a Sussex councilman for sexual attacks against her says she stands by her story and wants her day in court. "As painful and difficult as it is, I am glad that the truth is being laid out for all to see," said Katelynn Dunlap in a statement she recently released after filing a civil lawsuit against Sussex County Councilman Vance Phillips. "While I have diligently sought ...

Apopka Police believe they have solved an 11-year-old cold case. Orange Osceola State Attorney Jeff

Maurice Ainsworth was sentenced Thursday to more than six life terms in prison in a 2009 Los Gatos home invasion and a 2010 rampage in Santa Cruz during which he shot a Santa Cruz County sheriff's deputy with a stun gun and held a handgun to the head of a preschool teacher.

The Louisiana Supreme Court has suspended former Jefferson Parish Attorney Tom Wilkinson's law license for three years because of his role in the scandal that has sent former Parish President Aaron Broussard to prison. The suspension is retroactive to Oct....

Eric Toth, a suspected child predator who was a "most-wanted" fugitive when captured in Nicaragua, has been returned to the United States, FBI and Justice Department officials said. The former private school teacher and camp counselor was due to appear in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday. Toth was indicted in Maryland in 2008 on charges of possession and production of ...

ALAMOSA — Convicted drug dealer Jennifer Rivera-Lovato pleaded guilty earlier this year to the same offense that sent one of her conspirators to prison for eight years.

HOUSTON (AP) - A judge ruled Wednesday that cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games.

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.

In the wake of her arrest late Tuesday on DUI charges, attorneys for 4th District Atlanta city councilwoman Cleta Winslow met with the media Thursday afternoon.

CLEVELAND (AP) - Yan Gomes hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and the Cleveland Indians, twice revived by Seattle's fielding errors, beat the Mariners 10-8 on Monday to complete a 4-game sweep of the Mariners.

"The sad part is, they had a designated driver and decided not to use her. So, it's just a very, very sad case for both families," the woman's lawyer says.

The same jury that convicted Jodi Arias of murder one week ago took about three hours Wednesday to determine that the former waitress is eligible for the death penalty in the stabbing and shooting death of her one-time lover in his bathroom five years ago.

Douglas Yeboah first met George Leader about eight years ago while working as a chaplain at the state prison in Chester.

Work on the Hempstead County Jail is almost finished.

OTTAWA, Ohio — The first police officer on the scene of last week’s double homicide in Putnam County saw blood throughout the mobile home and followed its trail through a hallway and into a bedroom, and then to the back door, according to court documents unsealed Friday.

An Alabama prison inmate is considered a suspect in the death of another inmate.

One of Drew Peterson's attorneys has agreed to have his law license suspended for three months to settle state disciplinary charges alleging he stole another client's money, records show.        

Municipal Court Judge Cynthia Heck has lifted her order that barred a city prosecutor from her Vandalia courtroom.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Judge Joseph Fahey said Friday he will take a few days to make his decision after closing arguments in the trial of two New York brothers accused of stealing a winning $5 million lottery ticket.

First lady Jane Beshear is scheduled to give out books Tuesday at the Fayette Regional Juvenile Detention Center as part of an international literacy initiative.

Lewis was known as a 'henchman' for the Craig Petties Drug Trafficking Organization

With other accusers stepping forward, a former yeshiva teacher changed pleas yesterday on the third day of his New Jersey trial and admitted he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy while working as a camp counselor.Rabbi Yosef Kolko, 36, shifted uncomfortably on the stand in the Toms River courtroom as...

By Adam Brandolph, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Former state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin’s new sentence will be more difficult for an appellate court to overturn, criminal defense attorneys said on ...