The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had the legal authority to retroactively veto a water pollution permit for one of West Virginia’s largest mountaintop removal coal mines years after it was issued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

A Jefferson City man charged with robbing Bank Star One in New Bloomfield in October 2012 was found guilty following a court trial, Thursday.

Ibragim Todashev, 27, the Florida man who was shot and killed Wednesday, May 22, by FBI agents after he reportedly became violent during questioning, was living on Harding Street in Cambridge at the time of his 2010 arrest following a road rage incident, according to the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office.  

The team of public defenders now lined up to defend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at his criminal trial are veteran defenders of a veritable rogue's gallery of criminal A-listers. Facing off against U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, the prosecutor of Aaron Swartz, the Tsarnaev team should make these proceedings some one of the most spectacular on American soil in decades.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - A woman once facing a possible life prison sentence for allegedly pimping a 17-year-old girl in Grand Forks tearfully thanked the judge and hugged the prosecutor after receiving no jail time in a case even the prosecutor called unusual.

The California Supreme Court yesterday unanimously affirmed the death sentence of a man who confessed to abducting a 19-year-old woman from a Bakersfield shopping mall and robbing her.

President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Jackson attorney Debra M. Brown to be a U.S. District judge for northern Mississippi.

Lamar Clifton,  84, a native Albanian who served his community for many years as the Chief Executive of the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce, died Tuesday.

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A jury has sentenced a Kentucky man to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the brutal murders of a couple who were kidnapped during a carjacking in Knoxville. Under the terms, 30-year-old George Thomas will...

Frankfort Police arrested a man after an indecent exposure investigation conducted by University of Kentucky Police. 34-year-old Vijay Kumar Matta has been charged with one count of indecent exposure, but officers say he is on probation for a similar crime in Monroe, Ohio. UK issued public safety notices April 5th, 7th, and 9th after getting several reports of indecent exposure involving a man ...

POMEROY — Nearly a year after rumors of missing funds from the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office began to circulate, an indictment has been filed in the case with the Meigs County Clerk of Courts. M...

Jury selection has begun in the capital trial of Joseph Naso, who is charged with murdering four women decades ago in Northern California and dumping their bodies in rural areas. Naso, 89, and prosecutors began reviewing juror questionnaires on Monday. The retired commercial photographer who lived in Reno, Nev., before his arrest has pleaded not guilty to murdering the four prostitutes, all of ...

The likelihood of finding an attorney willing to work for free got a boost this week. Appellate judges overturned a $70,000 sanction imposed against a Spokane attorney who had volunteered his time to try to stop an Oklahoma collection agency from harassing a Stevens County couple over an $843 debt.

State prison officials say a study on the early impacts of so-called prison realignment show positive results. But critics point to negative data in the report, and Kern County prosecutors say it fails to analyze significant factors.

Lead Defendant in "Operation Weed Whacker" is held on $2 Million Bail. (PRWeb May 24, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10767387.htm

Gov. John Kasich is having trouble finding a Republican to fill an open Cleveland Municipal Court seat, so he should just pick the best qualified Democrat.

A New Jersey man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison today for using cameras hidden in a bathroom to take pictures of nine young girls in various states of undress.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says search warrants have been executed at the high school attended by two football players who raped a 16-year-old girl. DeWine's office says

A witness in the trial of a St. Louis man charged with killing three people at a Minnesota home says he seemed "desperate" to silence a teenager who had accused him of molesting her.

The Law Offices of Elizabeth R. Wellborn, P.A. today announced that Jacob Linhart joined the firm as litigation managing attorney. With nearly 30 years of legal experienc

Three executions set over the next six weeks, will keep the death chamber at Florida State Prison in Starke unusually busy.

The defense for a Polk County teen charged in the death of his sister wants to move an upcoming trial to Greene County.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "To Kill A Mockingbird," Harper Lee, on Friday sued her literary agent, claiming he tricked her into assigning the copyright on her book to him. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Manhattan against Samuel Pinkus, the son-in-law of Lee's long-time agent, Eugene Winick, who had represented her for more than 40 years.

By Tribune-Review Staff and Wires Top court settles shale rights question Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court is reinforcing long-standing case law on mineral rights that has guided the natural gas industry since ...

Prison dentures among only clues in Montgomery County cold case Houston Chronicle Copyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 7:10 pm, Friday, April 26, 2013 DNA testing has positively connected skeletal remains discovered about 12 years ago in Montgomery County woods to a man who once lived in the ...

SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) - State prosecutors say a northern New Jersey man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing one man and injuring another at a birthday party.

A Toledo dog owner ordered to pay for veterinary expenses while his dogs were confined by the Lucas County Dog Warden’s Office does not have to reimburse the dog warden, an appeals court ruled Friday.

CHICAGO—A federal judge Friday quashed another judge's surprise order to release an Illinois teenager pending trial on charges he sought to join al-Qaida-linked militants in Syria.

Judges in Butler County vary widely in how they handle requests to seal or expunge minor misdemeanor convictions. A survey by this newspaper of court personnel in Butler, Warren and Hamilton counties shows a majority of municipal and county court judges hold hearings and make people wait a year before they seal or expunge the record in minor misdemeanor cases. But if someone gets cited and ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's been dubbed the most expensive prison on Earth and President Barack Obama cited the cost this week as one of many reasons to shut down the detention centre at Guantanamo Ba...

The former mayor of Stockport in Morgan County was sentenced this week after being convicted of gross sexual imposition, sexual battery and rape involving a child. Get details.

NEWELL, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia's Homer Laughlin China Co. is suing two companies for selling what it claims are cheap Chinese imitations of its popular and collectible Fiesta dinnerware to an unsuspecting public. The Weirton Daily Times ( http://bit.ly/11Q4wAi ) says the lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in western Pennsylvania, where the products are being sold.

    SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - A judge has sentenced a northern Indiana man to 90 years in prison on murder and other charges from the shooting death of his girlfriend.     Twenty-eight-year-old Brice Webb apologized in court Monday for killing 21-year-old Cherlyn Reyes in their South Bend apartment, but said the October 2009 shooting was an accident and that he "truly loved her."     The South ...

A federal judge has significantly narrowed the scope of a lawsuit filed by two Omaha men who claim the city of Council Bluffs and two former police detectives lied and hid evidence leading to their conviction on murder charges.

A northern Indiana man who pleaded guilty to felony neglect of a dependent and felony obstruction of justice has been sentenced to 23 years in prison even though he didn't show for the sentencing. Read more at www.WISHTV.com

A federal judge has rejected a $65,000 settlement offer in a case involving the alleged rape of a young girl at the former Mount Hope High School, while at the same time throwing out negligence claims against one of the teachers originally listed in the suit.

The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned the capital murder conviction and death sentence of a Jefferson County man.

It's now in the hands of a jury to decide the fate of three protestors on trial for trespassing on the Y-12 National Security Complex in Anderson County.

A Virginia man accused of throwing pipe bombs at Montana troopers during a highway chase last fall was to go on trial Monday on seven counts of attempting to kill a law-enforcement officer.

A California bankruptcy judge approved the first unfinished-business settlements in the liquidation of Howrey LLP, the proceeds of which will go to the defunct law firm's creditors.