The state Game and Fish Department asked a federal court Tuesday to lift a decades-old order preventing the agency from providing New Mexico residents with the majority of annual licenses to hunt bighorn sheep, ibex and oryx.

A former corrections officer in northern Minnesota has been sentenced Monday for having sex with an inmate multiple times late last year, the Itasca County Attorney’s Office announced.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for robbing more than a dozen banks in multiple states. Court records show 43-year-old Wesley Todd McCracken of Myrtle Beach was sentenced in federal court in Charleston last week. McCracken pleaded guilty in December and had faced up to 20 years. Prosecutors say he robbed the first bank in October 2011 ...

WASHINGTON DC— A federal court in California has authorised the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve a “John Doe” summons seeking information about US taxpayers who may hold offshore accounts in a Barbados-headquartered Caribbean bank.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - A Washtenaw County man has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for the death of his girlfriend's 14-month-old son. Judge Donald Shelton says it's the worst child abuse case he's seen in 23 years on the bench.

KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com Geoffrey Portway faces 27 years in US prison before deportation to Britain, after admitting a plot to rape and cannibalize children.

By Joe Napsha, Tribune-Review The state wants to sell the 123-acre parcel containing the soon-to-be-closed state prison in Hempfield, a site that Westmoreland County officials said Monday would be ...

A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury returns Monday to continue deliberating in the murder trial of West Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell.

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

Three heldin burglary probe

The California divorce attorneys in Orange County launched a video titled, “Free Divorce Consultation Attorney”. In the video attorney Bettina Yanez extends a warm welcome to individuals seeking a free consultation for any family law related matter in California. (PRWeb April 30, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/free-divorce-consultation/orange-county-california ...

Kyle Bolaski on August 18, 2008, at his arraignment in Windsor District Court. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Purchase photo reprints » Vincent Tamburello Sr., left, and his wife, Ronnie Tamburello, react in May 2011 to the jury's guilty verdict in the second-degree murder trial of Kyle Bolaski, who shot and killed their son, Vincent, in a 2008 dispute.

Already in jail on kidnapping and rape charges, accused of holding women for the better part of a decade, Ariel Castro may also face charges of murder in the termination of his captives’ pregnancies, a prosecutor said. Cuyahoga County, Ohio, …

Oregon man who got naked at Portland International Airport to protest TSA airport screening is in court fighting a federal fine.

Robert Aronson is the Managing Attorney at Aronson & Associates, a Minneapolis-based immigration law firm serving a national and international clientele.

NEW DETAILS: Arkansas' highest court says a man sentenced to life in prison without parole when he was 14 years old deserves a new sentencing hearing.

A Pittsburgh police officer charged with insurance fraud almost two years ago lost some of his police powers, but he didn’t lose his job. As Target 11 Investigator Rick Earle discovered, he’s being paid his full salary while serving probation. Officer Vernon Gibson works at the warrant office at the City Municipal Court building downtown. He’s been assigned to that office since he was charged ...

Almost a year after Jose Lumbreras killed his girlfriend and her 6-year-old son in a drunk-driving accident, the UC Berkeley master's graduate admitted the crimes in court.

By Daniel Trotta and Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio prosecutor said on Thursday he will seek aggravated murder charges, which could carry the death penalty, against a former Cleveland school bus driver accused of kidnapping and raping three women during a decade of captivity in his house. The charges would stem from the forced miscarriages that police say were suffered by one of the ...

A KOTA Territory woman found 'not guilty by reason of insanity' in 2011 for attempted murder back is back in court via closed circuit TV.

A KOTA Territory woman found incompetent to stand trial in 2011 for attempted murder back is back in court via closed circuit TV.

Dutschke was in court Monday on charges of making and possessing ricin, part of the investigation into poison-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others.

PHOENIX (AP) - 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.

Defendants charged with serious crimes who may suffer from mental illness and are determined by the court to be unable to stand trial will continue to be handled by Pima County rather than the state,

WASHINGTON, DC and LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - May 20, 2013) - BuckleySandler LLP , a leading national financial services and criminal & civil enforcement defense law firm, announced that the Daily Journal has selected partner Donna L. Wilson , head of the firm's West Coast litigation practice, for its 2013 list of California's "Top Women Lawyers." Each year, the Daily Journal recognizes ...

OROVILLE — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a 27-year-old man charged for a July 2011 shooting at a downtown Chico nightclub.

An Omaha man has been convicted in federal court of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft and faces up to five years in prison when he's sentenced.

An Oregon federal judge has ruled the practice of limiting inmates' mail to only postcards is unconstitutional.

The former Benton County official who admitted to stealing almost $50,000 from the Circuit Clerk’s Office was sentenced Monday to...

A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in the embezzlement of nearly $5.6 million from Turnberry Associates, Nevada's U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden said Monday.

Officials say James K. Fogarty admitted supplying drugs to Judges Michael Cook, who has been charged, and Joseph Christ, who died.

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 ...

A former director of the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada has been sentenced to three life terms in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of Sexual Assault and one count of Lewdness with a Minor Under the Age of 14.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 15 (UPI) -- A knifemaker pleaded guilty in an Alaska court to purchasing six restricted walrus tusks from an undercover agent.

WASHINGTON — Local officials are turning their attention to Washington after the Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings.

Bruce Cole, former CEO of Mamtek, faces fraud and forgery charges after plans for a Moberly plant collapse.

Franklin Circuit Judge Philip Shepherd said Monday he plans to make a ruling as soon as possible on Gov. Steve Beshear's request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange.

A former corrections officer from Tower has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for having sex with a female inmate.

The 22-year-old Ypsilanti Township man convicted of torture and child abuse will spend between 31 and 65 years in prison, a judge ruled this week.Harvey WinceCourtesy of the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office Harvey Wince was convicted March 21 by...

The FDA is changing its approval process for metal hip implants, according to a recent Reuters report, and some lawyers are concerned about what this will mean for victims' rights. Oakland personal injury lawyer Jeff Nadrich weighs in. (PRWeb May 12, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/depuy/hip/prweb10720732.htm

United Airlines reports loss United Airlines today reported a first-quarter loss of $417 million, citing challenging weather, fuel prices and ongoing integration costs related to the 2010 merger with Continental Airlines.