A request by the former owner of the Parkway Theatre for a new condemnation trial was denied Tuesday by Maryland's high court.        

After four months, verdict day at the Jodi Arias trial brought a crowd to the courthouse to find out the jury's decision. Dozens of people lined up daily to try to get a seat in the courtroom, and oth

BOSTON—One lawyer won acquittal for a Saudi man charged with carrying three firecracker-like devices on a plane, arguing he was a victim of hysteria over airport security after the Sept.

NEW YORK - A New York City woman has been sentenced to probation for stalking actress Marion Cotillard (koh-tee-YAR') on the Internet. Teresa Yuan was sentenced Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court. She pleaded guilty last fall.

By Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday blocked a new Arkansas law that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, one of the most restrictive abortion statutes in the nation. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted an injunction sought by abortion rights groups, saying the ban was "more than likely" unconstitutional and ordering that ...

STEUBENVILLE - A special grand jury investigating additional charges in the August rape of a 16-year-old Weirton female is scheduled to begin hearing testimony Tuesday in the Jefferson County Courthous.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A Louisiana businessman serving 15 years in federal prison for distributing oxycodone and methadone illegally through pain clinics in eastern Kentucky has lost his bid for a new trial.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Student at Gordon Parks Elementary will be able to finish out the school year. The Missouri...

Read the ruling here .CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal appeals court has upheld a decision that cleared the way for a Clean Water Act permit needed for a new mountaintop removal mine in Loga...

A Baker County group accuses the board and Baker County Elementary and High school principal of condoning racism after two teachers were fired for leading students in a protest inside the school.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Clay County man convicted on drug charges this week is headed to prison, in part as a result of the work done by two state troopers killed in the line of duty last year. Raymond Hersman, 47, of Wallback, faces at least 20 years in...

SALT LAKE CITY—A Utah appellate judge has been named to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

KANE – A northwestern Pennsylvania pastor and his wife have been ordered to stand trial on charges that they endangered their three children by not feeding them enough.

By Preston Peeden KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of an elderly nun and two other environmental activists who broke into a supposedly secure facility that stores enriched uranium for nuclear bombs, embarrassing the U.S. government. The three activists are charged with sabotage and destruction of government property after they cut through several ...

A trial date has been set in a case involving 600 electronic bingo machines that were seized from Center Stage Alabama last year.

Rachel Lietzke Payne started using NuvaRing in 2008, when she was a 20-year-old college student. The contraceptive device appealed to her because it was easy to use. Birth control pills have to be taken every day, but NuvaRing, which came onto the market in 2001, is inserted into the vagina and removed each month—and is [...]

MUSCATINE COUNTY, Iowa — The Muscatine County Sheriff's Office has issued an arrest warrant for a Scott County man wanted for assault.

(AP Photo/Mel Evans). Yosef Kolko, 39, walks near the Ocean County Courthouse in Toms River, N.J., Thursday, May 9, 2013, during a break in his trial on sexual assault charges.

The North Dakota Legislature approved funding for two new judgeships for the six-county Northwest Judicial District. The judges, who have not yet been selected, are expected to be chambered by Sept.

CINCINNATI - The man convicted in a murder trial that hinged on a paralyzed victim blinking his eyes to identify his shooter plans to appeal, a defence lawyer said after the verdict.

Washington — The Food and Drug Administration says it will launch a new investigation into foods with added caffeine and their potential impact on the health of children and adolescents.

Federal authorities have seized more than $170,000 from three men who conspired to engage in visa fraud and money laundering in Luzerne County, according to court records.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency enforcement action in Massachusetts federal district court, setting a temporary restraining order, asset freeze and other emergency relief against Steven Palladino, of West Roxbury, and his Massachusetts-based company, Viking Financial Group, Inc., according to a press release.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) â The Oregon District Attorneys Association wants to cut prison costs by reducing sentences for some drug crimes such as marijuana possession. The association announced its plan Tuesday at a news conference in Oregon City. The plan is a response to legislation intended to cap the state prison population at 14,600 inmates to save money over the next decade. ...

ACCOMAC — A 30-year-old Onley man will spend one year and six months in jail after being convicted of felony hit-and-run.

I asked earlier for folks to speculate on who'll win tomorrow's Arkansas Times Heritage Hog Roast . One thing is certain, Local Lime's team, The Porkshank Redemption , is winning in the prepping category. Or at least they're winning at plugging their prepping on social media. They just showed off their slick team T-shirt, design courtesy, I'm sure, by their design and style guru Amber Brewer ...

With trembling hands and heaving breaths, Patricia Prue spoke publicly Tuesday for the first time since Vt. State Police and Caledonia County prosecutors labeled her one of the most heinous criminals in Vermont. "We're just not getting anywhere," Prue, 34, told Vt. Superior Court Judge Mary Miles Teachout. "After every meeting, I'm left in confusion." Prue was describing what she claimed is a ...

DENVER — Officials are questioning why a Colorado prison parolee suspected in a murder after his release was on a low level of supervision, the latest possible mistake found as authorities review thousands of sentencing records.

MEXICO CITY - A group of Mexican citizens are preparing the first civil lawsuit in the Mexican courts against British oil company BP for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.The plaintiffs are bringing the class action lawsuit under a...

WILMINGTON, Del. -The sentencing of the mastermind behind one of the largest piracy schemes in the United States' history has been pushed back.

The first group that claims they were unfairly scrutinized by the Internal Revenue Service filed suit today against the agency in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking damages and the granting of their long-delayed tax-exempt status application. True the Vote, a Houston-based voter watchdog group, filed...        

Bars and liquor stores could sue underage patrons and judges would have to send repeat drunken drivers to prison under a pair of bills the state Assembly overwhelmingly approved Tuesday in another attempt to rein in excessive drinking in Wisconsin.

Bill Schuette announced the OK-2-SAY initiative on Tuesday alongside law ... Testimony began Monday in the trial of 28-year-old Keith Thibeault of Portland. ...

A bill to keep 17-year-old offenders out of adult courtrooms and jails in Massachusetts aims to reduce sexual assault in prisons and bring the state into compliance with federal law.

WARREN, Ohio - The Warren man accused of beating his exgirlfriend's father to death pleaded not guilty in court this morning. The bond for Jarred Watson, 28, of Dickey Avenue, is set at $1 million.

A Washington County judge's decision to throw out a wrongful conviction lawsuit brought by a man who was imprisoned on drug and gun charges has been upheld by the state Court of Appeals.

FARMINGTON Utah (ABC 4 Utah) - A former teacher and coach will stand trial on multiple counts of sex abuse with a student.

Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com Massachusetts District Attorney Sam Sutter is butting heads with a district court judge over a man arrested on a drive-by shooting style crime and released on $1,000

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - An Army sergeant has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.

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HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) - A New York City bar owner has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for his role in a narcotics conspiracy in which two friends were found fatally shot inside their SUV on a northern New Jersey street.