DECATUR, Ala. - A city judge has dismissed a charge accusing Baltimore Ravens linebacker Rolando McClain of lying to police about his identity.

A divided federal appeals court said today that a Michigan law barring public schools from collecting union dues can take effect, reversing a lower court ruling.

DURHAM, N.C. – Continuing analysis of an HIV vaccine trial undertaken in Thailand is yielding additional information about how immune responses were triggered and why the vaccine did not protect more people.

The Lancaster County Attorney’s Office said Friday no criminal charges will be filed against Michael L. Pangborn, 51, for alleged sexual acts at the Nebraska State Penitentiary last month.

FORT MEADE, Md.—Lawyers in the court-martial of an Army private who sent more than 700,000 classified U.

University of Kentucky basketball icon Richie Farmer is asking that his trial on charges of misappropriating government resources while serving as agriculture commissioner be postponed until early next year.

A Franklin County Municipal Court judge is accused of violating the code of judicial conduct by dismissing a traffic ticket against a lawyer who was representing him in state and federal lawsuits. Harland H. Hale, the court’s environmental judge, should be disciplined for his behavior, the Ohio Supreme Court’s disciplinary counsel said in a complaint filed this week. A three-member panel from ...

BREAKING UPDATE: The jury reached a verdict in the Donald Trump condo trial on Thursday afternoon. The verdict will be read at 2:15 p.m. and the Dirksen Federal Building.

Sally Ann Schofield, a former state child caseworker from Chelsea, was convicted in 2002 of suffocating to death 5-year-old Logan Marr.

PRINCETON — After taking a moment to control himself and wiping back tears, a Mercer County man told a circuit court judge Thursday how he “just snapped” the day he strangled his wife.

At some point over the next few weeks, the New York City Police Department is likely to lose a civil trial accusing it of having repeatedly violated the civil rights of city residents — and on a massive scale — by conducting hundreds of thousands of "stop and frisks." The NYPD will probably blame the judge, mostly because it can't blame the numbers.

The chief justice of the California Supreme Court will deliver the commencement address at UC Irvine School of Law on May 11. Fortunately, the UCI School of Law has informed the Weekly who that i...

TWIN FALLS • What to do with a teenager who has committed a very adult crime? That was the question before the court Thursday as a 16-year-old boy faced the possibility of life in prison for a home invasion robbery.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A northeast Pennsylvania teenager who acknowledges having accidentally shot a friend to death a year ago has testified in the trial of his mother, who is charged with having covered up the shooting.

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Having lost a federal court battle over restrictions on guns in Wilmington public housing, plaintiffs backed by the National Rifle Association asked an appeals court Thursday to send the matter back to Delaware courts.

The ramifications of a state Supreme Court decision radically disrupting school funding in general and Gov. Bobby Jindal's voucher program in particular began to become clear Wednesday. As the 2013-14 funding plan boomeranged between the Legislature and the state board...

The lead singer of the Grateful Dead tribute band will serve a 30-month sentence.

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A former assistant basketball coach accused of having sexual contact with a female student has been bound over for trial in Pulaski County Circuit Court.

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.

Most of the world's governments no longer use the death penalty. Among wealthy nations there is one exception remaining. The United States is among the top five killers in the world. Also in the top five: the recently 'liberated' Iraq.

DENVER – In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Former federal and Manhattan prosecutor Jonathan F. Lenzner has joined Investigative Group International , Inc. (IGI) as Executive Vice President, IGI's Chairman ...

Kansas lawmakers began the year by turning away the chief justice of the state Supreme Court from his traditional speech to the Legislature.

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 ...

A high-speed chase ends in a multiple vehicle wreck and two men charged with separate crimes.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana state prison officials are using customized playing cards for a deadly serious purpose: To help unlock the mysteries of unsolved murders and persons gone missing.

Denver — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, an Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain asked a federal appeals court yesterday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

Members of Congress from Washington, New York, North Dakota and Michigan, from both parties, are moving to shoot down a trial balloon in which people entering the United States by land from Canada and Mexico would be forced to pay a fee. The fee proposal was floated in the 2014 budget request by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which asked Congress to authorize a “study” of charging ...

GARDNERVILLE (AP) — A 27-year-old transient who claimed he was under the influence of demons when he robbed Bank of America branch in Douglas County has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.

A Northwest Indiana woman accused of photographing herself molesting a 3-year-old for her boyfriend pleaded guilty Friday to two of the 13 felony charges against her. Tara Tryon, 23, of Wanatah, Ind., will serve 10 years for Class B felony child molesting and eight years for Class C felony child exploitation if Indiana’s Porter Superior Judge William Alexa accepts her plea at a July 12 ...

Jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial resume deliberations Thursday after they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time...

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WILMINGTON, DEL. — A man whose father killed two people at a Delaware courthouse before taking his own life was sentenced to six months in federal prison Tuesday for violating his probation on fraud and kidnapping charges.

In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argues that businesses — not just the currently exempted religious groups — sho ...

The man accused of fatally shooting two people in Arcata over the weekend pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to two counts of murder in Humboldt County Superior Court.

Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- Jurors in the double murder trial of Brett Parker Friday heard from a friend of one of the people killed and forensic experts.

LITCHFIELD--A Torrington bike shop owner accused of kidnapping and raping a woman at gunpoint appeared in Bantam Superior Court, Monday, to face charges of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and kidnapping.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors in Texas are set to close their case against leaders of a violent cartel accused of buying racehorses to hide illegal drug profits. The organization based in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon has expanded beyond the drug trade to become Mexico's biggest criminal group.

A detention hearing is scheduled to resume in federal court in Topeka in the case of a Kansas doctor indicted on four charges of illegal distribution of drugs from his Manhattan clinic.