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. ...

Investigators testified Tuesday in the jury trial of a local man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl that the suspect told police he lied about having sexual contact with the girl because he was nervous. Cassanova Cartier Tyran Hall, 20, is charged with first-degree rape as a result of an incident alleged to have occurred on April 11, 2011.

Ramona Robertson insiste she is not guilty of charges made by an MHP trooper during a traffic stop months ago.

Jodi Arias was on trial for the June 2008 death of Travis Alexander, in Mesa, Arizona.

A schedule conflict has delayed the trial of an Ohio man charged with shooting his wife of 45 years in a hospital intensive care unit in what may have been a mercy killing.

AUSTIN -- San Antonio police have arrested a fugitive accused of running a long-term confidence scheme with victims in Ohio, Florida and Texas. A department spokesman said Friday that officers captured 45-year-old David Scott Srail at a small municipal airport in San Antonio. Records show he was being held in Bexar County jail on $5,000 bond. Police in Austin, Texas, have been searching for ...

ROGER ALFORD Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The latest lawsuit filed in Kentucky ’s dispute over legislative redistricting calls for a three-judge panel to redraw political boundaries...

A public records lawsuit filed to the Ohio Supreme Court and connected to a former special education teacher ended with a settlement approved by the Kings school board Tuesday evening.

The starting date of the criminal trial for former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer has been postponed from July 2 until Oct. 22.

A jury in western Pennsylvania was set to begin the penalty phase of a trial for a man convicted last week or killing his mother, sister and elderly aunt in his automotive glass shop in 2009.

By Eric M. Johnson TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier pleaded guilty on Monday to murder for shooting dead five fellow servicemen at a military counseling center in Iraq, a plea made in a deal with military prosecutors to avoid the death penalty. U.S. Army Sergeant John Russell was accused of killing two medical staff officers and three soldiers at Camp Liberty, adjacent to the ...

The trustee for a bankrupt Montana power cooperative is challenging in federal court a claim for $46 million from banks that financed a little-used natural gas power plant near Great Falls. The outcome ...

KENNEWICK, Wash.-- Governor Jay Inslee made a stop in the Tri-Cities Monday to swear in the area's newest Superior Court judge, Salvador Mendoza.

An Augusta man and an Albion woman receive federal prison terms for selling cocaine and oxycodone in central Maine.

Trial date for Aisling Brady McCarthy provisionally set        

A judge has set a June 17 trial to determine whether a New Jersey auction house can sell memorabilia from Kobe Bryant's high school days and early pro career.

Freelance innkeepers across New York City shuddered this week as a judge found that a man renting out his East Village apartment on Airbnb was violating the state's occupancy code. The decision isn't the first time that city and state ...

South Africa: Tears as court acquits Oscar Pistorius' brother in woman's death in accident        

Opening arguments in the Tucson trial of former Arizona Representative Rick Renzi (R-AZ) began Wednesday with federal prosecution characterizing Renzi as having engaged in “lying and stealing … taking advantage of people” and having “sold out his office.” Meanwhile Renzi counsel Kelly Kramer contended that his client “didn’t extort anybody … solicit any bribes” or “defraud anyone.” Charged with ...

The presiding judge of the Utah Court of Appeals has been appointed to the U.S. 10th Circuit.

Repeat offender Anthony Yager of Springdale faces 15 to 40 years in prison.

A Lyons man was sentenced Wednesday to 17½ years in prison after pleading no contest to charges of rape and aggravated indecent liberties, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota judge has ordered a Rapid City businesswoman to pay a state lawmaker's legal fees for defending himself against her unsuccessful lawsuit that sought to remove him from last year's election ballot.

A judge has ruled that the results of a February election for an alderman's seat after the definition of the word "majority" was brought into question by the Macomb City Council.

A Blairsville man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, said U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton.

A Waynesboro man pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder Friday in Franklin County Court, and was sentenced to serve three consecutive life sentences in a state correctional facility with no possibility of parole. Kevin Matthew Cleeves, 36, agreed to a plea deal in the July 2012 shooting deaths of his estranged wife, 25-year-old Brandi (Killingsworth) Cleeves, her 29-year-old ...

Defense lawyers in the Chandra Levy murder case say they weren't made aware of evidence about a key witness that could help prove their client did not kill the former federal intern.

A divided federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit against Electronic Arts Inc by a former Rutgers University star football quarterback, who accused it of using his image in a video game without permission. ...

The groups agreed that an executive committee is needed to start discussing the consolidation, and that meetings of the full group should be planned in the near future.

After almost two years of legal wrangling and delays, the First Degree Murder trial of a 21 year old Fairbanks man is set to get underway with jury selection Wednesday morning in Superior Court. Jacques Lisbey is accused of shooting 20 year old Malik Moore to death on August 2, 2011. Alaska State Troopers say the two men were friends, and that the shooting transpired over an alleged dispute ...

PHOENIX — If the federal government wants to lock up U.S. citizens without trial, the state House announced Thursday that it should not count on Arizona to cooperate.

A Phoenix woman who pleaded guilty to her involvement in a fake coupon ring has been sentenced to two years in prison and may have to pay up to $5 million in restitution.

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 ...

Browns player entered a no contest plea to disorderly conduct in Bedford Municipal Court Tuesday

Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial told the judge Wednesday that they are unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether the convicted murderer should be get life or death for killing her boyfriend, prompting the judge to...

TUCSON, May 22 (UPI) -- The Pima County Sheriff's Department released 580 photos of the Tucson crime scene where six people died and then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was among the wounded.

The trial is beginning for a former eastern Kentucky pastor facing counts of rape and other charges involving a girl younger than 14.

A convicted Iowa bank robber serving a roughly six-year sentence at a federal prison camp in southern Illinois is accused of trying to escape.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Supreme Court says insurers cannot impose price caps on dentists who accept their plans for procedures that aren't reimbursed.

Samsung's Galaxy S4 infringes on 5 Apple patents, according to a court filing by Apple. Apple wants to add the new Galaxy S4 to an ongoing case involving Apple and Samsung being heard in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose Division, according to a filing with that court on Tuesday. Samsung's newest flagship smartphone was launched in March and went on sale in the U ...

Sean Lopes, 47, was sentenced to 15 years in prison but jumped bail and has now been found living in Chatham in Kent, southeast England.