The former Ohio school bus driver accused of holding three women captive in his home for a decade made his first court appearance Thursday, bowing his head as a judge set a high bond in the case. Ariel Castro said nothing during a brief hearing, as he gazed downward. A Cleveland, Ohio judge set a total $8 million bond, an amount the unemployed Castro is unlikely to meet to win his release until ...

Briefly ASK A LAWYER: West Pasco Bar Association's annual Law Week kicks off Monday. Declan Mansfield will head up the "Ask A Lawyer" program on Wednesday. Sign-ups are available from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at CARES, Rao Musunuru Center, 12417 Clock Tower Parkway, Hudson, and at CARES, Claude Pepper Center, 6640 Van …

A Texas death row inmate convicted of killing a fellow drug dealer while robbing him outside of a Waco convenience store 10 years ago was executed Tuesday evening.

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LEWES, Del. - A trial date has been set for former ABC News personality Sam Donaldson.

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.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla has died of natural causes while serving life sentences in prison for crimes against humanity.

By News Staff news@abc6.com An entry of default has been made against a Traffic Tribunal Magistrate in a racial discrimination lawsuit. Documents filed with Superior Court on Tuesday indicate that Traffic

Four of the seven Mendocino County residents charged in a Kansas federal court for drug trafficking have pleaded guilty. The drug trafficking case started in Lawrence, Kansas as an investigation into a $17 million drug distribution ring involving an ex-con and his brother.

A central Iowa man has been given prison time for cutting down more than two dozen black walnut trees.

After trying, so far unsuccessfully, to stop his execution in the courts, attorneys for Nathan Dunlap have formally asked Gov. John Hickenlooper to spare the condemned killer's life.

By Mary Wisniewski (Reuters) - The mother of Ariel Castro's children repeatedly went to authorities with accusations he was beating, abusing and threatening her. But her complaints never reached the point where Castro was imprisoned or triggered additional police investigations. The late Grimilda Figueroa's accusations against Castro began in 1989 and the last came in 2005, three years after he ...

COLORADO SPRINGS - The father whose son was taken into DHS custody after the 13 year old was found living with rodents and feces appeared, in court Tuesday.

CHICAGO - An town Iowa letter carrier has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for sending dud pipe bombs with threatening letters signed "The Bishop."

CHICAGO (AP) — In a rare move for terror cases, a federal judge agreed Thursday to release on home confinement an Illinois teenager charged with seeking to travel abroad and join an al-Qaida-linked militant group in war-torn Syria.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The state of Arkansas is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy, arguing the new restriction is constitutional.

The Iowa Supreme Court says insurers cannot impose price caps on dentists who accept their plans for procedures that aren't reimbursed. The court's 7-0 ruling Friday is a victory for dentists who can now ...

The Alaska Court of Appeals last week handed a partial victory to former state lawmaker Nicholas “Nick” Stepovich, who had appealed two convictions—for cocaine possession and attempted evidence tamper

A Toledo man accused of threatening to kill a municipal court judge heads to court today.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -- The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the convictions of a man serving life in prison with no chance of parole for murdering a teenager.,who was also an internet porn model.

A federal judge in Memphis sentenced a longtime Memphis educator Monday to seven years in prison in a test-taking fraud scheme.

An overzealous Jennifer Lawrence fan has been jailed after showing up outside the actress' home in Kentucky and sending her brother a threatening message.

At least 36 parolees in Colorado have been convicted or accused of murder while on supervised release from prison since 2002, a review by The Denver Post found.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Supreme Court is expected to decide whether insurers can require dentists who accept their plans to offer discounts on services that aren't covered.

WILMINGTON — Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden proposed legislation Monday aimed at keeping people considered a danger to themselves or others from getting their hands on guns.

WORCESTER - A standing-room-only crowd packed a Worcester Trial Court courtroom Thursday morning to bid adieu to a man widely regarded by his peers as one of the top prosecutors in Worcester County.

A U.S. judge in Johnstown has sentenced two area men to federal prison, one for firearm and drug violations and the other for a firearm violation.

MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce papers.

The Washington County Board of Health has appointed Court Witschey as full-time administrator at the county health department.

State prison authorities have adopted a stricter dress code for visitors and are limiting

BOISE, Idaho : A man convicted of breaking into a Boise zoo last fall and brutally beating to death one of two Patas monkeys has been ordered to spend up to a year in a treatment program at a state prison.

LOS ANGELES, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Malwarebytes™ Secure Backup was released today after a successful beta-trial, is the first online backup service that automatically scans files for malware prior ...

An Uzbek man facing terrorism-related charges in Idaho will remain jailed pending his trial after waiving his right to a detention hearing.

Schiff Hardin LLP has added a distinguished team of state and local taxation attorneys to the firm’s Ann Arbor office.

MT. VERNON -- An Iowa man accused of carjacking two women just hours after he left the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion will spend 20 years in state prison.

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WWAY) -- The Wilmington based Blizzard 17 & under basketball squad captured first place at the Big Shots Myrtle Beach Tournament on Sunday with a 72-64 victory over the FYB Wildcats. WWAY Full Court Press co-host Brett Blizzard is the head coach of the squad. Hoggard's Trevor Singleton shared tournament co-mvp honors with Ashley's Ridell Camidge. WWAY Full Court Press co-host ...

A Cambria County judge took a half-hour Tuesday to find a Johnstown man guilty of four of the five charges he faced in relation to the shooting of his girlfriend in the fall.

The media circus that is Jodi Arias' murder trial is in its final stretch, as the jury began deliberations Friday following closing arguments. The jury, which has been in court since January, will resume deliberations Monday.

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

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho has made his first court appearance on charges he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his own country.        

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A western Pennsylvania man on trial in the killings of his mother, sister and elderly aunt testified Thursday that the deaths left him so emotionally distraught that when questioned about them he forgot he had a girlfriend - a woman prosecutors contend his family didn't approve of.