By CAROLINE LEE, UPI.com The Queens rapper was released from prison today after serving two years.

Two Harrisburg men were convicted by a federal jury for conspiracy and distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine. According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, on May 8, following a two-day trial before Senior U.S. District Court Judge William …

Receives A 10 Year Sentence After Guilty Plea A 41-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting at an airplane ... a federal offence.

By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Thousands of people have protested against the prosecution of an 18-year-old Florida high school senior after her parents launched an Internet petition claiming she was charged with sex crimes only because her lover, a then 14-year-old schoolmate, was another girl. By late Monday afternoon, almost 100,000 people had signed a Change.org petition or ...

WASHINGTON -- The FBI is investigating potential civil rights violations at the Internal Revenue Service after the agency acknowledged the agency had singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday.

By The Associated Press, The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court ruled on Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a decision likely to further diminish ...

A 23-year-old Iowa man has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography.

Legislation authored by Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, would require court approval for most requests to view or copy crime scene photos that show murder victims. But some say the measure is a solution in search of a problem.

A Madison woman accused of torturing her teenage stepdaughter and starving her down to 68 pounds is set to be sentenced in July.

Marshall, who was sentenced to life in prison Friday for John Versypt’s death, denied he was the one who pulled the trigger at the Broadway Condominiums in 2009.

The Gallia County Sheriff's Office tells WSAZ.com they were executing a warrant on David McCormick at the Green Terrace Court Mobile Home Park.

Will U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder clamp down on Washington and Colorado for legalizing marijuana? On April 18, Holder made the news by saying he would consider “the impact on children.” That means he’ll listen to the prohibition side. He also said, “We are certainly goi

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has dismissed a discrimination complaint filed by the executive director of Black Hawk County Veterans Affairs against the county's board.

An inmate suspected of killing a corrections officer at a federal prison in northeastern Pennsylvania has been transferred to the federal Supermax prison here in Colorado.

The federal Hardest Hit Fund is doling out $1 billion dollars in aid to struggling homeowners across Florida, but its rules do not block people with criminal pasts from cashing in. 9 Investigates found dozens of such cases. Orange County homeowner Jeremiah Gholston has a court file dating back to 1995.  We discovered it includes an arrest affidavit in a felony case just last year for stealing ...

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio – A Logan County woman who ran a 15-year-old down with her pickup truck and killed him while she was driving drunk last year was sent to prison for eight years today.

A Lawnside man was sentenced to 23 years in state prison Friday for illegally possessing guns, cocaine, and prescription drugs.

A man who killed four people in Georgia, Florida and North Carolina and dumped one of his victims here in Macon County has been sentenced to four life sentences in federal prison.

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing live babies may be in court for the final time before serving out the last chapter of his life in prison.

One of the lead contractors on Central Maine Power Co.'s transmission line upgrade has filed a lawsuit seeking at least $43 million from the utility for what it says are work changes that cost extra time and money. Hawkeye LLC of Hauppauge, N.Y., charges in the suit filed in federal court in Por . . .

MARYLAND has become the 18th US state to abolish the death penalty, which will be replaced by life in prison without parole.        

Susan Wade will serve at least 20 years in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill to second-degree murder for killing her father last June.Susan WadeCourtesy of the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office Wade, 49, admitted in court Tuesday to...

The case of a former Tygart Valley Regional Jail correctional officer accused of forcing a female inmate to engage in sexual acts has been bound over to Randolph County Circuit Court.

MADISON, Wis. -- A state appeals court on Thursday urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take a case brought by two unions challenging the constitutionality of Gov. Scott Walker's law effectively ending collective bargaining for most public workers.

By Kelsey Givens A Pahrump man was sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison this week for causing a fatal three-vehicle accident on State Route 160 in 2011 while driving under the influence of marijuana. Joseph D. Anderson II appeared in District Court Monday morning to be sentenced on a charge of driving[...]

A long-awaited report by the New York Commission on Judicial Conduct on whether judges should have special license plates on their personal vehicles concludes there is nothing inherently unethical about a judge publicly displaying his or her position, even though it may result in preferential treatment.

Police in Isabella County say a Central Michigan University student tried to poison her roommate. 19-year-old Kayla Bonkowski is accused of putting bleach in her roommate's iced tea at their apartment

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — In a closely-watched trial in Syracuse, New York, a judge convicted one brother accused of stealing a winning $5 million lottery ticket from a convenience store customer but threw out conspiracy charges against his brother.

Though divorce usually elicits images of the 1989 film "The War of the Roses," it doesn't have to be that way anymore. Aventura attorney and family mediator, Denise Tamir, believes that divorce need not devastate the couple financially and emotionally.

Prosecutors are appealing the state’s decision to allow the resentencing of the leader of a large burglary ring. Jordan Beverly, of Clark County, is serving a 66-year sentence for stealing vehicles, ransacking homes and leading a police chase. During a hearing Wednesday morning, it was decided the state’s decision will go to the Ohio Supreme Court. The option for resentencing is expected to be ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When he was hired in 2010 as chef at Virginia's historic Executive Mansion, Todd Schneider came with celebrity cachet, claiming connections to cooking world stars such as Martha Stewart and Paula Deen. And when a cable channel toured the governor's mansion, Schneider was cast as co-star to first lady Maureen McDonnell, showing off the gardens he tended and the kitchen he ran.

DETROIT (AP) — A judge has refused to throw out evidence against an 88-year-old Indiana man who was stopped in southeastern Michigan with more than 200 pounds of cocaine.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.

A trial date has been set for a homeless man facing attempted murder charges. A jury trial for Samuel Wheless is set for September 30.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that to sustain a conviction for a restraining-order violation, prosecutors must prove the defendant was served with the document before the alleged violation.

The Kentucky man whose impromptu, roadside confession exposed an alleged Lowcountry murder-for-hire plot has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to see if he is competent to stand trial.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Two real estate investors have been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for bid rigging at public foreclosure auctions and mail fraud.

More people who get arrested or crash their cars in Wisconsin are having a tougher time getting the full paperwork from police. Departments across the state are increasingly blacking out names, addresses and other identifying information about people mentioned in their reports. It comes after a federal appeals court ruled last year that divulging the information violates the federal Driver's ...

A bill to abolish the death penalty in Delaware is up in the air after the measure failed to garner enough votes to get out of committee. Senate Bill 19, which would end capital punishment and make life in prison without parole the ultimate punishment for convicted felons, passed the Senate in a tight 11-10 vote March 26. The bill has been sitting in the House Judiciary Committee since March 28 ...

HELENA - Montana's Judicial Nomination Commission has submitted the names of Garry Bunke, Michael Hayworth, and Sheila Newman to Governor Steve Bullock for consideration for appointment to the seat vacated by the death of Judge Gary Day in the 16th Judicial District.

An elderly nun and two other protesters are in federal court for breaching security at one of the nation's most secure nuclear facilities.