The facility Lindsay Lohan entered Thursday to comply with court-ordered rehab is not licensed to provide alcohol or drug rehab treatment, a state official said. Lohan, 26, flew from New York to California last night to check into Morningside Recovery...

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.

BOWLING GREEN — The defense team in a federal deprivation of rights trial against Barren County Sheriff Chris Eaton, deputy Aaron Bennett and Barren-Edmonson Drug Task Force detective Eric Guffey called one more expert witness and two additional witnesses for Guffey before resting its case Wednesday morning.

Attorneys for condemned killer Nathan Dunlap filed a civil lawsuit on Thursday, claiming the state Department of Corrections' execution protocol — at least as much of it as they have access to — violates state law.

The Swainsboro Kiwanis Club held its weekly meeting Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Catered Creations at 7 p.m. Guests for the evening were Mosco Dawkins, Courtney Joiner, Julie Scott, Chelsea Doyle-Parker and Brittany James.

Authorities arrested a Butler County man Thursday as part of ongoing efforts to target the online sharing, downloading and distribution of child pornography. Attorney General Kathleen Kane identified the defendant as Shane Hinchberger, 25. According to the criminal complaint, agents conducting an online investigation identified five illegal image files on Hinchberger's computer, which depicted ...

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (WIBW) -- A court hearing for a Junction City minister charged in several child molestation cases involving young boys has been pushed back.

*When I graduated from college the first time followed my dreams and became a newspaper and television news reporter. I traveled across the country covering stories, one of the most memorable was when I met Nelson Mandela during his visit to the United States after his release from a South African prison. When I graduated [...]

The Minnesota Supreme Court has sent a case back to the trial court to determine whether a Two Harbors businessman sexually harassed three women employees, but two of the justices issued strong dissents and said they believe the women already proved their case.

IOWA CITY, Iowa - A landmark $240 million verdict awarded to 32 mentally disabled Iowa plant workers who were subjected to years of abuse by their handlers will be reduced to just $1.6 million because of a federal cap, attorneys in the case agree.

A guilty verdict after three hours of deliberation, as three Albany men are found guilty of different levels of involvement in their aggravated assault trial.

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.

NEW YORK, May 14 (UPI) -- Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of president John F. Kennedy, has been picked as a juror in a New York criminal trial despite her famous family's background.

Order follows new claims of misconduct by juror Dennis DeMartin Polo magnate John Goodman, convicted of DUI manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in state prison, will get a new trial because of newly discovered juror misconduct, a Palm Beach County judge ordered Friday.        

Graphic autopsy photographs confronted jurors hearing testimony during the trial of a man accused in the slaying of a central Illinois family.

Prosecutors say they will work with New Hampshire authorities to expedite the case against a man who will be charged with the attempted murder of a Bedford, N.H., anesthesiologist and his wife.

Richard J. Curl, who pleaded guilty in February, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday afternoon in Montgomery County Circuit Court.

The attorneys who helped International Polo Club Palm Beach founder John Goodman get a new trial have filed a motion with Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Colbath to withdraw from the case.

Administrative Law Judge Sharon L. Feldman on April 29 recommended that the MPSC deny acertificate of public convenience and necessity for a proposed high-voltage power line based on her conclusion that Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC failed to show that the benefits of the project justify the financial, environmental and social costs.

An Arizona judge declared a mistrial in the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial Thursday after a deadlocked jury said it couldn't decide whether to sentence her to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend.

An organization representing gas station and convenience store owners has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court alleging the State of Indiana's law regarding the sale of cold beer is "irrational and discriminatory."

El Paso lawyer Marco Delgado, who is a former Carnegie Mellon University trustee, is set to stand trial Monday in El Paso on charges that he conspired to launder millions for a violent Mexican drug cartel.

Jhonas Enroth is suddenly a star in Sweden. He’s met members of the royal family and been cheered by tens of thousands in the King’s Gar... The New York State tax cap appears to be more of a helmet. Of five school budgets that failed in voting Tuesday in Erie and Niagara counties, two had ...

ATLANTA - A not guilty plea was entered Friday on behalf of Beverly Hall, the former superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools who is charged in a broad conspiracy alleging educators cheated on standardized tests to mask poor student performance for personal gain.

Almost five years have passed since a study showed poor criminal defendants are routinely processed through Michigan's justice system without ever speaking to an attorney in violation of the Constitution.

May 16--STAND UP GUYS (Lionsgate) Al Pacino as an aging bank robber who, upon his release from prison, is greeted by an old pal who's a hit man, played by Christopher Walken -- who's been ordered to bump off his buddy. Geriatric buddy-mobster comedy, with Alan Arkin.

A Flint man who authorities say threatened to kill three lawmakers from Michigan has been ruled incompetent to stand trial.

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A Rushville man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison following his conviction on a charge of child molesting, a class “D” felony. According to a news release from the Rush County Prosecutor’s office, Garyn Randolph, 26, of Rushville, was sentenced April 26, 2013, by Rush Circuit Court Judge David Northam to 20 years in prison.

DALLAS, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- McKool Smith attorney Rosemary T. Snider was elected last week as the next president of the Board of Governors of The Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. ...

NEW YORK: For the second time in a week, a federal judge has blocked a securities arbitration against Citigroup Inc, allowing the bank to avoid fighting a multi-million dollar case before Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitrators.

Authorities say an inmate who died during a weekend fight at a prison in southwestern Mississippi suffered a fatal stab wound.

The NC Department of Transportation released an updated schedule for the environmental study of the Monroe Bypass project in Mecklenburg and Union counties, nearly a year after a federal court threw out the state's original environmental analysis.

Gov. Jan Brewer has appointed three attorneys to serve on the Pima County Superior Court.

A Saudi Arabian traveler who was arrested Saturday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with a pressure cooker in his luggage is not a terrorist, his defense lawyer said today.

UEFA says its executive committee has agreed to introduce a 10-match minimum ban for racist abuse by players or officials.

For two Americans who admitted to tax evasion, the difference between a prison term and probation came down to one thing.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has refused further review of the conviction of an Altoona man sentenced to a state prison term on charges he attempted to have unlawful contact with a minor.

A 29-year-old east-central Nebraska man has been ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial on allegations that he molested his 8-year-old niece.

The case against Vernon Hershberger, who faces criminal charges related to raw milk sales, will go before a jury next month. The Wisconsin dairy farmer's religious beliefs do not clear him of legal responsibilities, Sauk County Circuit Court Judge Guy Reynolds has ruled.