WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears to be sharply divided over a law that makes it a crime to lie about having been awarded top military honors. The justices engaged in spirited debate Wednesday over the constitutionality of a... Source: FindLaw: AP News
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says California police officers cannot be sued because they used a warrant that may have been defective to search a woman's house. The high court on Wednesday threw out the lawsuit against Los Angeles... Source: FindLaw: AP News
A 42-year-old immigrant from Rwanda, who is accused of lying her way into the United States after allegedly participating in the 1994 genocide that left up to 800,000 people dead, goes on trial Wednesday in a New Hampshire federal court.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's new consumer-watchdog agency is launching a probe into costly overdraft fees charged by big banks. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says that it will ask banks for information about how the fees... Source: FindLaw: AP News
A New Zealand released Kim Dotcom, the millionaire founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload, on bail after a judge said Dotcom did not appear to have funds available to flee.
The superintendent of the West Virginia mine hit by an explosion in 2010, killing 29 miners, was charged with conspiracy Wednesday for allegedly impeding federal enforcement of safety regulations and covering up safety violations.
The Supreme Court took on the role of constitutional truth-seeker in an especially vigorous argument Wednesday, dealing with the harm from lies and the value of honor.
Jury deliberations began Wednesday in the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of fatally beating his ex-girlfriend. George Huguely contributed to his ex-girlfriend's death, but he did not kill her and had no intent to do so, his attorney said during closing arguments Saturday.
Country duo Sugarland has denied negligence claims against it, responding to a lawsuit by saying that a fatal stage collapse last year at an Indiana State Fair was "a true accident, or act of God."
A former southern California schoolteacher entered a not guilty plea Tuesday to allegations he bound young students, then photographed them with semen-filled spoons held at their mouths and three-inch cockroaches crawling across their faces, among other graphic depictions.
The remains of two bodies recovered last week based on maps provided by a California death row inmate have been identified through DNA testing as those of two women, Chevelle Wheeler and Cyndi Vanderheiden, investigators said Wednesday.
A former southern California schoolteacher is set to be arraigned Tuesday amid allegations he bound young students, then photographed them with semen-filled spoons held at their mouths and three-inch cockroaches crawling across their faces, among other graphic depictions.
The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to tackle another election-year blockbuster and will decide whether the University Texas' race-conscious admission policies violate the rights of white applicants.
A bullet thought to have been from a shootout between carjackers and municipal police in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, struck a woman walking in neighboring El Paso, Texas, Tuesday morning, El Paso's mayor told CNN.
A Wisconsin man who stumbled across and alerted authorities to a young girl investigators say was kept in a basement, starved and sexually abused, said Tuesday she looked much younger than her 15 years -- "like she just came from Auschwitz."
Dozens died and 30 inmates escaped during a weekend prison riot in northern Mexico, an official said Monday. The prison's director and 18 guards have been removed from their positions and are under investigation.
Pennsylvania's flagship university says it has run up nearly $3.2 million in combined legal, consultant, and public relation fees pertaining to the investigation of charges against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
A lawsuit filed by the family of Robert Champion, the Florida A&M University band member allegedly beaten to death in a hazing ritual, accused the bus company involved in the deadly assault and the bus driver of negligence, their attorney said Monday.
A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that the former Penn State assistant football coach currently awaiting trial on child sex assault charges can visit with some of his grandchildren.
Prosecutors are blasting Jerry Sandusky's recent request to see his grandchildren saying the former Penn State assistant football coach should not be allowed to contact his grandchildren and should not be allowed to treat his house arrest like "a house party."
The president of Florida A&M University said the college is canceling its summer band camp program and suspending all clubs as the school continues to deal with the fallout from the suspected hazing death of a marching band student.
