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U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, in a rare interview, denounced the idea of impeaching judges when political leaders disagree with their rulin...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) — If you were to watch cable news about the United States Supreme Court, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was in the throes of...

HARRISBURG — Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced that Pennsylvania will receive more than $20 million in unclaimed property following a settlement that ...

(Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...

The injunction keeping Aliquippa in Class 4A football remains in place after a Commonwealth Court judge denied a PIAA request for a stay. Appellate Ju...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (TNS) — For decade after decade in the United States of America, July 4, 1776, has been joyously celebrated as the date when America...

One half of the Court of Common Pleas bench in McKean County is vacant with the recent retirement of Judge Christopher Hauser, and it could be 2025 be...

The U.S. Supreme Court ended its term Monday with a highly anticipated decision that provides American presidents with a modicum of immunity from crim...

The Supreme Court is releasing decisions in a handful of remaining cases into early July. In the meantime, the justices have struck a blow for freedom...

In 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miranda vs. Arizona that criminal defendants were entitled to say nothing so as to not incriminate themselves...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Oneida Indians are asking a state court to throw out a license recently granted to a rival casino being built in upstate New Y...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An appeals court ruling is threatening to derail Mexico's effort to prosecute suspects in one of its most notorious crimes of recen...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It seems like only yesterday that skeptics of Barack Obama's birth in Hawaii rushed to the Supreme Court to try to block the son of ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Forget the ceremonial gavel passing and group photos. Venezuela's new congress, now dominated by opponents of the socialist ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A top city of Chicago lawyer stepped down after a federal judge accused him of hiding evidence in a fatal police shooting, the latest a...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who claimed to be on the cusp of a historic peace deal with the Palestinians just a few years ago,...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A grand jury is set to decide whether to indict the truck driver who slammed into a limo carrying Tracy Morgan, killing one...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Recordings secretly made by an anti-abortion group at meetings of abortion providers do not show criminal activity and could put ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously against tycoon and U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump in his battle to stop...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations' highest court ruled Wednesday that Nicaragua violated Costa Rica's territorial sovereignty by establ...