judicial appointments and nominations

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's latest push to make sure consumers get equal access to the Internet faced a key legal test Friday as a federal appe...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is starting a new term that promises a steady stream of divisive social issues, and also brighter prospects for co...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Friday ordered two women to stay away from Salma Hayek and not attempt to contact the Oscar-nominated actress for the ne...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. District Judge Michael Davis had seen this in his courtroom before — a young Somali-American who hadn't previously been a trou...

LONDON (AP) — Britain has been stunned by revelations about child sexual abuse, a judge said Thursday, warning that the true scale of the crime has be...

GRETNA, La. (AP) — A man accused of killing and dismembering a stripper after police say he and his girlfriend lured her from a club in the New Orlean...