judiciary

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared troubled Monday by the actions of a Georgia prosecutor in disqualifying all the black prospective jurors ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's insurance website is faster and easier to use, but as a third sign-up season gets underway, President Barack Obama'...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the woman who was sexually assaulted by Roman Polanski praised a Polish judge's refusal Friday to send the director to...

DENVER (AP) — Cities trying to limit panhandling in downtowns and tourist areas are facing a new legal hurdle because of a recent Supreme Court ruling...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The right-wing and anti-migrant Law and Justice party has won a majority of seats in Poland's parliament and can govern alone, t...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — With the election of a right-wing and Euroskeptic party, Poland is expected to become a more inward-looking country, and one les...

Elections were being held in nine countries around the world on Sunday. Here's a look at what's at stake: — ARGENTINA: Argentines were weighing contin...

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — April Miller and Karen Roberts stood before a minister Saturday night, hand-in-hand, and said the two words they fought for month...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The man charged in the freeway killing of a 4-year-old girl in New Mexico had been previously arrested on aggravated battery,...

NEW YORK (AP) — Arrested in a 19-person drug sweep, Tyrone Howard was one of only three who got sent to drug court, which offered him treatment instea...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nonviolent drug offenders could be eligible for shorter prison sentences under legislation a Senate committee is considering. The Se...

No executions will be scheduled in Oklahoma until at least next year, as the attorney general's office investigates why the state used the wrong drug ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Google is not violating copyright laws by digitizing books for a massive online library, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in a dec...

CHICAGO (AP) — Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert intends to plead guilty in a federal hush-money case linked to allegations of sexual misconduct fro...

CHICAGO (AP) — The former head of the nation's 3rd largest school district has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge in an alleged scheme to steer $23 mill...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has heard arguments about whether hundreds of inmates imprisoned for life for murders they committed as teenagers ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post journalist who has been detained in Iran for more than a year on charges including espionage, h...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge called Friday for a sweeping overhaul of Florida's electoral map, including the congressional district held by a Repu...

BOSTON (AP) — A defamation lawsuit brought against Bill Cosby by three women who say he sexually abused them decades ago can move forward, a federal j...

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...