judiciary

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The long-time female companion of an ex-fugitive deep-sea treasure hunter has been sentenced to a month behind bars. Alison Ante...

PHOENIX (AP) — The sheriff for metro Phoenix repeatedly shifted blame to his subordinates Thursday as he was subjected to questioning in federal court...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation on Thursday that would overhaul the nation's criminal justice system, allowing s...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma death row inmate has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his Wednesday execution after the state's highest crimin...

CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert's attorneys are talking with prosecutors about a possible plea deal in the Republican's hush-m...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, a longtime Democrat, says she is switching to the Republican Party because she feels abandoned by Dem...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Federal authorities have charged a U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed a Mexican teenager in a cross-border shooting with second-...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a gift to many musicians, movie-makers and other content-creators, a federal judge has found that the song "Happy Birthday To Yo...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday said that federal police have asked for its permission to question former President Luiz Inacio Lula...

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — After a five-day stint in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis will ret...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two Republican presidential candidates planned jailhouse meetings Tuesday with Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, raising her conservati...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Otto Perez Molina was headed back to court on Friday after spending his first night as an ex-president in military custody. Pere...

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...

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — The latest on the county clerk in Kentucky who has refused to issue marriage licenses since the Supreme Court legalized gay marri...

ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge ordered a defiant county clerk to jail for contempt Thursday after she insisted that it would violate her conscien...

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A county clerk in Kentucky who invoked "God's authority" Tuesday for defying the U.S. Supreme Court on gay marriage has been summ...

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — The latest on a Kentucky county clerk's office that has defied a federal judge's order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex cou...

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A young Mississippi couple who are charged with attempting to join the Islamic State were ordered held without bail Tuesday, pend...

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...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities used boats, personal watercraft, poles and their bare hands to remove protesters in kayaks and hanging from bridges ...