Javier Rosado Martinez strangled and beat Dolores Padilla-Marrero to death in her bed days after her birthday celebration....
Judge rules prosecutors' "animal" language and focus on Middle Eastern headscarf merit full hearing under California's Racial Justice Act....
Moore County officials settled after judge questioned whether clerk was doing his job, nearly halting jury trials....
Young child found loaded shotgun and shot two siblings dead in state with no safe storage law....
Wisconsin Supreme Court says doctors must discuss delivery risks that could injure the child being born....
Seventh Circuit compares semi-automatic weapons to 19th-century Bowie knives, keeps felony ban intact despite pending Supreme Court review....
Federal court dismisses fraud claims but allows quality-defect complaint over foam clogs that shrink in heat....
California magistrate rules citizenship agency cannot freeze applications from 39 countries without following federal rulemaking law....
Prosecutor details poison research and spellcaster payments in California murder case where body was never found....
Fifth Circuit judges question whether officers needed to kill schizophrenic woman holding hammer inside her own apartment....