A lawyer couple who say police punched and arrested them when they objected to the beating of a drug suspect have settled their civil suit against the city of New…
The U.S. Justice Department says it doesn’t keep track of the number of high-level executives convicted as a result of wrongdoing related to the financial crisis.
Confidential information discussed by a lawyer with his clients, the New Hampshire Local Government Center, at a public meeting of the center are privileged, the state’s top court has ruled,…
An Arizona sheriff who calls himself the country’s toughest is overseeing an office that routinely discriminates against Latino residents and retaliates against critics of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, contends a lawsuit…
Urged to resign as a Texas prosecutor following his federal indictment in an unusual criminal racketeering case that accuses him of bartering prosecutorial discretion for cash, Cameron County’s District Attorney…
A sitting district attorney in South Texas has been federally indicted, accused of working with his former law partner and others to operate the local justice system as a criminal…
Originally accused of embezzling $30 million from a small Illinois town over the past six years or so, former comptroller Rita Crundwell is now accused of stealing $53 million from…
A wolf hybrid that had been given the death penalty by a Louisiana judge over its aggressive behavior got a reprieve Tuesday after a state prison warden suggested an alternative…
The Natanz nuclear complex lies about 150 miles south of Tehran. Iran insists that its nuclear program is strictly intended for generating electricity. Photo AP Photo/Space Imaging/Inta Space Turk, HO
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Coffee party co-founder Eric Byler speaks during a protest outside the Supreme Court in February. His group, along with Common Cause and Free Speech for People, urged the high court to overturn its 2010 ruling that made super PACs possible. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images.
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