Courts & Law

Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said 28-year-old Rashid Ali Bynum, of Portsmouth, Va., was arrested on first-degree murder and two second-degree handgun charges.

The family of Aderrien Murry is seeking at least $5 million in damages.

The judge who sentenced 55-year-old Pauline Bauer on Tuesday convicted her of riot-related charges in January after hearing trial testimony without a jury.

Illinois and Wisconsin have followed Minnesota in implementing task forces to look into disparities around violence against Black women and girls.

Under the plan, members of the wealthy Sackler family would give up ownership of Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue, with its profits being used to fight the opioid crisis.

The federal trial of Robert Bowers comes four and a half years after the shooting deaths of 11 worshipers from three congregations meeting at the Tree of Life synagogue.

The onetime Silicon Valley has surrendered herself to federal authorities at the Bryan, Texas, prison camp, an all-female facility about 100 miles outside of Houston.

Ledyard has been under scrutiny since the body of his second wife was found in the Brandywine River nearly four years ago.

Now, three years since Floyd’s murder, proponents of federal actions still await signs of change.

"You, sir, present an ongoing threat and peril to this country...and to the very fabric of our democracy," said U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta.

Despite optional searches being more likely for Black and Hispanic drivers, contraband seizures from searches occurred more often for white drivers, according to new report

The outcome almost certainly will affect ongoing court battles over new wetlands regulations that the Biden administration put in place in December.

Some serious offenders got federal prison sentences, while a new diversionary program saw positive results.

The law says the voluntary document constitutes "conclusive proof" the weapon is legal. Owners must show police the unloaded weapon.

A lower court halted Pennsylvania's participation in a multi-state consortium that imposes a price and declining cap on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.