Courts & Law

Authorities say a white Florida woman accused of shooting and killing her Black neighbor told investigators she felt threatened by the victim and her young children.

The Supreme Court has issued a surprising ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case.

Prosecutors recently issued the Trump legal team a target letter, which is often but not always a precursor to criminal charges.

New York Police Department officers are not complying with federal legal standards for stop and frisk, according to a new report from a public oversight agency.

The agency launched the dedicated unit last month as part of a broader focus on public safety violations.

The details of gifts given to Jackson were among the reports provided by most members of the court in their annual filings.

Attorneys for Delaware’s largest county and three police officers are asking a federal judge to rule in their favor in a lawsuit stemming from a fatal police shooting in 2021.

The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue opinions in 27 cases that it heard this term, and has about four weeks left to release them.

Judge Robert Hinkle has temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law that bans transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers.

A Philadelphia police officer was shot in the hand during a struggle with a man inside a residence in the city's Kensington neighborhood.

An illegal street race preceded the shooting, and Philadelphia police say they’re cracking down ahead of summertime.

Police said a trooper shot the driver, 18-year-old Anthony Allegrini Junior of Glen Mills, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Activists say the energy and purpose of the George Floyd protests continue to fuel social justice fights three years later.

A former Playboy model who alleges Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her and another woman at his home in 1969 is suing the entertainer in Los Angeles.

The oversight board also does not let the public speak at meetings and says it’s not subject to the state’s Right-to-Know Law.