"The facts of this case are undeniably tragic," Chief United States District Judge Robert Rossiter Jr. wrote in his order.

A federal judge has ordered the city to hand over the operations of its troubled jails on Rikers Island to an outside manager. In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote ...

Ahead of the weekend ICE protest planned at Houston City Hall, local leaders respond to an offer from U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt to send federal help to Houston.

YOUNGSTOWN — Two 7th District Court of Appeals judges recused themselves from a case involving Sarah Brown-Clark, the former longtime Youngstown clerk of courts who is appealing a judge’s ...

A judge sided with the City of Memphis in a lawsuit filed by the family of a woman shot and killed in the drive-thru of a McDonald's.

Federal judge strikes down most of Hunt's defamation case against SBC and third-party Guidepost Solutions, endorsing in an opinion the credibility of Guidepost's investigation and Womack's account.

A federal judge stopped short on Monday of completely dismissing a defamation lawsuit filed by former Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt against the SBC and the SBC Executive ...

Lawsuit that eroded Southern Baptists' support for implementing and funding abuse response ends in major loss for former SBC president Johnny Hunt.

A federal judge has denied the Southern Baptist Convention's motion to completely dismiss Johnny Hunt’s defamation lawsuit because of a tweet.

An Oregon judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking a city from enforcing homeless encampment restrictions unless certain conditions are met.

STAUNTON -- Staunton police killed 34 deer in an off-season hunt designed to thin the city's deer population.