Judges, lawyers, and even prisoners are on the move across Texas as residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Rita . The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit , already bounced from its usual home...

Federal prosecutors said Thursday that new charges have been filed against one of the men arrested in California earlier this year on terrorism charges. Hamid Hayat, 23, now faces charges of providing material support to...

The Federal Election Commission on Thursday dismissed complaints that Republican and conservative groups acted improperly to get third-party candidate Ralph Nader on the ballot during the 2004 presidential campaign. Nader said...

Lawyers for jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Friday that they will appeal his conviction on tax and fraud evasion charges to the European Court of Human Rights . A...

Former HealthSouth finance chief Weston Smith was sentenced to 27 months in prison followed by one year of probation and ordered to forfeit $1.5 million in assets Thursday for his role in the company's...

Army Spc. Charles Graner took the stand Thursday in court-martial proceedings against Pfc. Lynndie England , who is facing conspiracy, maltreatment of subordinates and indecent acts charges stemming from the...

Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH), chairman of the US House Subcommittee on the Constitution , said Thursday that legislation restricting state and local government's ability to take private property for private development could be presented to the full House...

The US House Resources Committee Thursday approved the Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act , legislation that would overhaul the Endangered Species Act by limiting the government's ability to protect...

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani , Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric, said Thursday that he endorsed the draft Iraqi constitution and called for officials in the Shiite Muslim hierarchy to promote a "yes" vote...

Leading Thursday's states brief, the Florida Supreme Court ruled today that gun makers, sued by cities and counties seeking to recover the costs of providing services for gun-related violence, are not covered by their commercial liability insurance...