Recent Updates
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Mass. man charged in terror plot pleads not guilty
National News 10/03/2011A man accused of plotting to fly explosives-packed remote-controlled model planes into the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol pleaded not guilty Monday.The bail hearing that had been scheduled for Rezwan Ferdaus, of Ashland, was delayed for several weeks ...
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US soldier found not guilty in contractor death
National News 10/02/2011A U.S. soldier has been found not guilty by reason of lack of mental responsibility in the killing of a Hungarian civilian contractor in Iraq, military officials said Saturday. Pfc. Carl T. Stovall had pleaded not guilty in the March 2009 shooting of...
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Appeals court hears challenge to health care law
National News 09/26/2011A conservative-leaning panel of federal appellate judges raised concerns about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul Friday, but suggested the challenge to it may be premature. The arguments at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington over a l...
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W.Va. lawyer nominated to federal appeals court
National News 09/09/2011President Barack Obama has nominated Hamlin native Stephanie Dawn Thacker as a judge on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Thacker has been a partner in the Charleston law firm of Guthrie & Thomas since 2006. Before that she spent seven years...
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Colombia court reinstates conviction in Galan hit
National News 09/01/2011The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated the murder conviction of a former justice minister for masterminding the 1989 assassination of presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan, a courageous foe of drug cartels. The court also reinstated the 24-year...
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Court to hear appeal over medicating Loughner
National News 08/30/2011An appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday over a request to permanently ban prison officials from forcibly medicating the Tucson shooting rampage suspect with psychotropic drugs. At issue in Jared Loughner's appeal before the 9th Circuit Court of ...
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Court approves Harry and David reorganization plan
National News 08/30/2011Harry & David will emerge from bankruptcy protection in the middle of September, the specialty foods company said Tuesday, after its plan for reorganization was approved in court. The emergence will likely occur on or around Sept. 13, giving the ...
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Court: No 1st Amendment right to stream live games
National News 08/25/2011The association that oversees Wisconsin high school sports can limit who streams its games live on the Internet even though most of its member schools are funded by taxpayers, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The decision could have First Ame...
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Court asked to stop immigrant license checks
National News 08/24/2011Four state legislators and a Silver City woman asked a judge Wednesday to stop Gov. Susana Martinez's administration from trying to verify whether immigrants who received a driver's license in New Mexico still live in the state.An Albuquerque law fir...
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Prosecutors: Blagojevich convictions should stand
National News 08/23/2011Rod Blagojevich received a fair retrial and his convictions for corruption including trying to sell President Barack Obama's Senate seat should stand, prosecutors said Tuesday in their retort to the ousted Illinois governor's request for another new ...
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White House criticizes court's health care ruling
National News 08/15/2011The White House is expressing confidence that it's constitutional to require people to have health insurance and believes that President Barack Obama's health care law will be survive all legal challenges in the end. Obama adviser Stephanie Cutter sa...
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Calif Supreme Court says threats must be serious
National News 08/15/2011The California Supreme Court says state laws against threatening a crime victim or witness are valid only if a reasonable listener believes the threats are serious. The San Francisco Chronicle says last week's unanimous decision means a Riverside Cou...