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A federal judge has ruled that two San Diego police detectives did not have probable cause to arrest and imprison two men for promoting and benefiting a San Diego street gang.

The measles outbreak in Rockland County is continuing to grow, with 194 confirmed cases as of Friday, according to data posted by the county.

A judge has tossed out a New York lawsuit against Fox News by former host Andrea Tantaros, citing her “vague, speculative and conclusory allegations.” The lawsuit U.S. District Judge George Daniels dismissed Friday had alleged Fox tried to torment Tantaros after she complained about sexual harassment.

A Judge said Dr. Marco Chavez violated state laws by treating patients while under the influence of alcohol, and whose actions are dangerous to public health and safety.

A landmark ruling by the nation’s highest court gave Henry Montgomery his first chance at freedom after nearly a half-century behind bars. Two years later, the 71-year-old Louisiana man is still waiting for a parole hearing that could set him free. Thursday is the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Montgomery’s favor. The decision enabled roughly 2,000...

A drifter who killed seven people in Connecticut in 2003 has been sentenced today to six consecutive life sentences.

Seven sheriff’s deputies and medical emergency responders who say they were sickened by a chemical fire at a plant outside Houston that flooded during Harvey sued the owner Thursday for gross negligence, seeking $1 million in damages. A state judge granted a temporary restraining order to prevent plant owner Arkema Inc. from removing evidence or altering the scene, said Kimberly...

Arkansas raced against the clock to get U.S. Supreme Court approval to execute a convicted killer Monday but backed off putting another inmate to death as part of what had been a plan to carry out double executions on four nights before the state’s supply of a lethal injection drug expires....
In a chaotic day of legal wrangling, state and federal...

On New Year’s Eve, some 1,200 inmates enjoyed funk music and danced with family members inside the walls of Complexo Penitenciario Anisio Jobim, the largest prison complex in Brazil’s northern state of Amazonas Shortly after midnight, fireworks, paid for by gangs that dominate the prison system, lit up the sky in Manaus, an increasingly violent and gritty city of 2...

A Republican state lawmaker said Thursday he will target Arizona colleges and universities that violate state law with a new proposal that would penalize them with the loss of 10 percent of their state funding. Rep. Bob Thorpe of Flagstaff said his legislation, House Bill 2119, was prompted by decisions by community colleges and the state university system to offer...

Demolition of a historic New Jersey mansion once owned by Doris Duke will be put on hold while a state judge reviews the matter.

An Oakland mother’s two-year quest to have her brain-dead daughter declared legally alive has now moved to federal court in the hopes she and Jahi McMath can move back home to be surrounded by “the love and support of their family,” according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court. The Alameda County coroner in Oakland, California signed Jahi...

A federal jury has ruled against a woman who says her constitutional rights were violated when police officers refused to let her get dressed during a raid.

A Texas inmate has been executed for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an East Texas home 15 years ago.

A central Florida man convicted of stabbing to death his young daughter, his ex-wife and her mother and sister 30 years ago is scheduled to be executed months after his execution was postponed so attorneys could litigate whether a sedative used in Florida’s executions was constitutional.

A state judge has ruled that a southern New Jersey teenager cannot use medical marijuana in school to help control her seizure disorder.

A judge’s refusal to quash felony abuse of power charges won’t derail — or even delay — former Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s preparations for a possible 2016 presidential run, the Republican said Wednesday.