Gail Atwater and her two young children were driving home from soccer practice in March 1997 when they realized that a rubber bat that was usually affixed to the window of their pickup truck was ...

For nearly a decade, Toni Matthews-El has published business topics ranging from cloud communication software to best steps for establishing your own LLC. In addition to Forbes Advisor, she's ...

One day after oral arguments in a high-stakes battle over whether a corporation must comply with laws and regulations that violate the religious beliefs of the family that owns the company, the ...

What is a typical case in the American criminal justice system? If you listen to Donald Trump's tales of "American carnage" or watch the news coming out of Chicago or Baltimore, you might be tempted ...

Ketchum Councilman and U.S. congressional candidate Tripp Hutchison during a Tuesday, March 31, hearing in 5th District Court ...

Katie Wright (center) surrounded by supporters marched to the Brooklyn Center Police department, demanding justice for her son Daunte Wright In Brooklyn Center, MN.Jerry Holt—Star Tribune/Getty Images ...

DENVER — Questions from a court of appeals last week focused on a potential error in one of Tina Peters’ convictions and sentences, but the judges’ questions ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office will no longer prosecute a range of misdemeanor crimes, from resisting arrest to drug possession to making criminal threats, ...

Just before Christmas, Janice Dotson-Stephens died in a San Antonio jail. The 61-year-old grandmother had been arrested for trespassing, a class B misdemeanor in Texas. She couldn’t afford the $300 ...

Jurors swore they could still be impartial after observing the complaining witness purportedly chase the defendant, screaming, into City Hall. Illustration by Neil Ballard Not quite three short hours ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A new Louisiana law aimed at raising fines for misdemeanor DWIs could have an unexpected consequence: flooding courtrooms with jury trials. Signed by Gov. Jeff Landry last ...

People applying for a teaching license in Colorado wouldn’t have to report a misdemeanor conviction that’s seven years or older unless it involves a young person or at-risk adult under a bipartisan ...