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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Boy Scouts of America's $2.46 billion settlement with sexual abuse victims to move forward, lifting a temporary pause imposed in response to an appeal by 144 former scouts who opposed the agreement.

Adam Montgomery made a determined effort to hide the body of his 5-year-old daughter Harmony because he killed her in a fit of rage the morning of Dec. 7, 2019, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Rudy Giuliani has appealed a $148 million verdict against him won by two former Fulton County election workers.

SANTA FE, New Mexico  - The trial of "Rust" chief weapons handler Hannah Gutierrez over the death of the film’s cinematographer starts on Wednesday, in a case likely to shape actor Alec Baldwin’s defense of his role in Hollywood's first on-set shooting fatality in nearly 30 years.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Wednesday to hear a bid by three Republican-led states and several energy companies to block an Environmental Protection Agency regulation aimed at reducing ozone emissions that may worsen air pollution in neighboring states.

Prosecutors on Tuesday afternoon rested their case against Adam Montgomery, who is accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter and going to great lengths to cover it up.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined a chance to further restrict efforts to promote diversity in education, turning away an appeal by a coalition of parents and students who argued that an elite Virginia public school's revised admissions policy racially discriminates against Asian Americans.

When it comes to Supreme Court reform, John Oliver is tired of just talking about term limits and ethics codes. Instead, the late-night talk show host said he’s taking a page out of the playbook used by the rich and powerful, who the comedian said routinely lavish gifts on public servants to…

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday that frozen embryos are people and someone can be held liable for destroying them, a decision that reproductive rights advocates say could imperil in vitro fertilization (IVF) and affect the hundreds of thousands of patients who depend on treatments lik…

Adam Montgomery wants the testimony of his estranged wife excluded from jury deliberations in his trial on charges related to the killing of his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony, in December 2019.

Donald Trump’s once-transactional relationship with the conservative legal establishment has splintered in recent years, and his frustration toward the court system has grown - potentially heralding more volatility in how he would navigate judicial issues in a second term.

A New York state judge is expected to rule on Friday in a $370 million civil fraud case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is accused of inflating his net worth to dupe bankers into giving him better loan terms.

One witness in the trial of Adam Montgomery, accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony, needed to be arrested in order to take the stand.

WASHINGTON - Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor supervising the election interference case against Donald Trump, is due to testify again on Friday after rebuking defense lawyers for suggesting that she improperly benefited from a romantic relationship with a colleague.

Rose Smith testified Thursday that she witnessed Adam Montgomery’s rage and abuse toward his wife, Kayla, before driving them to one of their appointments at a methadone clinic in Manchester in March 2021.

A former Manchester police detective who worked on the investigation into the killing of 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery testified Wednesday about what he saw and smelled while checking a ceiling vent at the Families in Transition family shelter.

Christina Lubin got cut off during her testimony Tuesday afternoon in the murder trial of Adam Montgomery after a prosecutor asked her why police wanted to seize a red cooler from her apartment.

Kayla Montgomery testified Monday that she still cares for her estranged husband Adam Montgomery, but she knew it was the right thing to “betray” him by telling police he beat his daughter, Harmony, to death in December 2019.

A Massachusetts judge has dismissed civil lawsuits filed against Harvard University by families alleging its medical school mishandled and desecrated bodies donated to its anatomical gift program.

A Guatemalan man has pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling millions of dollars from teak farms backed by a New Hampshire-based investment company, prosecutors said this week.

Ian Freeman has been ordered to pay more than $3.5 million in restitution to 29 victims and forfeit other assets seized during an investigation into a money laundering scheme and other internet fraud, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

ATLANTA — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Monday cleared the way for an evidentiary hearing later in the week that will probe whether District Attorney Fani Willis improperly benefited from her relationship with the top prosecutor in her election interference case.

Lawyers for a Dover man indicted on charges he threatened to kill Vivek Ramaswamy and two other presidential candidates are seeking to have one count dismissed, claiming some of the threats are protected under the First Amendment.

LANCASTER — As his murder trial began Monday, Craig Keville’s defense team agreed with prosecutors that there is a lot of evidence in the case, but said little of it links him to the shooting deaths of Holly Banks and Keith LaBelle in Gorham in 2022.

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump on Monday asked the Supreme Court to put on hold a judicial decision rejecting his claim that he is immune from being prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, arguing that without such a shield “the presidency as we know it will cease to exist.”