Courts/Law

With the midterm elections just weeks away, activists and others are keeping keen eyes on any semblance of voter suppression – or worse. For...

by Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor  |  In 2013, then Biscayne Park Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano informed community leaders of the Biscayne Park Police...

After more than two years of pre-trial hearings, testimonies, delays, endless motions and countless protests, the wait is over for the family of Laquan...

A Texas jury has found Roy Oliver guilty of murder in the 2017 shooting of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards.  The verdict was handed down Tuesday.  Edwards was...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Yesterday, August 20, Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis announced the arrest of former NFL player and assistant coach Marlon Tarron...

Clay County Police received a call on Sunday around 1:00 a.m. reporting a man driving erratically in a forklift. The caller also noted that...

Chicago — Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson released yesterday a draft consent decree for the Chicago Police Department...

Anthony Haynes, one of the three Toledo area pastors charged with child sex trafficking has asked the court to move his trial to Cleveland. ...

Laura Lloyd-Jenkins, former first lady of Abundant Life Ministries and wife of founder and former pastor Cornell Jenkins, has asked a federal court judge...

The internet is buzzing with the recent arrest of 29-year-old Matthew Mellerson, a Richmond pastor and Sheriff's deputy who is now facing several charges...