A jury recommended George Huguely V get 26 years in prison after the beating death of his ex-girlfriend, Yeardley Love. The jury recommendation to the judge called for 25 years for Huguely's second ...

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (Reuters) - Debate resumes on Thursday in the Maryland Senate on a bill that could make the state the eighth in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage, although opponents plan ...

(Reuters) - Research analyst John Kinnucan, who was charged last week in an insider-trading probe, must remain in prison, a Manhattan federal judge ordered, just hours after a judge in Oregon ordered ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique-Strauss-Kahn will appear before a New York judge in March to defend against a civil lawsuit filed by the hotel maid ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A top Chicago lawmaker was indicted on Thursday on federal tax charges for allegedly diverting campaign funds and other monies for his own personal use and failing to report it to ...

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - With a growing number of Baby Boomers reaching old age, there's a risk of a significant increase in highway fatalities, according to a new report ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Years of economic setbacks have taken their toll on the nation's youngest residents, with another 1.6 million children living in high-poverty neighborhoods, according to one ...

OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - A man shot and wounded by an Oakland police officer last weekend was a cousin of Oscar Grant, whose shooting death by a Bay Area transit officer sparked violent ...

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Police were investigating on Wednesday the possible drowning of a 1-year-old boy in a baptismal pool at a church in Indianapolis where he attended a day care center ...

(Reuters) - U.S. lenders made more auto loans in the most recent quarter, but took more risks and charged less interest to get the business, according to a report released on Thursday by credit ...