A 16 and Pregnant star's own 37-year-old mother was arrested in Rome, Ga., Sunday morning for drug possession after allegedly being caught with meth and pot during a routine road check. ...

Stevens was convicted in 1999 of killing his ex-wife, Glenda Reid; her husband, Wesley Lee Reid; her 11-year-old son, Dylan Lee; and Lee's 10-year-old friend Heath Pounds. ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. ; A jeweler who was convicted of murdering his wife although her body was never found made an unrepentant argument for his innocence on Tuesday as he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. ...

The actress rejected a plea deal Wednesday related to felony charges that she stole a $2,500 necklace from a Los Angeles jewelry store, planning instead to plead her case at trial. ...

Prosecutors in San Francisco dropped charges against dozens of defendants Wednesday as a result of a widening investigation into alleged police misconduct that has taken eight plainclothes officers off the streets and placed potentially hundreds of criminal cases in question. ...

Online video clips posted by Jared Lee Loughner suggest that the suspect in the Jan. 8 shooting in Tucson, Arizona, that left six people dead and 13 wounded may have 'mental issues,' prosecutors said. ...

JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO, GUEST HOST: Does the government work for us or do we work for the government? Are the rights we have from birth, free speech, privacy, travel, fairness from the government truly ours or can they be taken away by a piece of paper signed by the president? ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Closing arguments in the second drug trial of Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton ended Thursday afternoon, setting the stage for jurors to deliberate on his fate. ...

A former top Roman Catholic Church official has been placed on administrative leave following charges of endangering children in connection with sexual abuse by priests. ...

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