A woman is charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder after police say she shot two attorneys outside the old Wake County courthouse in downtown Raleigh on Friday morning. Raleigh Chief ...

The Supreme Court's recent ruling threatens the power of racial-minority voters in Voting Rights Act cases about not just Congress, but also at least 17 state and local governments, NPR finds. The ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

Fifteen Los Angeles County Superior Court judge seats are up for grabs, and each race has as many as four candidates, making it the biggest chunk of the June primary ballot for county voters. Superior ...

Attorney Dayne Phillips talks about the Supreme Court's decision. Vance announces suspension of $1.3 billion Medicaid payments to California Facing pushback over his Reflecting Pool fixation, Trump ...

Democrats asked the Supreme Court Monday to block a state judiciary ruling that upended their redistricting effort. The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Friday that the proposed maps were essentially ...

The New Orleans City Council on Monday tapped former Judge Calvin Johnson as New Orleans’ interim clerk of courts and called a special election for the permanent post, even as Louisiana Attorney ...

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Supreme Court justices are not “political actors,” Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday, insisting unpopular court decisions are based solely on the law. “I think, at a very ...

May 6 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab has asked a Los Angeles judge to throw out a jury’s verdict finding the company liable for a woman’s depression in a landmark trial over ...

A private attorney who also serves as a substitute judge and a District Court hearing commissioner are challenging an incumbent Henderson Municipal Court judge who is seeking her first full term. This ...

Alabama Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth (left) shared a redistricting map that would leave the state with no Black representation in Congress. Attorney General Steve Marshall (right) has asked the ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - South Florida is celebrating Haitian heritage — with a cultural party. The Miami Police Department and some residents of the city’s Little Haiti section teamed up for a street ...