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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Per The New York Times, U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) and some Democrats in Congress are talking about options for state lawmakers to implement ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A Friday evening legal filing from several prominent Virginia Democrats indicates the Commonwealth intends to appeal the state Supreme Court's opinion that struck down the April 21 ...

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 ...

NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. — A local mother said that she had to throw her children from a roof to escape a house fire that police say was intentionally set. “I don’t remember thinking anything, except go!” ...

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 ...

Time is running out for the Virginia Supreme Court to make a decision on the redistricting referendum. The court ruled to block the redistricting map while it makes a decision on the case. According ...

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 ...