It's been more than a decade since "Amy," as she's known in court papers, was first sexually abused by her uncle. The abuse ended long ago and he's in prison, but the pictures he made when she was 8 or 9 are among the most widely circulated child pornography images online. Now the 20-year-old woman is taking ...

The rumors appear to be true: Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker is gay. Opponents of gay marriage appear to be keeping mum on the issue – for now.

Walker is about to rule on the first federal trial to decide the constitutionality ...

Still wonder exactly why Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words "not true" during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address? He objected to the president's saying the ruling reversed a century of law. The president touched off a ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's quake-shattered justice system, grappling with collapsed courts, destroyed records and homeless employees, would be hard-pressed to hold a high-profile trial for 10 Americans charged with kidnapping children, Haitian lawyers and rights advocates said on Sunday. The detained American missionaries, most of whom belong to an Idaho-based Baptist church, were charged on Thursday with child abduction ...