New York overhauled uncontested joint divorce, with the New York State Unified Court Sytem (UCS) announcing a simplified process at the end of January. Now, when couples agree to end their union, they ...

Across the country and right here at home, local high school senior athletes celebrated National Signing Day on Wednesday. These student-athletes used the day to finalize where their athletic journeys ...

Iraq's top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country's parliament, including a measure that activists say undermines women's rights.

The “Night Court” star loves community theater and the “distilled joy” of watching people who perform just for fun. By Kathryn Shattuck After almost a decade playing the microbiologist ...

A group representing survivors and descendants from the Tulsa Race Massacre are unveiling a sweeping plan for reparations ...

Increasing jurors' compensation, creating a travel stipend, child care services, and relaxing limits on people who struggle with English were among suggestions to diversify jury pools in upstate New ...

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said in its ruling that the federal law infringes on the Second Amendment rights of 18- to 20-year-olds. By Clarissa-Jan Lim A federal appeals court on Thursday ...

The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted a man convicted of cruelty and causing dowry death of his wife and said trial courts were repeatedly making the same mistakes in the such cases. A bench of ...

New York State Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson, and Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas announced the formation of a panel ...

Late last week, Donald Trump fired as many as 17 inspectors general without cause. These government watchdogs are responsible for investigating internal wrongdoing, possible ethical lapses ...

No one reading the court’s opinion would know that gun violence and gun-related deaths are a serious problem in the United States. But they would learn a lot about what happened in the 18 th ...