LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jury finds Elon Musk did not defame British cave explorer with ‘pedo guy’ tweet.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s education department won a round Friday in its attempt to get rid of a teacher accused of making sexual advances on a student.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Supreme Court justices have agreed not to weigh in on a dispute over whether Brigham Young University's police are subject to hand over public records created before a...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico appeals court has upheld a decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Native American artist who was cleaning up dog poop but mistaken for a burglar.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court has agreed the General Assembly can decide how federal block grant money is spent, even when the governor wants to use it differently.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A cold case trial was suspended after concerns about the mental and physical health of the 86-year-old defendant, a judge ruled.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld an appeals court ruling that found the sale of a tract of the Elliott State Forest was illegal.

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jury convicts Colorado rancher of beating fiancée to death and burning her body.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump associate Roger Stone found guilty of witness tampering, lying to Congress about his attempts to contact WikiLeaks.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury reaches verdict in trial of Trump ally Roger Stone, who’s charged with lying to Congress and witness tampering.

CHICAGO (AP) — Calling "backward" the United States treatment of juveniles, Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli said she plans to ask the Illinois Supreme Court to reverse an Illinois...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state has suffered recent blows in lawsuits driven by opinions issued by Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson, with one legislative critic saying Clarkson is providing...

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Appellate Court says it won't immediately rule on a lower court decision allowing Chicago Public Schools cross-country runners to compete at the state championship...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jury convicts Oklahoma police officer of second-degree murder in shooting of man who threatened to set himself on fire.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's highest court ruled on the eve of balloting Monday that state elections officials will not count or certify the results of a voter referendum on a victims'...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spaniards are voicing outrage after five men were acquitted of rape on the grounds that their 14-year-old victim had been unconscious at the time.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's highest court ruled Wednesday that frozen embryos at the center of a divorce case amount to marital property and can be destroyed.

The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday ended an effort in Iowa City to save an elementary school, saying that even though a vote has already begun on a proposal to preserve the school, the district has...

BOSTON (AP) — A decision on whether to lift Massachusetts' four-month ban on the sale of all vaping products has been delayed over a technicality.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court has overturned another lower-court decision that prevented law enforcement officers from shutting down certain kinds of video sweepstakes...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania appeals court overturned a jury verdict Friday against the Philadelphia Eagles, saying the football team should not have been held liable for injuries...

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A man sentenced to death in the 1994 strangulation killing of a 17-year-old Flora Vista girl has been resentenced to life in prison in response to a New Mexico Supreme...

CHICAGO (AP) — A jury has convicted a man in the killing of a 9-year-old Chicago boy who was lured into an alley in 2015.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian judge postpones verdict in espionage trial of U.S.-linked reporters, orders fresh investigation of their case.

DALLAS (AP) — A former Dallas police officer has been found guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of her neighbor in his home.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Republican lawmakers say a federal court decision that halts firewood gathering and other forest projects will have devastating consequences.

HOUSTON (AP) — Jury convicts man of capital murder for fatally shooting 6 members of his ex-wife's family in Texas.

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Boulder County commissioners say they intend to appeal a Colorado district court decision dismissing the county's legal claims against an oil and gas drill company.

LONDON (AP) — Downing St. says Boris Johnson will not resign as prime minister in wake of Supreme Court ruling.

NEW YORK (AP) — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says government will respect Supreme Court ruling that parliament suspension was illegal.

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — A judge in southwestern Michigan is expected to decide in November whether a man convicted of murder over 30 years ago should get a chance at parole because he was 17 at...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Montana can't ban political robocalls based on their content alone, marking the latest in a string of court decisions against U.S....

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court decision that a senior living center in Cheyenne wasn't responsible for a 2016 fatal shooting by a disgruntled...

CHICAGO (AP) — An appeals court has upheld a lower-court decision to block part of a 2017 Indiana law that would make it tougher for underage girls to get an abortion without their parents'...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A labor appeals board was wrong to determine that workers' compensation insurance can't reimburse an employee for the cost of medical marijuana, according to a New Hampshire...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bowing to pressure from anxious allies, President Donald Trump abruptly reversed himself Wednesday and signed an executive order halting his administration's policy of separating children from their parents when they are detained illegally crossing the U.S. border.

It was a dramatic turnaround for Trump, who has been insisting, wrongly, that his administration had no choice but to separate families apprehended at the border because of federal law and a court decision.