BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The state of North Dakota seized about $500,000 in forfeited assets from criminal activity in a nearly a year's time.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The owners of a defunct Bismarck spa have been ordered to pay nearly $380,000 for selling gift cards even as they made plans to close the business in 2017.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court is resuming in-person oral arguments on Wednesday, Sept. 9, and some criminal trials and some hearings also are going to be conducted in...

ATLANTA (AP) — A reality TV star in Atlanta used an emergency loan from the federal government to lease a Rolls Royce, make child support payments and purchase $85,000 worth of jewelry,...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A parent loses the ability to protest a child's adoption by failing to support the child as required by law or a judge's orders, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the shooting death of a man delivering child support money to the mother of his...

SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina say they had to rescue a suspect after he tried to escape arrest by hiding in an air vent.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man police say shot his girlfriend rather than pay her child support has been held on $500,000 bond.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man will likely spend life in prison for fatally shooting a father who was delivering child support money to a woman, a jury decided on...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — New data from the federal fiscal year that ended in September show the collection of child support payments has improved in Ohio.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The mother of a slain woman and her toddler is suing the man accused in their deaths for $2 million.

The Statesman Journal reports the wrongful death lawsuit was filed...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A conservative political commentator jailed last week for not paying $170,000 in child support to his ex-wife is now free.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill's former fiancee has gone to court seeking to prove that he is the father of her newborn twins and to require him to pay child...

WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee authorities say an escaped inmate has surrendered himself back into custody after a seven hour stint on the loose.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A man wanted for questioning in the disappearance of a baby in Bismarck has been arrested on unrelated warrants.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The prosecution has rested and the defense has begun presenting testimony in the case of a double homicide that was reported to have happened in March 2013 in western...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A new law will allow parents of children with disabilities to seek child support after the child turns 18 as long as he or she is financially dependent on their custodial...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio says it's continuing efforts to recoup unpaid child support from gambling jackpot winners, with $10 million brought in over the past five years.

DETROIT (AP) — A program designed to help Wayne County residents understand child support and Friend of the Court issues will be held at the Detroit Public Library's main branch on Woodward Avenue...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former UConn basketball star Khalid El-Amin has been released from custody after paying $10,000 of the nearly $126,000 in delinquent child support he owes a Connecticut...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi parents who get child support will see a federal fee rise from $25 a year to $35 a year.

The Mississippi Department of Human Service says it will begin retaining the increased fee on Jan. 1 from child support cases where the custodial parent gets more than $550 a year. Parents currently collecting food stamps or who have ever collected cash welfare payments don't have to pay.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — State officials in Kentucky have settled a lawsuit involving child support payments in Floyd County.

Earlier this year, Floyd County Attorney Keith Bartley sued Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's administration for ending a contract to collect child support payments. Officials with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services later said they ended the contract because Bartley threatened to burn down Bevin's home and "choke to death" a state employee.

GLASGOW, Ky. (AP) — Chane Behanan, who played on Louisville's 2013 men's national championship team, has been indicted on a charge of being behind on child support by more than $9,700.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson is considering changes to Missouri regulations to help address a shortage of long-haul truck drivers.

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Computer problems at the Mississippi Department of Human Services have delayed some child support payments across the state.

Parents tell WLOX-TV that they started having problems last week. One father says he made his payment on time, but the scheduled payment to his children was never completed.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A woman is suing her Special Forces major ex-husband, saying he posted online nude pictures she sent him privately when he was away because he didn't like paying child support.

The revenge porn lawsuit says the former husband posted his wife's intimate pictures on Craigslist saying she had sexually transmitted diseases and asking for people to contact her for sexual favors.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A man who was wanted for nearly 20 years for not paying child support in southwestern Michigan has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $534,000 in restitution.

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A child-support check sent to the wrong ex-wife has given the Libertarian candidate for Illinois governor 30 more days to rectify the late payment.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The state of Kansas will offer one day of amnesty for people who have bench warrants for not paying child support.

The Department of Children and Families says the warrants will be lifted on Aug. 31. People must pay either $500 or two months of support, whichever is the lesser amount.

The agency says more than 1,100 Kansans have warrants for failing to pay child support.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky authorities say they have ended a state contract with a local elected official after determining he threatened to burn down the governor's home and "choke to death" a state employee.

But a lawyer for Floyd County Attorney Keith Bartley called the accusations "baseless" and part of an "unprovoked and reckless attack" to punish Bartley for campaigning for Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's Democratic opponent in the 2015 election.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky county attorney has sued the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services for ending its contract with him to collect child support payments.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Floyd County Attorney Keith Bartley filed the lawsuit last Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court.

POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An eastern Pennsylvania man has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of a woman who was seeking a paternity test and child support from him.

Thirty-six-year-old Bobbie Mitchell Jr. was ordered to stand trial Monday in the April death of 23-year-old Siani Overby in Pottstown.

Authorities in Montgomery County say officers responding to reports of a woman screaming and shots fired found the victim dead on a sidewalk.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office says a New York City police officer committed perjury by lying about his salary to avoid paying more in child support.

Officer Michael Martinez, an 11-year veteran of the NYPD, was released without bail after his arraignment Tuesday on a 20-count indictment. Prosecutors say the 40-year-old lied about his salary during family court proceedings, thus defrauding his own child out of more than $15,000.

BOSTON (AP) — A new judge has been appointed as chief justice of the state court in Massachusetts that handles family issues, like divorce, custody and child support.

Trial Court Chief Justice Paula Carey said Tuesday Judge John D. Casey will serve as Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court for a five-year term.

Casey is currently the first justice of the Norfolk County Probate and Family Court and has served on the Probate and Family Court for more than a decade.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A former Indiana man who was considered dead after abandoning his family nearly 25 years ago and fleeing to Florida has been ordered to pay his ex-wife nearly $2 million in back child support.

Police arrested Richard J. Hoagland in Florida on a fraudulent personal identification charge in 2016. He'd started a new family using a dead man's name after leaving his family in December 1993. Hoagland had been presumed dead since 2003.

HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a New Jersey man kidnapped his boss at knifepoint and threatened to kill him because he needed money to pay child support.

The Record reports 37-year-old Luis Vasconez called his boss Thursday and pleaded for money to pay his child support. Authorities say the North Bergen man returned to work the next day brandishing a knife and forced the victim to drive to the bank to get money.