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If state challenges to the constitutionality of the insurance mandate are successful, they may have the effect of stalling the whole health care overhaul, officials say.

An 84-year-old Connecticut woman battling with her 87-year-old sister for a share of a $500,000 lottery jackpot testified Tuesday that the two signed a contract to split gambling winnings, but that her sister told her she tore the agreement up and wouldn't share the money.

A former professor is in court for her first appearance on charges of fatally shooting three colleagues and wounding three ...

A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released.

A North Carolina judge wants security officers to accompany a former John Edwards aide as he goes to retrieve a sex tape of his former boss.

The mother of a chronically ill baby has defended her court battle with the child's father to have his life support machine turned off.

A Saudi court sentenced a female journalist Saturday to 60 lashes for her work on a controversial Arabic-language TV show that aired an episode in which a man bragged about his sex life, two sources told CNN.

Najibullah Zazi pleaded not guilty to terrorism conspiracy charges in a court in Brooklyn on Tuesday.