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A Maryland Eastern Shore judge who was about to be arrested at his home on federal charges of sexual exploitation of a child was found dead Friday, officials said.

A DOJ watchdog says threats to federal judges and prosecutors have skyrocketed even as the U.S. Marshals Service faces budget and staff shortfalls.

In-person jury trials will resume June 1 but there will be modification from the old way of conducting court prior to the pandemic.

In-person jury trials will resume June 1 in Dallas County but there will be modifications from the old way of conducting court prior to the pandemic.

NBC 7’s Jacke Crea had a chat with two retired Black judges who had to fight through racism and discrimination on their way to becoming trailblazers in their profession.

A Montana judge blocked three land-use plans that would have opened most U.S.-owned lands in the state to energy development

The U.S. Postal Service must live up to its responsibilities to timely process election mail by treating it as a priority, a New York judge ordered on Monday, adding that the agency’s workers should be permitted to make extra deliveries and work overtime near the November presidential election.

A federal judge on Wednesday declined to order the release of roughly 300 migrant parents and children held in U.S. family detention centers despite what he called immigration authorities’ “shortcomings” in controlling the coronavirus.

“Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Dina Manzo’s ex-husband and an alleged member of an organized crime family were charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with conspiring to assault Manzo’s then-boyfriend in an incident in 2015. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey said Thomas Manzo and John Perna faces multiple charges over the assault on her now-husband, David Cantin...

A federal judge has ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic

A Georgia judge has scheduled a court hearing next week for three men charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery

Tarrant County is reporting that two of its COVID-19 cases have now recovered. Testing has increased to find additional cases. NBC 5 Health reporter Bianca Castro talked to Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley about testing.

A federal judge has ruled that Ken Cuccinelli was unlawfully appointed to lead the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency and therefore lacks authority to give asylum seekers less time to prepare for initial screening interviews

A Tarrant County judge granted a motion Wednesday from Cook Children’s Medical Center to recuse Judge Alex Kim from presiding over the case of whether a 9-month-old baby should be removed from life support.

A Tarrant County judge granted a motion Wednesday from Cook Children’s Medical Center to recuse Judge Alex Kim from presiding over the case of whether a 9-month-old baby should be removed from life support.

The Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct issued a public warning to McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianna Hensley who refuses to perform same-sex marriages but continues to perform them for opposite-sex couples.

Millions of dollars in federal disaster relief following Dallas’ October tornado is now in limbo.

Brandt Jean, the brother of murdered Dallas resident Botham Jean, will be honored with the 2019 Ethical Courage Award from the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration.

Brandt Jean, the brother of murdered Dallas resident Botham Jean, was honored Tuesday with the 2019 Ethical Courage Award from the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration. Jean said he was honored to accept the award on behalf of his brother and called for law enforcement leadership to make sure their officers receive more training to ensure another innocent life is...

Brandt Jean, the brother of murdered Dallas resident Botham Jean, will be honored with the 2019 Ethical Courage Award from the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration.