Kentucky Judge

Ramsey Bearse, now a middle school science teacher outside Charleston, West Virginia, appeared before an audience of one - a magistrate judge who read four felony counts accusing her of sending nude photos of herself to a 15-year-old former student over Snapchat.

Amul Thapar, an Indian-American legal luminary, is among the 25 shortlisted judges US President Donald Trump could nominate to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, according to American media reports.

Abdul-Munim Sombat Jitmoud sat in a Kentucky courtroom Tuesday, more than 2 1/2 years after his son was killed while delivering a Pizza Hut order. In a few moments, a judge would at last sentence the man complicit in the killing of Jitmoud's son, Salahuddin. But before she could, Jitmoud shocked the courtroom by extending his forgiveness to Trey Al...

Two years after a Kentucky county clerk stirred national attention for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a family court judge in the same state announced he will no longer hear adoption cases involving gay parents, calling his stance on the issue "a matter of conscience."

A Kentucky judge berated jail administrators when a woman detainee was brought into a courtroom for sentencing, appearing to have on a long shirt and no pants, complaining that she had not received a jail jumpsuit or feminine hygiene products since she was taken into custody.

The US clerk who was sent to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples was ordered released Tuesday, with a judge saying her county in Kentucky is now complying with the law.

Deputies of a county clerk in rural Kentucky issued marriage licenses to four gay couples on Friday after she defied a U.S. district judge's orders for months because as a Christian she opposes same-sex unions.

A county clerk in Kentucky who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds was held in contempt of court by a U.S. federal judge on Thursday and sent to jail.

From Twitter and Facebook to Amazon and Google, the biggest names of the Internet are blasting a federal judge's decision allowing an Arizona-based gossip website to be sued for defamation by a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader convicted of having sex with a teenager.

Ramsey Bearse, now a middle school science teacher outside Charleston, West Virginia, appeared before an audience of one - a magistrate judge who read four felony counts accusing her of sending nude photos of herself to a 15-year-old former student over Snapchat.

Amul Thapar, an Indian-American legal luminary, is among the 25 shortlisted judges US President Donald Trump could nominate to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, according to American media reports.

Abdul-Munim Sombat Jitmoud sat in a Kentucky courtroom Tuesday, more than 2 1/2 years after his son was killed while delivering a Pizza Hut order. In a few moments, a judge would at last sentence the man complicit in the killing of Jitmoud's son, Salahuddin. But before she could, Jitmoud shocked the courtroom by extending his forgiveness to Trey Al...

Two years after a Kentucky county clerk stirred national attention for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a family court judge in the same state announced he will no longer hear adoption cases involving gay parents, calling his stance on the issue "a matter of conscience."

A Kentucky judge berated jail administrators when a woman detainee was brought into a courtroom for sentencing, appearing to have on a long shirt and no pants, complaining that she had not received a jail jumpsuit or feminine hygiene products since she was taken into custody.

The US clerk who was sent to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples was ordered released Tuesday, with a judge saying her county in Kentucky is now complying with the law.

Deputies of a county clerk in rural Kentucky issued marriage licenses to four gay couples on Friday after she defied a U.S. district judge's orders for months because as a Christian she opposes same-sex unions.

A county clerk in Kentucky who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds was held in contempt of court by a U.S. federal judge on Thursday and sent to jail.

From Twitter and Facebook to Amazon and Google, the biggest names of the Internet are blasting a federal judge's decision allowing an Arizona-based gossip website to be sued for defamation by a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader convicted of having sex with a teenager.