Law and order

CHICAGO -- R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago that starts Monday is in many ways a do-over of his 2008 state child pornography trial, at which jurors acquitted the singer on charges that he…

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. -- Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The family of country singer Naomi Judd filed a court petition Friday to seal police reports and recordings made during the investigation into her death.The family filed…

VENTURA, Calif. -- A man once briefly married to Britney Spears was convicted Friday of aggravated trespassing and battery at the pop star’s June wedding. Jason Alexander, 40, pleaded no…

To call them four of the greatest athletes in the history of women's sports is a bit of a slight.Let's just call them four of the greatest.Period.In what should be a melancholy, reflective…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The family of country singer Naomi Judd filed a court petition Friday to seal police reports and recordings made during the investigation into her death.The family filed…

BATON ROUGE, La. -- The Louisiana Supreme Court on Friday denied an appeal filed by plaintiffs in the ongoing legal battle over the state’s abortion ban, allowing the ban to stay in…

PHILADELPHIA -- Hundreds of Black NFL retirees denied payouts in the $1 billion concussion settlement now qualify for awards after their tests were rescored to eliminate racial bias.Changes…

LAS VEGAS -- Former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch was asleep and smelled of alcohol when Las Vegas police found him in his damaged sports car and arrested him on suspicion of driving while…

LOS ANGELES -- The proposed $24 million settlement between U.S. women soccer players and the sport’s American governing body was given preliminary approval Thursday by a federal judge, who…