SANFORD, Fla. — If Trayvon Martin’s family sues over his death, they might not target George Zimmerman but instead the homeowners association of the neighborhood where the shooting happened and Zimmerman lived. That’s because if Zimmerman’s claim that he shot ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether an alien’s state-law conviction for possessing marijuana with intent to distribute constitutes an “aggravated felony” justifying deportation, even though the record of conviction does not show that the underlying conduct would constitute a ...

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Real estate information supplier CoStar Group Inc. won a $3.6 million judgment against three companies and their officers as part of a multistate password-sharing network. CoStar alleged that Mark Field and his California-based Alliance Valuation Group made money “obtaining and ...

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DOVER, Del. — The Los Angeles Dodgers say they are on track to exit bankruptcy as planned on April 30. The franchise filed an amended reorganization plan Friday in a bankruptcy court in Delaware. The revised plan is based on ...

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Maryland’s courts are closed to a Navy commander in his quest for custody of his 9-year-old daughter who has lived her whole life in Japan, the state’s top court held Wednesday. In its 7-0 decision, the Court of Appeals said ...

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A former youth soccer coach from Hagerstown faces 15 to 30 years in prison for producing child pornography. Forty-five-year-old Roger Repp pleaded guilty Friday to one count of the offense for using a hidden camera to make pictures and video ...

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WASHINGTON — A former government space scientist was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in prison after admitting he tried to sell space and defense secrets to Israel in what turned out to be an FBI sting operation. Appearing in federal ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Prosecutors have asked a federal judge in North Carolina to bar those in the upcoming trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards from mentioning his poor health because of concern it could create sympathy among jurors. Edwards’ ...

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Twelve times in the past 12 months, the Maryland Court of Appeals has retroactively withdrawn its decision to consider an appeal after it had heard arguments in the case. That’s four times the number of similar withdrawals the state’s top ...

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With no clear-cut consensus on how to bring it out of bankruptcy just yet, Alter Communications Inc., publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times, did get court approval Tuesday for an emergency loan of $100,000 to meet payroll and pay crucial ...

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