A Baltimore police detective who claimed he was shot by another man and sought worker’s compensation has been convicted of perjury and fraud. A Baltimore Circuit Court jury also convicted Anthony N. Fata Wednesday of misconduct in office. Sentencing is ...

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WASHINGTON — His large frame towering over the microphone, Roger Clemens leaned forward at the podium and declared to the judge in a deep voice with a Texas twang: “Yes sir, I am not testifying.” Minutes earlier, four prosecutors representing ...

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WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens’ lawyer wagged his finger. His voice cracked. He called himself Columbo. He claimed evidence had been manipulated. He appealed to the jurors’ hearts as well as their heads in his opening statement Tuesday in defense of ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Wednesday over a law that makes it a crime to lie about having been awarded top military honors. The justices engaged in spirited debate over the constitutionality of a 2006 law aimed ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide if telling a lie about yourself is a crime — if the lie claims military medals you didn’t earn. The court said Monday it will rule on the constitutionality of a law that ...

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A federal judge in Greenbelt has acquitted the former GlaxoSmithKline lawyer accused of lying to the government about off-label marketing of one of the pharmaceutical company’s drugs. Judge Roger Titus said Tuesday there was not sufficient evidence in the case ...

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EUGENE, Ore. — A man charged with credentials fraud in Maryland falsely claimed to have a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. The Register-Guard reports the university paid William Hillar more than $33,000 between 2002 and last summer to teach ...

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