ST. LOUIS, Mo. — When is a phone not just a phone? When a federal court declares it’s a computer. That’s what happened last week, when the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lengthier sentence for a man ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Maryland and California say they have suspended youthful offender prison diversion programs featured on the television show, “Beyond Scared Straight,” after the federal government warned they could lose funding. A prison agency spokesman in South Carolina, which was ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland had nearly five times the acceptable number of juveniles locked up in adult detention centers for extended periods in 2008, putting the state out of compliance with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act and in jeopardy ...

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HAGERSTOWN — The lawyer for a U.S. Army private suspected of leaking classified material to WikiLeaks says his client does not hold dual U.S.-British citizenship. The statement Wednesday by attorney David Coombs deflates an effort by Amnesty International to get ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court upheld the life sentence given a U.S. man who joined al-Qaida and plotted to replicate the 9-11 terrorist attacks and assassinate then-President George W. Bush. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland had nearly five times the acceptable number of juveniles locked up in adult detention centers for extended periods in 2008, putting the state out of compliance with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act and in jeopardy ...

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WASHINGTON — A former government subcontractor is being sent to prison for stealing $1.8 million to fund her extravagant lifestyle from the agency that seeks cures to life-threatening illnesses. Nicole Shantelle Smith was sentenced to 20 months after pleading guilty ...

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A lawyer and title company owner and two of his employees were indicted Wednesday in a $4 million mortgage fraud scheme. Each faces a maximum of 20 years in prison on eight counts of mail fraud and four counts of ...

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WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials are drafting an executive order that would set up a review process for detainees held indefinitely at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the White House said Wednesday. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told ...

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A former Anne Arundel County police lieutenant has been sentenced to five years in prison on a child pornography charge. Forty-seven-year-old James Cifala pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography after he was caught “sexting” with a teenage girl. Federal prosecutors ...

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