The Vatican has denounced as "criminal" a new book of leaked internal documents that shed light on power struggles inside the Holy See and the thinking of its embattled top banker, and warned that it would take legal action against those responsible.

NY judge struck down a portion of a law giving the government wide powers to regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists, saying it left journalists, scholars and political activists facing the prospect of indefinite detention for exercising First Amendment rights.

Texans can sleep more soundly at night knowing that Elisa Castillo, a grandmother and nonviolent first-time drug offender, is serving a life without parole sentence in Fort Worth.

In the first verdict of its kind since former President George W. Bush left office, he and several members of his administration have been successfully convicted in absentia of war crimes in Malaysia.

How Chief Justice John Roberts orchestrated the Ciitzens United decision.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to again look at former Illinois Gov. George Ryan's bid to overturn his corruption convictions, offering the imprisoned Republican a chance, however slim, at a new trial.

The Campaign for Primary Accountability, a super PAC that has targeted incumbent members of Congress, raised more than $645,000 in March, federal documents show. A notable and controversial donation of $25,000 came from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

Michael Kobulnicky suspected of pulling woman into his car and sexually assaulting her.

Senior Australian officials have expressed concern over allegations that News Corporation engaged in hacking and piracy in order to damage its commercial television competitors.

Republican state Sen. Jane Orie, accused of using her state-funded legislative staff to perform campaign work for herself and a state judge who’s her sister, was convicted Monday on 14 counts of theft of services, conflict of interest and forgery and likely will be forced from the Senate.

Geraldo Rivera provoked outrage on Friday when he said that slain teenager Trayvon Martin was partially responsible for his death because he was wearing a hoodie.

Obama and his administration comment on the recent tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin.

The House Ethics Committee announced on Friday that it was extending its reviews of two members of Congress who have been accused in separate cases of improprieties involving their outside business interests.

Lieutenant Gov. Ken Ard, who announced his resignation Friday morning, was charged by a state grand jury with seven violations of state ethics laws.

A Florida Republican waging a primary bid against Rep. Cliff Stearns said the FBI is investigating the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee chairman for allegedly using a middle man to try to bribe him out of the primary.

The FBI is considering whether to open an investigation into allegations that followers of a New York City rabbi made illegal campaign contributions to U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, according to a law enforcement official.

Indiana's ousted top elections official was sentenced Thursday to a year of home detention for six felony convictions that a judge refused to reduce to lesser crimes – a ruling that, if upheld on appeal, will likely cost him not only his office but also his law license and livelihood.

British authorities arrested eight people on Saturday, including five employees of Rupert Murdoch‘s tabloid The Sun, as part of an investigation into bribery of public officials by journalists, according to Scotland Yard and the newspaper’s parent company.

Republican state Rep. Kip Smith was arrested early Friday morning in Buckhead and charged with DUI.

On his last day as Mississippi governor, conservative Republican Haley Barbour surprised friend and foe by granting more than 200 pardons, clemency or early release for people convicted of crimes including murder, rape and armed robbery.