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The judge and attorneys in the Parkland school shooting sentencing trial will be back in court Monday for the first time since lawyers for the gunman asked the judge to remove herself from the case. NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone reports.

A judge has ruled that Prince Harry can take the British government to court over his security arrangements when he visits the U.K.

Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter was sentenced to two years in prison for first- and second-degree manslaughter in the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Potter says that she mistook her gun for her taser and shot Wright at a traffic stop in April last year.

A Miami judge issued a warrant that gives authorities the ability to seize the Crystal Symphony ship on U.S. waters. NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez has the details.

Police say a former South Florida judge who resigned this year amid misconduct allegations is now accused of pulling a gun on a man who wanted to be let into his apartment complex

A federal judge is deciding whether to block the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, which has banned most abortions in Texas since early September and sent women racing hundreds of miles to get care outside the state

A Maryland Eastern Shore judge who was about to be arrested at his home on federal charges of sexual exploitation of a child was found dead Friday, officials said.

A DOJ watchdog says threats to federal judges and prosecutors have skyrocketed even as the U.S. Marshals Service faces budget and staff shortfalls.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Martin Zilber, who was at the center of a NBC 6 Investigators story over allegations of inappropriately behavior toward an assistant, has announced his resignation. In a letter dated Friday, Zilber said it was a “privilege to serve the people of Miami-Dade County.” Former judicial assistant Dixie Dent told NBC 6 investigator Tony Pipitone in April she…

A Miami-Dade circuit judge who admits getting paid for excessive days off and misusing court staff has agreed to suspension and paying a steep fine. NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone reports

NBC 7’s Jacke Crea had a chat with two retired Black judges who had to fight through racism and discrimination on their way to becoming trailblazers in their profession.

A Montana judge blocked three land-use plans that would have opened most U.S.-owned lands in the state to energy development

The U.S. Postal Service must live up to its responsibilities to timely process election mail by treating it as a priority, a New York judge ordered on Monday, adding that the agency’s workers should be permitted to make extra deliveries and work overtime near the November presidential election.

“Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Dina Manzo’s ex-husband and an alleged member of an organized crime family were charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with conspiring to assault Manzo’s then-boyfriend in an incident in 2015. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey said Thomas Manzo and John Perna faces multiple charges over the assault on her now-husband, David Cantin...

A federal judge has ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic

A Georgia judge has scheduled a court hearing next week for three men charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery

A federal judge has ruled that Ken Cuccinelli was unlawfully appointed to lead the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency and therefore lacks authority to give asylum seekers less time to prepare for initial screening interviews

Without offering proof, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday said actor Leonardo DiCaprio had funded nonprofit groups that he claimed are partly responsible for fires in the Amazon this year. Bolsonaro’s remarks about the American actor were part of a wider government campaign against environmental nonprofit groups operating in Brazil. DiCaprio’s environmental organization Earth Alliance has pledged $5 million to...

Libraries are built for reading and research, and librarians are trained to help patrons find what they need. But staffers at San Diego city libraries are also coping with threats to their safety and occasional violence, according to court records and interviews. At least 16 city library department employees have asked judges for protection from unruly patrons, according to documents...

Richard Spencer, who was fired at Navy secretary for his handling of a SEAL war crimes case championed by President Donald Trump, wrote Wednesday that the commander in chief “has very little understanding” of how the American military works. The extraordinary accusation came in an opinion piece published on The Washington Post’s website Wednesday evening, three days after he was...