The ruling came in a lawsuit filed in July on behalf of people from Afghanistan, Burma, Togo, Somalia and Iran who won the right to apply for visas under the so-called diversity visa program.

The 31-year-old was sentenced to 32 years in prison. Aslam, 59, was cleared of a firearms offence, but found guilty of conspiracy to murder. He was jailed for 10 years. The court has been told by the judge that the plot was "intended to be an execution".

Brian Walshe's lawyers claimed his murder indictment should be thrown out over insufficient evidence that his wife's death was extremely cruel and atrocious.

A federal judge temporarily blocked a Texas law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, ruling it likely violates the First Amendment.

Lawyers for a Spanish-language journalist who has been held in federal immigration detention since June argue in a court filing that the government is retaliating against him for his news coverage and is holding him in violation of his constitutional rights.

The Illinois Gaming Board revoked the license of Jeffrey Bertucci's Steak N Egger franchise several weeks ago, accusing him of not coming clean about his past involvement in illegal video gambling. He quickly sued,

A federal judge has allowed four football players fighting NCAA eligibility rules to compete at West Virginia this season.

Caprio died on Wednesday, aged 88, following a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Known for his empathy toward defendants and plainspoken courtroom style, the judge, who presided over cases on his hit TV show Caught in Providence,