Nearly half of California counties pay private lawyers and firms to represent poor people in criminal cases, and most of them use a “flat-fee” contract. That means they pay a fixed ...

A proposed class-action is targeting JBS’ meat-processing plant in Greeley, alleging inhospitable working conditions, injuries and discrimination against Haitian immigrant workers.

The effort to find a man who walked onto Brown University’s campus and shot nearly a dozen students in a crowded lecture hall ...

A federal judge is ordering the release of an Iranian migrant and bodybuilder held by U.S. immigration authorities for over five months. Attorneys for Hamid Ziaei said Monday he was detained ...