Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Denver prosecutors have charged a former state senator with three counts of forgery after she allegedly faked letters of support to a legislative committee ...

Even Hollywood would have a hard time crafting a scenario as messy and dysfunctional as what has been happening in Carson City. It may end up even more chaotic. Under state law, the Legislature can ...

A new twist in the case of Hershall Creachbaum Jr.’s death has the potential to significantly shake up the case. Michael Kendrick, the boyfriend of Hershall’s mother, and Ashley Johnson have filed ...

Just when you might have thought we would not have the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to talk about anymore, he plunged back into the headlines this week — and his former friend, President ...

Remember when Indiana Jones nonchalantly chose to hip-shoot his way out of a duel with a threatening swordsman? It was pragmatism over pageantry. Simple versus struggle. Bullet beats blade.

Prosecutors want a jury to hear statements made by 15-year-old twin boys they allege were starved and abused by their parents, a move that could reduce the need for the teens to testify in court. That ...

Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. Please ...

An appeals court on Monday remanded a complaint against Resorts World Las Vegas back to U.S. District Court for analysis and reconsideration. High-stakes gambler Robert “R.J.” Cipriani in October ...

Investigators say inconsistencies in Rebecca Haro’s account of her 7-month-old son Emmanuel’s disappearance triggered a murder probe that ended with his father, Jake Haro, pleading guilty to ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode ...