The 18-year-old has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of her nine-year-old neighbor. Here, get a comprehensive timeline of the murder of Elizabeth Olten, and the Alyssa Bustamante murder trial that followed, including what evidence was stricken from the record, why Bustamante changed her plea, and Olten's family's reaction to the verdict.
A look inside the dissenting opinion in the Ninth Circuit's Prop 8 ruling.
SeaWorld Slavery? A new lawsuit from PETA argues that the park's orca whales should be protected under the antislavery 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, a California gay marriage poster couple, have announced they plan to divorce.
Several neighbors have recently complained that former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who is facing more than 40 sexual assault charges, has been sitting on his back porch watching children at a playground.
Gay marriage proponents in the Pacific Northwest cheered a U.S. court ruling on Tuesday that overturned a California ban on same-sex nuptials, in what they saw as boost to their cause a day before a key vote to legalize such unions in Washington state.
The name Fausat Ogunbayo will probably be remembered for some time. The Staten Island mom has filed a $900 trillion federal lawsuit against the City of New York because it placed her two children in a foster home more than three years ago. Learn more about the 46-year-old West Brighton woman.
A U.S. district court judge pushed Dick Clark Productions and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to end their bitter legal scuffle and reach a settlement.
The Washington state House of Representatives was expected to endorse gay marriage on Wednesday in a vote that would move the state another step closer to becoming the seventh to recognize same-sex nuptials.
Alyssa Bustamante, a Missouri teenager who strangled and stabbed her 9-year-old neighbor, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole on Wednesday.
Two Wisconsin sisters allegedly sexually assaulted a man with pliers and forced him to drink their urine. The sisters, Valerie Bartkey and Amanda Johnson, have been charged in St. Croix County Court in Somerset, Wisc., with a felony count of second-degree assault by force and two misdemeanor counts of battery and criminal damage to property.
A further 15 politicians, sportsmen and celebrities reached settlements with the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Wednesday over a phone hacking scandal that has rocked his global media empire.
A Staten Island mother has filed a $900 trillion suit against the City of New York for taking away her two children and putting them in a foster home over three years ago.
The government contends that strike action is unnecessary and will cost the country’s economy $100-million every day
Alyssa Bustamante, a teenage girl who strangled and stabbed her 9-year-old neighbor, faces the possibility of life in prison when she is sentenced on Wednesday.
Google may be an Internet search engine giant but even the giant was forced to kneel before the powerful Indian 'Internet censorship god' Monday. The world's No.1 search engine told a New Delhi district court that it has removed some objectionable contents, which is religiously sensitive, published in some Web sites, after the court warned of a China-like crackdown unless they protect religious sentiments of the local people.
Apple is facing a huge challenge from a Chinese company, which has demanded as much as $38 million in fines and an apology, as the tech giant has allegedly infringed upon its trademarked name.
After a U.S. appeals court rejected an injunction that Chevron Corp had won to avoid paying up $18 billion penalty to Ecuador over pollution to the country's Amazon region, the multinational energy giant has been accused of bringing in a secret panel of private lawyers to thwart the court judgments.
Rajat Gupta, a former director of Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble who is the highest-ranking executive charged in a U.S. crackdown on insider trading, could face additional allegations, a federal prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Former U.S. senator Rick Santorum rejuvenated his presidential hopes on Tuesday with a shocking sweep of the three nominating contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, dealing a blow to wounded front-runner Mitt Romney.
The continuing decline in earnings has mainly been attributed to currency fluctuations and the rising interest costs. Also, all the major mobile phone service providers in the country are engaged in a bitter tariff war.
The government of Brazil has filed a lawsuit against Twitter, demanding that the firm remove accounts in the country that warn citizens of police speed traps and roadblocks.
