Court: NYC woman can serve divorce papers via Facebook
Social media continues to make headway into the legal system. A judge has given a New York City woman permission to file for divorce from her elusive husband via a Facebook message.
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Groups aim to further expand gay rights at state level
Gay rights advocates are hoping to parlay the momentum from their legislative victories in Indiana and Arkansas this week into further expanding legal protections for gays and lesbians in those states and others.
Zoeller launches campaign against sex trafficking
Indiana officials are launching a statewide awareness and education campaign against child sex trafficking.
Man gets life sentence for Waynesville quadruple murder
A southern Indiana man found guilty in the deaths of a couple and two of their friends has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.
Indiana unveils changes to religious freedom bill
Indiana lawmakers announced proposed changes Thursday to the state's new religious objections law aimed at quelling widespread criticism from businesses and other groups that have called the proposal anti-gay.
Man’s trial in deadly blast unlikely until mid-2016
Prosecutors say the trial for a man who's one of four suspects in a deadly Indianapolis house explosion will likely be delayed until at least mid-2016.
Advocate says Indiana woman’s sentence for feticide alarming
An Indiana woman received a 20-year sentence in the death of her premature infant, a punishment the head of a national advocacy group called cruel and a misuse of the state's feticide law.
5 arrested in protest inside US Supreme Court
Protesters disrupted Supreme Court of the United States proceedings Wednesday for the second time this year with shouted criticism of the court's previous rulings on campaign finance.
SCOTUS sides with Idaho in Medicaid pay dispute
Private health care providers cannot sue to force states to raise their Medicaid reimbursement rates to keep up with rising medical costs, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled Tuesday.
US Supreme Court weighs Spider-Man toy patent fight
Spider-Man's latest adventure is taking him through the strange and mysterious world of patent law.
Indiana man convicted in 2 killings to get life in prison
A northern Indiana man is set to spend the rest of his life in prison without parole for the killings of his brother and sister-in-law.
Pence wants changes to religious-objections law
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Tuesday that he wants legislation on his desk by the end of the week to clarify that the state's new religious-freedom law does not allow discrimination against gays and lesbians.
SCOTUS says lawyer’s brief absence doesn’t merit retrial
The Supreme Court of the United States says a Michigan man convicted of murder and armed robbery does not deserve a new trial even though his lawyer was absent for 10 minutes during the original trial.
High court to hear Kansas plea to reinstate death sentences
The Supreme Court of the United States agreed Monday to hear Kansas' appeal to reinstate death sentences for two brothers in the fatal shootings of four people and for another man convicted of killing a couple.
Indiana joins New York herbal supplement inquiry
Attorneys general from Connecticut, Indiana and Puerto Rico have joined New York's attorney general in an investigation of the herbal supplement industry, saying they're building on the long track record of state attorneys general upholding the rights of consumers.
Northern Indiana county council rejects abortion ordinance
A county council in northern Indiana voted down an ordinance that would have added new local requirements for doctors who perform abortions.
Indiana regulators revoke coal-gasification plant’s permit
State regulators have revoked an air permit for a proposed $2.8 billion coal-gasification plant in southwestern Indiana at the request of the plant's developer.
Indiana high court won’t review conviction in parent deaths
The state Supreme Court won't consider an eastern Indiana man's appeal of his double-murder conviction in his parents' killings.
Utah couple digitizing Vigo County probate records
Vigo County is benefiting from a project that will digitize probate records dating back to 1818, the year the county was founded.
Judge rejects diocese’s bid to set aside in vitro verdict
A jury was correct in finding that a Roman Catholic diocese discriminated against a former teacher by firing her for undergoing fertilization treatment, a federal judge has ruled.