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A former assistant coach for the University of Nebraska women's basketball team has admitted under oath to having a sexual relationship with a player at the center of an ongoing federal lawsuit, according to recently filed court documents.

A Louisiana crime watchdog group is urging state officials to appoint judges rather than having voters elect them because they often run unopposed and are not held accountable for their judicial record.

A father-daughter pair pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn on charges stemming from a years-long scheme to sell counterfeit artworks falsely attributed to some of the art world's most recognized names, federal prosecutors announced.

GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who's running for governor of Tennessee, is calling on the state to add a Republican to its congressional delegation.

A United Airlines Boeing 737 reportedly struck a drone at approximately 3,000 feet while on approach to San Diego on Wednesday.

A Chinese national extradited from Italy appeared in federal court in Houston on a nine-count indictment alleging he participated in computer intrusions targeting U.S. universities and a global law firm as part of a state-sponsored hacking campaign -

The king of the U.K. and the mayor of the largest city in the U.S. are set to meet Wednesday.

Bill Maher and actor-comedian David Cross clashed over transgender children and Democratic electoral politics during a heated exchange on Maher's Club Random podcast released Monday.

Opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma LP was sentenced in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, and ordered to pay more than $5 billion in criminal penalties for its role in fueling the nation's opioid epidemic, the Justice Department announced.

Ukraine's top prosecutor on Wednesday requested that Israeli forces seize a Russian ship carrying grain that he says was stolen from territory occupied by Russia.