TAMPA - The state Supreme Court today denied the appeal of a man convicted in the gruesome 1998 murder of Vicki Robinson, a killing in which he was aided by her daughter, who was 15 at the time. ...more

June 5, 2008

More than 400 children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch two months ago began returning to the arms of their parents Monday, hours after a judge bowed to a state Supreme Court ruling that the seizure was not justified. ...more

June 3, 2008

Barring a stay of a historic California Supreme Court ruling, same-sex couples will be able to wed in the state beginning June 17, according to a state directive issued Wednesday. ...more

May 29, 2008

The last surviving plaintiff in Topeka's Brown v. Board of Education case, which led to the historic 1954 Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation in public schools, has died at 88. ...more

May 22, 2008

Police were constantly called out to deal with drunks and other incidents at a troublesome East Tampa bar. No matter how many arrests were made, the problems persisted. ...more

May 19, 2008

A business redevelopment plan anticipated for public review in May will be delayed at least 30 days as city departments crunch 2009 budgets. ...more

May 10, 2008

Mildred Loving, 68, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, died Friday at her home in rural Milford. ...more

May 6, 2008

Amy Tiemann was a neuroscientist, then a high school teacher, next a mother. ...more

January 29, 2008

The most comprehensive study in years of abortion in America underscores a striking change in the landscape, with ever-fewer pregnant women choosing abortion and those who do increasingly opting to avoid surgical clinics. ...more

January 17, 2008

A Tampa Bay area legal expert says charges of child pornography may not stick to a Lakeland school principal. ...more

December 25, 2007