North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple has signed into a law what is being called the nation's toughest anti-abortion measure, a law that bans most abortions after six weeks when a fetal heartbeat is first detected.
A New York state appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Anthony Marshall, who was found guilty in 2009 of siphoning millions of dollars from socialite Brooke Astor's estate.
The daughter of the multimillionaire mogul, and former New York Post publisher Peter Kalikow was arrested in a Bronx apartment with her boyfriend for allegedly selling heroin to an undercover policeman on Sunday. They appeared in court on Monday.
Alyce LaViolette, a psychotherapist who specializes in domestic violence, has been testifying on Tuesday during the Jodi Arias trial, discussing "scientific reasoning" why Arias would stay with an abuser like Travis Alexander even after repeated instances of physical harm.
