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More than a decade after it last aired, court is back in session for NBC's iconic crime drama "Law & Order." The network announced Tuesday that it is bringing "Law & Order" back for its 21st season. When the show left the airwaves in May 2010, it was tied with “Gunsmoke” for the longest running prime-time TV drama. The series will continue with its classic bifurcated format and will ...

Imagine a world where police officers regularly confiscate property from civilians, based only on officers’ accusations of criminal conduct. Imagine that these allegations are never examined by a judge and that charges of criminal conduct are often never even filed. Unfortunately, you don’t have to imagine anything, because that is the world we live in. This is the topsy-turvy world of civil ...

University of Colorado civil engineering professor Wes Marshall did a survey a few years ago to see why cyclists and drivers broke the law DENVER — Every time we do a story about cycling infrastructure, we expect the same response: a flurry of e-mails and social media comments suggesting bicyclists don’t follow the rules of the road, many suggesting that cyclists break the law more than driv...

(CBS DETROIT) – In the same Novi hotel where just months ago some of Doctor Anderson victims spoke out about alleged abuse, someone connected to Anderson speaks out for the first time. “In February of 2020 I received a phone call from a loved one and a very distraught conversation it was explained to me that a story was about to break about Dr. Anderson being a serial sexual predator,†sai...

Content Warning: This article discusses issues and experiences related to sexual assault. On Sept. 15, four U.S. Olympic athletes testified to the Senate about the FBI’s mishandling of sexual abuse claims against former Olympic doctor Larry Nassar. The Senate hearing revealed how FBI agents ignored sexual abuse reports and falsely reported statements from victims, allowing a pedophile to cont...

Law would bar doctors from providing abortions because of a genetic abnormality but ruling raises concerns about broader chilling effect. The dome atop the Arizona Capitol Museum at the State Capitol in Phoenix. January 2021. A federal judge on Tuesday blocked part of a new law scheduled to take effect this week that would ban doctors from providing abortions solely because of a gene...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- California Governor Gavin Newsom has less than two weeks to sign or veto hundreds of bills still sitting on his desk. So far, he has already signed into law two bills that aim to ease California's housing crisis, a bill that aims to protect Amazon warehouse workers by limiting productivity quotas, and a bill that expands protections for garment workers. RELATED: Gov. Ne...

ExpandMultnomah County Courthouse. (Sam Gehrke) Capt. Derrick Peterson of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, who announced his bid to succeed outgoing Sheriff Mike Reese on Sept. 10, does not have a law enforcement certification, WW has learned. Peterson says that’s because Reese and a former supervisor quashed his chance to earn his law enforcement certification. Peterson, who has spent...

TYLER, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – As legal challenges mount and begin to play out against the new Texas Heartbeat Act abortion law, Republican State Sen. Bryan Hughes, author of the bill, spoke with CBS 11. He explained why he believes in the legislation and also why there was no carve-out for a mother who may have been the victim of rape or incest. The Texas law banning most abortions in the state...

LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL) – An Alabama Law Enforcement icon is celebrating 50 years of service to the community with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Major Cary Torbert was the first African American hired as a Lee County Deputy Sheriff on October 1st, 1971. Half a century later, Torbert is one of the most respected law enforcement officials in the state and southeast. Lee County Sheriff Jay Jo...