A U.S. federal grand jury indicted Joran van der Sloot on charges of wire fraud and extortion in connection with a plot to sell information about the whereabouts of Natalee Holloway’s remains in exchange for 0,000. FULL STORY

A former high school teacher in Freeland, Michigan, has been arraigned in two counties on 29 counts of sexual misconduct with an underage student, a Midland County prosecutor said Wednesday.

A missing 17-year-old Ohio girl was found early Wednesday hiding in the attic of an apartment recently leased by her 20-year-old boyfriend, Norwalk police announced.

Joran van der Sloot insists his incarceration is unlawful and will take the fight to Peru’s top court and international courts if he has to, his attorney says, explaining the Dutchman’s legal strategy now is to “paralyze the process.”

Police in Norwalk, Ohio, are searching for a 17-year-old girl who has been missing since June 7 after trading text messages with her boyfriend that indicated the two were planning to run away together, police Sgt. Jim Fulton said Monday.

Judiciary Committee members have signaled a contentious hearing on Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination, and the GOP threatens to filibuster.

Kyron Horman’s family has released videos and photographs of the missing Oregon boy. The photos show the child, 7, at a bowling alley and roasting a marshmallow over a campfire, among other settings. FULL STORY | PHOTOS

Authorities in southern California said the strong smell of marijuana helped them discover million worth of drugs in the back of a tractor-trailer they had pulled over for a traffic violation.

Michael Jackson’s father will file a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court against Dr. Conrad Murray on Friday, the anniversary of the pop star’s death, Joe Jackson’s lawyer said.

Christopher “Dudus” Coke, the alleged Jamaican drug kingpin, has been extradited to the United States, a quiet formality that followed a dramatic eruption of street violence in the capital of Kingston. FULL STORY | UPDATES