The 31-year-old was sentenced to 32 years in prison. Aslam, 59, was cleared of a firearms offence, but found guilty of conspiracy to murder. He was jailed for 10 years. The court has been told by the judge that the plot was "intended to be an execution".

A federal judge has ruled that several Texas school districts do not need to comply with a state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all classrooms.

The state law had said public schools would have to display the Ten Commandments in a “conspicuous” location in every classroom in Texas by Sept. 1.

The Illinois Gaming Board revoked the license of Jeffrey Bertucci's Steak N Egger franchise several weeks ago, accusing him of not coming clean about his past involvement in illegal video gambling. He quickly sued,

A federal judge has allowed four football players fighting NCAA eligibility rules to compete at West Virginia this season.

Alton Oliver, who was cleared of all charges, was on trial in connection to the killing of a deputy when a judge delivered the wrong verdict.

Frankly, nobody else could have done it," Appeals Court Justice Maureen E. Walsh said of District Court Judge Laurie MacLeod's leadership of the Western Massachusetts Veterans Treatment Court.