The previous law enforcement secretary of Robert Bentley, the governor of Alabama, accused his former chief of wrongly terminating him. Spencer Collier alleged the governor of having an issue with an adviser and filed a lawsuit in Montgomery on Tuesday.
An Appeals Court has dismissed an application by Brian Meehan to have his conviction for Veronica Guerin's murder declared a miscarriage of justice.
The U.S. District Court in Cincinnati ruled that Christopher Cornell, 22 , is competent to stand on a court trial. Cornell was arrested for plotting an attack to the US Capitol building, attempted murder of government officials and other charges.