Nevada judge sets May hearing in OJ freedom bid

Ken Ritter, Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nevada judge set the stage Friday for former football star O.J. Simpson to testify for the first time in the Las Vegas armed robbery and kidnapping case...

Louisiana to have 1st black chief justice

Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Louisiana Supreme Court resolved a racially tinged power struggle inside its own ranks, ruling Tuesday that Bernette Johnson should be the state's first black chief justice....

Montana judge who sent racist Obama email steps down

Matt Volz, Associated Press

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The chief federal judge for Montana plans to step down from the post and take a reduced caseload next year after forwarding a racist joke involving President Barack Obama...

Mariah Carey: No feuding with Minaj on 'Idol' yet

Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - Mariah Carey says there's no feud between her and fellow new "American Idol" judge Nicki Minaj at the moment...

He's back dawg! Randy Jackson returning to 'American Idol'

theGrio

Despite numerous early reports to the contrary, it turns out the 'American Idol' veteran Randy Jackson will be returning to the judges table in this upcoming season alongside Mariah Carey...

Report: Randy Jackson leaving 'Idol'

Chris Witherspoon

theGRIO REPORT - After 11 Seasons, Randy Jackson is reportedly leaving his post as a judge on 'American Idol'...

New judge assigned in Trayvon Martin case

Kyle Hightower, Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A new judge has been assigned to oversee the case of George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Trayvon Martin...

Zimmerman's request for new judge granted

Alexis Garrett Stodghill

theGRIO REPORT - Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester, Jr. will be removed from the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman by order of a ruling made today by the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach...