BATON ROUGE -- Gov. Bobby Jindal signed into law Friday 25 bills passed by lawmakers during the ongoing legislative session, including one that makes it a crime to deface public or private property with graffiti and another that would toughen the penalty

WHEAT RIDGE - A Wheat Ridge family questioning a law they say punishes them for a crime their son committed. Denver police seized the family's car after officers caught their son--a habitual traffic offender--driving it.

UN - Drugs - Forum After three days of debate and discussion the 300 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) delegates at the Beyond 2008 Forum concluded an historic and unique event by successfully achieving consensus on their contribution to the review of

Violent crimes are increasing across the state, but the overall crime rate is on the decline according to the latest crime report from Idaho State Police. The number of hate crimes, homicides and officers assaulted all increased significantly from 2006 to

Two years ago I interviewed Ian Rankin for this newspaper. In the middle of a wide-ranging discussion he said something he may have since come to regret. "The people writing the most graphic violence today are women," he told me, then continued, "They