An Oregon man has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service and a logging company on allegations that they failed to cut down a tree before it fell and injured him. The suit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Medford says Bert Fernandez of Prospect was driving through the Rogue River National Forest on Feb. 3 ...

A former UCLA School of Medicine researcher has pleaded guilty to reading confidential private records of celebrities, high-profile patients and co-workers. Huping Zhou pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to four counts of violating federal privacy provisions. U.S. attorney's office spokesman Thom Mrozek says the 38-year-old defendant committed the violations after he received a dismissal notice ...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the Mississippi NAACP and others trying to stop the state from diverting Hurricane Katrina housing money to a Gulf Coast port project. U.S. District Court Judge James Robertson said Friday the plaintiffs might have a valid policy argument ...