No one is sure exactly who first called Dakota County Judge Timothy McManus “The Hammer,” or when, but the nickname stuck.

The suspect, Daniel Schmidt, was restrained by several members of the public. A 24-year-old Illinois man has been arrested after allegedly causing a disturbance in a voting line before punching an ...

The assistant U.S. attorney from southern Illinois who prosecuted the case, described the man as a lifelong criminal who ...

“We’re going to win the election and we’re going to put a gavel in your hand in the House,” Walz told Ocasio-Cortez during the livestream. He added the gavel may be “in that committee ...

Shawnee County residents voted Tuesday to retain 11 Shawnee County District Court judges. Voters didn't remove any Shawnee County judges in Tuesday's retention elections, which provided them a ...

The judge in former President Donald Trump's federal election interference case ordered more documents to be revealed from special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into the former president just ...

In the words of Mary-Kate Olsen from 1995’s “It Takes Two,” Aaron Judge and Samantha Bracksieck have got that “can’t-eat, can’t-sleep, reach-for-the-stars, over-the-fence, World Series ...

A New York judge recently called out an expert witness for using Microsoft's Copilot chatbot to inaccurately estimate damages in a real estate dispute that partly depended on an accurate ...

When you unfold your ballot and start darkening circles, what do you do when you get to the judges? It’s up to you whether to keep, or fire, each one of them. For many voters, presented with ...

Last week, someone taped a picture of a hammer onto McManus’ chamber door in jest as a final reminder to the judge, who is laying down his gavel after 27 years on the bench. His last day is ...

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced an incarcerated ... to a judge and former probation officer and threatening to blow up the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse in downtown St. Louis.