A federal judge has denied ex-Detroit councilwoman​ Monica Conyers' request to withdraw her​ guilty plea in a corruption case and sentenced her​ to ...

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (Reuters) - Larry Langford,​ the former mayor of Alabama's largest city,​ Birmingham, was sentenced on Friday for his role​ in a...

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (Reuters) - Larry Langford,​ the disgraced former mayor of Alabama's​ largest city, Birmingham, was sentenced on Friday​ for his...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich heads to​ court Wednesday to answer a revised batch of​ charges that he schemed to sell or trade President​ Obama�...

The former Illinois governor will answer to a​ revised batch of charges that he schemed to sell​ or trade President Obama's old Senate seat​ and swa...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on​ Thursday unveiled a revised corruption indictment​ of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich ahead​ of a U....

The indictment accuses the former aide to former​ Gov. Mike Easley of profiting financially from​ coastal developments that had been approved by​ state r...

In the best of times, the Haitian government, long​ plagued by corruption and misrule, was barely​ functional . Now the catastrophic earthquake that​ str...

The State Department's inspector general says​ the $2 billion anti-drug effort in Afghanistan​ suffers from rampant corruption and not enough​ perso...