NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- With a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes in New York City -- at least 31 so far this year -- is an apparent increase in those seeking self-defense classes, and also a call for ...

The Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center in downtown Denver houses the Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday decided a Weld County judge should ...

Rana Abdelhamid is a Muslim community organizer in western Queens and the founder of the women’s self-defense organization Malikah. In 2022, she challenged then-Rep. Carolyn Maloney in the Democratic ...

A trial court did not err when it refused to instruct the jury on imperfect self-defense in a Cecil County stabbing, the Maryland Supreme Court held. In a 5-2 opinion with Justice Angela M. Eaves ...

The Maryland Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case originating in Cecil County that centers on a self-defense instruction and the merging of sentences for assault and reckless endangerment. The ...

Two local Ohio state representatives are advocating for self-defense classes in high school. State Representatives Tom Young (R-Washington Twp.) and Andrea White (R-Kettering) introduced House Bill ...

CONCORD – Oral arguments in the state Supreme Court appeal of former Portsmouth Police Commissioner Brenna Cavanaugh largely concentrated on whether a Superior Court judge erred in disallowing a ...

Instructions guiding the deliberation of the jury in the trial of a Mansfield Timberview High School student indicted on attempted capital murder will not permit the panel to consider that the ...

Kyle Rittenhouse is charged with the killing of two men the injury of another at a 2020 protest. Rittenhouse has pleaded not guilty to all charges. The jury began deliberations on Tuesday. The jury in ...

Have you ever found yourself in a potentially dangerous situation without knowing what to do? There are a lot of dangers in the world, including the threat of physical harm or harassment. Despite ...