From legendary trash talk to playing left-handed just for fun, the stories about Larry Bird are almost too crazy to believe.

I took a seat near the back. It hit me that the last time I got called for jury duty, it was in the old courthouse, where an assistant to the clerk of the court kept things rolling with banter that ...

When the jury duty summons arrived in the mail ... part improv emcee — with the old courthouse as the target of many jokes. That tradition continues, only now the courthouse isn’t the punchline.

It’s nearly 20 years since Mark Steyn wrote a non-fiction book, America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It.

It’s nearly 20 years since Mark Steyn wrote a non-fiction book, America Alone: The  End of the World as We Know It.  Steyn, a ...

Eva Victor chronicles the story of a woman reeling from an assault with a mixture of comedy and compassion in her debut film "Sorry, Baby." ...

The start of a murder trial can be nerve-racking. There is usually a large group of media at the court precinct, the accused person is placed in the dock and a jury is chosen. In Patterson's trial, ...

Charm them, jokes, whatever it is ... In 2008, Sven Berger was living in Texas when he was called up for jury duty and picked to serve on a murder trial. The case involved a young man who shot ...

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The shooting came a year after Michael Brown had died in Ferguson. The St. Louis region was still on edge, with regular protests in the city and county. Then-police Chief Sam Dotson called Engelhardt ...