Many cities balance their budgets in part based on things that people do wrong. Cities use fees and fines from traffic stops, jaywalking, appearances in court. But the benefit for the city can come at ...

BEAUFORT, South Carolina (KTRK) -- Many people use lights to decorate their homes, trees and lawns around the holidays. One man took it a step farther and now it's gotten him in trouble. "I just like ...

The police said on Friday they have been receiving complaints about fraudulent messages urging recipients to pay out-of-court settlements for traffic violation fines. The messages are being sent ...

In the strongest rebuke yet of Illinois school districts that ask police to ticket misbehaving students, the state attorney general has declared that the practice — still being used across the state — ...