Man gets 30 months in prison for role in $20M Ponzi scheme
A Maryland man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for his role in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of more than $20 million. U.S.…
Justice Ginsburg reports she’s on way to ‘well’ after cancer
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Saturday she’s “alive” and on her way to being “very well” following radiation treatment for cancer. Ginsburg, 86, made the comments at the…
Disgraced NFL star loses bid to undo plea deal in rape case
Disgraced NFL star Darren Sharper’s attempt to get out of a 2016 plea deal and 18-year prison sentence in a sexual assault case has been rejected by a federal judge.…
Judge won’t block US asylum restrictions at southern border
A federal judge said Wednesday that the Trump administration can enforce its new restrictions on asylum for people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border while lawsuits challenging the policy play out. Interested…
Ex-NSA contractor to be sentenced in stolen documents case
A former National Security Agency contractor who stored two decades’ worth of classified documents at his Maryland home was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison. Harold Martin, 54, apologized…
Sentencing looms in Charlottesville attack; man seeks mercy
The self-avowed white supremacist who plowed his car into counterdemonstrators opposing a white nationalist rally in Virginia two years ago, killing one person and injuring dozens, has asked a judge…
Justice Ginsburg warns of more 5-4 decisions ahead
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggested Friday that there will be sharp divisions among her colleagues as they finish their term, with decisions in high-profile cases about the census…
Ex-intelligence analyst charged with leaks to reporter
A former government intelligence analyst has been charged with leaking classified documents about military campaigns against terrorist group al-Qaeda to a reporter. Daniel Everette Hale, 31, of Nashville, Tennessee, was…
Georgia’s first black Supreme Court justice to step down
A jurist who became the first African American to serve on the Georgia Supreme Court plans to step down after serving three decades on the high court. The court said…
Court won’t immediately stop wait-in-Mexico asylum policy
A federal appeals court put a judge’s order on hold Friday shortly before it would have stopped the Trump administration from forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their…