Men who ran $11M California investment scam sentenced
Three men who ran an $11 million investment scheme that bilked elderly Californians are going to prison January 4, 2020,…
Winner of $400M border wall contract: ‘a gung-ho, smart guy’
BISMARCK, N.D. — Tommy Fisher peered into a Fox News camera and talked up his North Dakota-based company’s ability to…
Tennessee inmates ask court to stop execution scheduling
Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmates argue that mental issues, poor legal representation, newly surfaced evidence, and racism in the…
Pompeo to visit Ukraine as Senate weighs impeachment trial
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine this week, making his first trip to the country at the heart…
Cyprus court: British teen guilty of fabricating rape claims
A Cyprus court has found a 19 year-old British woman guilty of fabricating claims that she was gang raped by…
New wife, 26, charged with exploiting husband, 77, for money
A newly married 26-year-old woman has been arrested on charges alleging she tried to cash almost $1 million in checks…
Ex-Miss Kentucky admits to trading sexual photos with teen
A former Miss Kentucky who worked as a teacher in West Virginia has admitted to exchanging sexual photos with a…
Woman forced to remove hijab in jail settles for $120K
A Minnesota Muslim woman has received $120,000 to settle her lawsuit alleging she was forced to strip in jail and…
NYC paying $625K to mom whose baby was ripped away by police
New York City says it will pay $625,000 to resolve a lawsuit filed by a mother whose toddler was yanked…
Funeral home owners sentenced after decomposing body found
The former co-owners of a South Carolina funeral home have been sentenced to a year’s probation in connection with a…
Scout leader convicted of branding 3 children in a ritual
A Dutch appeals court has convicted a scout leader of branding three children in a campfire initiation ritual. The appeals…
Israeli PM’s son, driver strike settlement over leaked tape
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son has reportedly reached a court settlement with a former driver whom he sued for…
Assistant scoutmaster charged with sexually abusing boy, 12
An assistant scoutmaster on Long Island has been charged with sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy at several Boy Scouts of…
Maryland police sentenced for assault of handcuffed suspect
A white Maryland police officer has been sentenced to spend six months in jail after he was convicted of assault…
2 Proud Boys members sentenced to 4 years over NYC melee
Two members of the far-right Proud Boys were sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for their roles in a…
Prosecutors seek life for New Mexico man who killed family
A New Mexico man convicted of killing his parents and three younger siblings when he was 15 apologized to the…
California hospital chain going to court over high prices
One of California’s largest hospital systems is facing a trial over accusations that it has used its market dominance to…
Father sues Telsa after teen son killed in flaming crash
The father of an 18-year-old Florida teen killed when his speeding Tesla slammed into a wall and caught fire is…
Man pleads guilty in kidnap, torture plot of plastic surgeon
A Florida man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a plastic surgeon who was tortured with a blowtorch in an extortion…
Woman linked to chef’s overdose death denies another
A woman pleaded not guilty Friday to charges she supplied the fentanyl-laced drug that caused the fatal overdose of a…
Witnesses clash in Tennessee abortion wait period trial
Expert witnesses on Wednesday presented dueling views of whether Tennessee’s 48-hour waiting period before abortion helps or hinders women’s decision…
Jurors convict Iowa farmer in corn rake killing of wife
A jury Monday convicted an eastern Iowa hog farmer of using a corn rake to kill his wife, agreeing with…
Acquitted Navy SEAL sues ex-lawyers, legal nonprofit
A Navy SEAL acquitted in a war crimes trial has sued two of his former attorneys and a military legal…
Sackler family used Swiss banks to hide transfers: Filings
The family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma used Swiss and other hidden accounts to transfer $1 billion to themselves,…
Virginia joins states suing owners of Purdue Pharma
Virginia has joined a growing number of states suing members of the family that owns Purdue Pharma for their alleged…
Spain: Children grow body hair from alleged drug mix-up
Parents in Spain whose babies and toddlers developed abnormal body hair plan to sue a company that put a hair…
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…
Wave of child sex abuse lawsuits threatens Boy Scouts
The Boy Scouts of America is facing a threat from a growing wave of lawsuits over decades-old allegations of sexual…
Virginia man gets 5 years in prison for dog burned alive
A Virginia man will serve five years in prison without parole for the death of a pit bull that was…
Woman who gave birth alone in jail cell files lawsuit
A woman who gave birth alone in her jail cell in Denver is suing the city after jail deputies and…
Sacramento files lawsuit to ban 7 men from business district
The city of Sacramento has filed an unusual lawsuit to ban seven men considered to be a “public nuisance” from…
Uber driver convicted of raping intoxicated passenger
An Uber driver has been found guilty of raping an intoxicated woman he picked up at a casino near Philadelphia.…
Jury reaches verdict in ‘Hollywood Ripper’ case
Jurors have reached a verdict the case of a man charged with fatally stabbing two women in their Southern California…
Judge rejects bid for new trial in ‘Making a Murderer’ case
A judge has rejected a man’s bid for a new trial in a Wisconsin killing featured in the Netflix series…
Man who sent pipe bombs to Clinton, CNN faces sentencing
The Florida man who created a two-week crisis by mailing 16 packages of inoperative pipe bombs packed with fireworks powder…
Lead leak from Notre Dame cathedral fire prompts lawsuit
A French activist group has filed a lawsuit over health threats from toxic lead released in Notre Dame Cathedral’s devastating…
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…
Man whose wife was hit and killed by car sues FBI
A Connecticut man says in a $35 million lawsuit filed against the federal government that an off-duty police officer who…
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…
Baltimore man guilty of killing ex-girlfriend outside school
A Baltimore man has been found guilty of killing his ex-girlfriend, who was found bound, beaten, stabbed, strangled and dumped…
Illinois woman gets prison for soliciting husband’s murder
A southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for soliciting the murder of her 76-year-old husband…
Italy court sentences 24 people to life for Operation Condor
A court in Italy sentenced 24 people to life in prison for their involvement in human rights crimes committed during…
Judge OKs state’s motion to dismiss fetal manslaughter case
The manslaughter charge against an Alabama woman who lost her fetus when she was shot during a fight has been…
Lawsuit targets alleged Puerto Rico power company corruption
A federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico‘s finances filed a lawsuit on Sunday to recover what it called massive fraudulent…
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,…
Judge in Sandy Hook conspiracy lawsuits reports threats
A Connecticut judge overseeing lawsuits by families of Sandy Hook shooting victims against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says she has…
Flint water decision shows legal complexities of disaster
A surprise decision by Michigan prosecutors to drop all pending charges in the Flint water crisis and restart a three-year…
Drew Brees, wife suing jeweler over value of diamonds
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and wife Brittany are battling a California jeweler over the value of diamonds they…
In emotional interviews, ex-Scouts open up about abuse
Sharing their stories doesn’t come easily for these middle-aged men. At times, their eyes well up or their voices crack…
White supremacist gets life for running down black man
A white supremacist who ran down and killed a young black man in Oregon two years ago was sentenced Tuesday…
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…
Powerball winner, 90, sues son, says money invested poorly
A 90-year-old Florida woman who took home $278 million from a winning Powerball ticket six years ago is suing her…
Lawsuit: Trump associate Sater hacked celebrity information
A lawsuit has accused a Russia-born businessman with ties to President Donald Trump of hacking a Hollywood friend’s electronics and…
Trump hails passage of criminal justice bill
The Latest on the Senate’s consideration of criminal justice legislation (all times local): 9:30 p.m. President Donald Trump is hailing…
Michigan GOP moves to strip Democratic officeholders’ power
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Duck boat owner settles with Missouri family over accident
The company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake in the summer, killing 17 people, has…
Man charged with killing teenage African immigrant
A 22-year-old man is in jail after being charged with fatally shooting a teenage immigrant from Africa whose body was…