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Former President Donald J. Trump took the action hours after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granted him immunity for official acts committed in office. Donald J. Trump began an effort [...]

Introduction This edition of Steptoe's Higher Education Newsletter covers several recent developments, including: The conviction of a former visiting scholar at Columbia University for acting as an agent of the [...]

On 20 March 2024, just as bitcoin slightly faltered after a recent new all-time high, it was reported that the Crown Prosecution Service ('CPS') had obtained the conviction of an [...]

On June 21, 2024, a federal jury convicted the founder and former CEO of Ontrak Inc., a publicly traded telehealth company, of securities fraud and insider trading - marking the [...]

Summary A federal jury in Los Angeles recently convicted the former CEO of Ontrak Inc. (a publicly traded company), Terren Peizer, for engaging in an insider trading scheme using Rule [...]

The court said his crimes had involved overseeing public floggings, torture and arbitrary arrests during a jihadist takeover in northern Mali in 2012. Judges at the International Criminal Court convicted [...]

Byline: Joey Garrison, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said Thursday he won't commute any sentence given to his son Hunter Biden for three federal gun felonies after a [...]

Byline: Josh Meyer, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - Before Donald Trump was the first former president and presumptive major party nominee to be convicted of a crime, he argued that a [...]

Many saw in the jury's finding a rejection of themselves, of their values and even of democracy itself. The sense of grievance erupted as powerfully as the verdict itself. From [...]

In recent weeks, the scene outside the criminal courthouse in Downtown Manhattan where former President Donald Trump was standing trial was one of relatively orderly anticipation. Beginning early each morning, [...]

In his post-verdict remarks, the former president sounded more like an aggrieved New York businessman than the political martyr his supporters believe him to be. The way to evaluate a [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY The news on Wednesday that boxer Ryan Garcia failed drug tests before his three-knockdown upset of Devin Haney last month came with a twist. Haney [...]

The decision by the New York Court of Appeals is linked to legal weaknesses in the case, our reporter says. Good morning. It's Friday. Today we'll look at the decision [...]

Byline: Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected former Trump adviser Peter Navarro's request that he be released from prison while he appeals his conviction [...]

Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne was released from custody this week after the highest criminal court in the state, the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal (NSWCCA) quashed his [...]

In a unanimous decision recently released in Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v Named Person, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) allowed, in part, the appeal from the Court of Appeal of [...]

#MeToo is a social movement that gained prominence beginning in 2017. The purpose of the movement is to campaign against sexual abuse, sexual harassment and rape culture, and to empower [...]

On Friday, 26 Aril 2024, the Electoral Court published its heavily anticipated judgment, outlining the reasons for its decision on whether former President Jacob Zuma can contest the polls in [...]

The electoral tribunal disqualified Ricardo Martinelli, saying he was ineligible to run because of his conviction for money laundering and sentencing to more than five years in prison. Panama's electoral [...]

The ruling could require many convicted rioters to be resentenced, but it may mean little in light of a broader Supreme Court decision due by June. A federal appeals court [...]

Michelle Troconis, the girlfriend of Ms. Dulos's estranged husband, was found guilty of six counts related to her disappearance, in a case that captured national attention. Michelle Troconis, whose boyfriend [...]

Convicted of money laundering, Ricardo Martinelli, a conservative ex-president who had planned to run again, has sought refuge in the embassy of leftist and autocratic Nicaragua. As Panama jumps into [...]

Andrew Blair Howard was found with a shovel at the site of a newly created channel at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, prosecutors said. After the National Park Service stopped [...]

The actor denied physical abuse. Separately, he said he wasn't told of accusations of misbehavior on the set of ''Lovecraft Country.'' Since the actor Jonathan Majors was found guilty in [...]

The guilty verdict in Michigan against the mother of a school shooter will reverberate in prosecutors' offices around the country. But don't expect a flood of similar cases, experts say. [...]

Jones was banned from the social media platform in 2018 after posting harassing messages. Elon Musk on Sunday allowed the right-wing provocateur and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to return to [...]

It was just after midnight on a Saturday. A light rain was starting to fall in the mostly empty town square by the church. Evaldo Alves Feitosa was flipping his [...]

Undocumented immigrants accused of minor crimes are often sent back to their homelands. Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from a U.S. prison, had been facing a murder charge in Brazil. At [...]

Byline: María Luisa Paúl The felony convictions of four former U.S. Navy officers were vacated Wednesday following what a judge described as 'outrageous' misconduct by prosecutors - the latest turn [...]

The case of Patrick Zaki, who had been studying in Italy and was convicted of spreading ''fake news,'' prompted an outpouring of support in two countries. An Egyptian graduate student [...]

Eric Goldstein, who oversaw the feeding of New York schoolchildren, took bribes to allow food with bits of bone and plastic in cafeterias. In late 2016, Somma Food Group had [...]

Robert A. Hadden lured women across state lines to molest them, spurring a federal case. His punishment will be decided next month. Nearly 11 years to the day after Laurie [...]

Byline: Stephanie Ritenbaugh Jun. 27A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania congressmen on Tuesday introduced the Marc Fogel Act, a bill named for an Oakmont teacher who was sentenced to 14 years [...]

Byline: Petula Dvorak RICHMOND, Va. - Pure, unadulterated optimism walked through the halls of federal court in Richmond on Wednesday, 52 years old and in a slim-cut, dove-gray suit, with [...]

Byline: Keith L. Alexander and Omari Daniels A jury in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday convicted six men of a variety of crimes, including first-degree murder and conspiracy, in connection [...]

Byline: Tom Jackman WASHINGTON - An active-duty Marine who entered the Capitol with two of his colleagues from the Quantico Marine Corps Base on Jan. 6, 2021, and then spent [...]

Byline: Spencer S. Hsu U.S. prosecutors on Friday asked a federal judge to sentence Oath Keepers founder and leader Stewart Rhodes to 25 years in prison and eight of his [...]

Byline: Spencer S. Hsu, Rachel Weiner and Tom Jackman Former Proud Boys chairman Henry 'Enrique' Tarrio and three other members of the extremist group were found guilty Thursday of seditious [...]

Byline: Spencer S. Hsu, Rachel Weiner and Tom Jackman Former Proud Boys chairman Henry 'Enrique' Tarrio and three other members of the extremist group were found guilty Thursday of seditious [...]

The 'Teacher's Pet' story, involving the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Chris Dawson's wife in 1982 and his sexual relationship with one of his high school pupils, has gripped Australia [...]

Byline: Dan Morse To even the closest followers of Adnan Syed's case - one chronicled in the hit podcast 'Serial' - a decision this week by the Maryland Appellate Court [...]

Byline: Anant Gupta NEW DELHI - The expulsion of India's top opposition leader from parliament Friday has prompted a rare display of solidarity among a dozen of the country's opposition [...]

Byline: Jonathan Edwards Lady Gaga took to Twitter with a desperate plea on Feb. 26, 2021, less than 48 hours after robbers stole her two French bulldogs and shot the [...]

Byline: Rachel Weiner Four members of the far-right Oath Keepers group were convicted of seditious conspiracy Monday, joining founder Stewart Rhodes in being found guilty by a jury of plotting [...]

Byline: Tony LaRussa Jan. 18A Fawn man who was arrested in 2019 was sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison after being found guilty of repeatedly sexually assaulting two [...]

Mr. Lanez, a Canadian rapper, fired at the Houston hip-hop star after an argument in 2020. The matter became the subject of speculation and gossip on social media and in [...]

The men, who were convicted of aiding a plan to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, were given sentences that could put all three in prison for at least seven [...]

The defendants were found guilty of helping the perpetrator prepare for the assault in which he plowed a truck into a Bastille Day crowd, killing 86 people. A French court [...]