Tag: Courts
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Harvard Business School graduate arrested on charges he cheated fellow alums out of over $4 million
Federal authorities have arrested a Harvard Business School graduate on charges that he swindled fellow alumni of the prestigious school out of more than $4 million
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Senate confirms 48 of Trump’s nominees at once after changing the chamber’s rules
The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees
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Texas man arrested for allegedly threatening NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
NEW YORK — A Texas man has been arrested for leaving multiple expletive-laden threats via voicemail and email to kill New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, authorities said Thursday. Jeremy Fistel, 43, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Supreme Court on charges of threatening Mamdani in three expletive-laden calls in June and July and via…
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Trump asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Fed board
President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors
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Lawsuit targets militant groups as complicit in deaths of US citizens in Hamas attack
Lawyers for U.S. victims of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel are suing various groups that have been designated by the government as terrorist organizations
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Boulder prosecutors to re-try man accused of murder; case part of CBI DNA scandal
Michael Clark, the man accused of a 31-year-old Boulder murder case but freed from prison on bail in April when his original conviction was set aside, will be tried for second time, a Boulder County prosecutor announced on Thursday. The decision comes after months of speculation on whether Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty, who…
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Florida open carry gun ruling sparks questions, celebration and alarm
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — For nearly 40 years, Florida has had a ban on the open carry of firearms that was signed into law by a Republican governor and defended by a Republican-controlled Legislature against the efforts of gun rights advocates and, more recently, Gov. Ron DeSantis. But last Wednesday, a state appeals court struck down…
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Bolsonaro conviction breaks Brazil’s record of handing impunity to coup plotters and may protect its democracy from military interference
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rafael R. Ioris, University of Denver (THE CONVERSATION) Brazil has a long and tragic history of military intervention in politics. Too often, the country’s armed forces have made themselves arbiters of what the country’s government could or could not…
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US deportees sue the Ghanaian authorities as competing claims swirl about their location
At least 11 of the 14 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Ghana are still being held there, according to the deportees and their lawyers
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Stanford pro-Palestine activists plead not guilty in felony vandalism case
Defendants charged in the felony vandalism case stemming from a June 2024 pro-Palestinian protest at Stanford University pleaded not guilty Wednesday to all charges at the Santa Clara County Superior Court in Palo Alto. The 12 defendants — mostly current and former Stanford students and alumni — were arraigned last May and are accused of…