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Jury selection begins in Russell Brand’s trial
Russell Brand faces trial on seven sexual assault charges after jury selection starts in London.
Straight Arrow · 1m
Lawyer groups target journalist for court criticism
Lawyer associations accuse National Post journalist of attacking judges.
Nationalpost · 1m
CBP officer denies rapes in federal trial
Luis Uribe took the stand as jurors heard his denial, prosecutors' accusations, and his own account of paid sex encounters.
Chicago Sun-Times · 2m
A 60-year sentence in the Loop killing
Tony Robinson received the maximum prison term for killing visiting doctoral student Anat Kimchi in downtown Chicago.
Chicago Sun-Times · 3m
Arizona parents charged after boy dies in vehicle
A 5-year-old was found unresponsive in a family vehicle hours after a baptism, and his parents now face felony charges.
Valleynewslive · 1m
The fake filmmaker who sued six torrent trackers
A copyright suit against PassThePopcorn collapsed after the real filmmaker said he had never heard of the guy using his name.
Ars Technica · 1m
Fargo man gets 10 years first in assault case
A Fargo sexual assault case ended with prison time, probation, treatment, and several dismissed charges under a plea deal.
Valleynewslive · 1m
Padilla Stout's parental-rights appeal
A congressional candidate's court work is drawing attention after an abuse-linked parental-rights case.
Dallas Express · 1m
Steven Tyler case loses judge before trial
A judge stepped aside from Julia Misley’s lawsuit against Steven Tyler days before trial, delaying a closely watched case.
Rolling Stone · 1m
Trump’s mail voting loss is not the whole story
The Supreme Court blocked Trump’s mail voting rules, but Vox says other midterm fights are still moving.
Vox · 1m
Kennedy Center board votes to close amid Trump name fight
Hours after a judge blocked another bid to put Trump's name on the venue, his hand-picked board voted to shut it down.
The Banner · 1m
Why the Kennedy Center is going dark for two years
A falling ceiling, a lost naming fight and bankruptcy warnings pushed trustees to shut the main building until 2028.
TIME · 4m
Kennedy Center board votes to shut the doors
Trump's appointees voted to close the arts center while a court fight over his name on the building is still going.
Business Insider · 1m
Trump's board just shut the Kennedy Center
Hours after a judge blocked the renaming, trustees voted to close the Kennedy Center outright, and the president reportedly screamed at a congresswoman on the call.
Dailymail · 3m
Missing teen found in ex-teacher's home after 263 days
An Ohio girl vanished in December 2025 and turned up alive in a fired teacher's house nine months later, police say.
Valleynewslive · 1m
Trump's board shuts the Kennedy Center
A board chaired by the president voted to close the Kennedy Center the same day a judge blocked his name from the building.
CBS News · 1m
Kennedy Center Goes Dark
Hours after a judge blocked Trump's name from the building, the board voted to close it immediately.
Variety · 1m
Kennedy Center board votes to shut down
A judge blocked Trump's name from the facade, and hours later the board voted to close the doors.
New York Post · 1m
Kennedy Center shuts its main hall
The board pulled the plug on the Kennedy Center's main building hours after a judge blocked Trump naming plans.
Fox News · 1m
The Kennedy Center board votes to shut the doors
A ceiling falls, a name comes down, and the nation's memorial to JFK is headed for a two-year blackout.
ABC News · 2m
A 20-year secret ends in 60 guilty pleas
A man in his 60s admitted drugging and raping his wife across two decades, with 21 rape counts among 60 offences.
the Guardian · 1m
A Hit Man, a Custody Fight, and an FBI Sting
Prosecutors say a TikTok influencer, her lawyer father, and her ex tried to buy a singer's death on the dark web.
Rolling Stone · 2m
Photo at a buffet, and a deal offered in court
A sex worker told a Chicago jury she was sent to photograph a CBP officer and offer him free sex to leave her group alone.
Chicago Sun-Times · 3m
Kennedy Center says: Trump's name or bankruptcy
The board says the arts center runs out of money in weeks unless Trump's name goes on the marble facade.
ABC News · 2m
No jail for the driver who killed Jordan Sachs
A Towson student ran a light and killed a man and his dog in a crosswalk. A judge sent her home, not to jail.
The Banner · 1m
Plano teacher out on bond after child abuse charges
A second-grade teacher charged with abusing his students is free on bond, and the fallout has reached his principal and the district.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth · 1m
Three girls, two police reports, one arrest too late
A Singapore court jailed a 20-year-old for offences against three teenage girls, two of which police already knew about.
Malay Mail · 1m
Yella Beezy's murder trial hits pause
A Dallas rapper's capital murder trial stalls weeks after the alleged hitman was convicted.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth · 1m
A doctor's slides solved two 1980s rapes
Two Cockeysville attacks, four years apart to the day, went unsolved for decades until preserved evidence named a suspect.
The Banner · 1m
Ex-minister faces court over Tabung Haji
A former religious affairs minister is set to answer three charges tied to the pilgrim fund inquiry.
Malay Mail · 1m
The holdout juror had a domestic violence charge
A 911 call from a 13-year-old in 2021 has resurfaced around the one juror who blocked a verdict for Lindsay Clancy.
CBS News · 1m
A lawyer let ChatGPT invent witnesses
A New Mexico defense attorney filed a murder appeal brief full of testimony from people who never existed.
Pymnts · 1m
The voters who were never citizens
Alaska charged 11 people with faking citizenship to vote. A court ruling just collapsed the whole case.
Fortune · 1m
Yella Beezy goes on trial for MO3's killing
Five years after a rapper was gunned down on I-35, the man accused of ordering it faces a Dallas jury.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth · 1m
A cage in an 11-year-old's bedroom
A West Virginia boy told deputies he was locked in a homemade box for hours and paddled until the bruises stacked up.
Valleynewslive · 1m
Palm Desert woman charged in flagpole killing
A 65-year-old is accused of beating her husband to death, after a year of domestic violence cases stacked up against her.
Valleynewslive · 1m
DOJ charged 102 protesters with felony assault and won almost nothing
Federal prosecutors swung hard at protesters in four cities, then lost every case that reached a jury.
Chicago Sun-Times · 3m
The plan to cut FEMA in half was illegal
A federal judge found DHS seized control of FEMA's staffing and tried to halve the disaster agency without Congress.
Newsweek · 1m
Two Baltimore parents jailed after infant daughter's death
A 2-month-old died of skull fractures, and her parents blamed Satan, a toddler, and a fall from a bed.
Valleynewslive · 1m
Five arrested in death of 5-year-old Aniyah Williams
A South Carolina girl died in August, and a month later five people were charged in her death.
Valleynewslive · 1m
A jury note, a holdout, and a live TV gasp
The lone juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy turned out to be someone Gayle King did not expect.
Fox News · 1m
Lil Durk acquitted in murder-for-hire case
A jury cleared the Chicago rapper of plotting a revenge killing, but he is still in custody with another trial weeks away.
BBC News · 1m · 7 views
The crew that stole $230,000 in dimes
A Philadelphia ring cut locks on parked trucks for seven months, hauling off crab legs, electronics and a literal fortune in coins.
PhillyVoice · 1m
He spent $369,000 on her. The court said it was a gift
A Singapore CEO sued his ex to get back half a million dollars in presents, and the judge read him the receipts he never kept.
BBC News · 1m
A lawyer fed ChatGPT a murder appeal, and it invented witnesses
New Mexico's Supreme Court fined a defense lawyer $5,000 after his AI-written brief cited witnesses who never existed.
The Verge · 1m
He swore he had 34 cents. He had millions.
A Virginia jury convicted Jihoon Park of raiding his neighbors' retirement savings, then lying to a bankruptcy judge to keep it.
Yahoo Finance · 1m
Baltimore parents charged after infant daughter's death
A 2-month-old arrived at a Baltimore hospital dead with trauma to her body, and her parents were in custody within hours.
The Banner · 1m
Rosedale father gets life plus 185 years
A Baltimore County judge handed down life plus 185 years to a father who shot his three children's household on Christmas Eve.
The Banner · 1m
LinkedIn wins the BrowserGate lawsuits
A judge tossed two class actions over LinkedIn scanning browser extensions, and the reason was standing, not surveillance.
Ars Technica · 2m · 5 views
Chaos in Miami immigration court
A new courtroom scheduling tactic triggers unprecedented lines and administrative upheaval in South Florida.
NPR · 1m