Hot Pockets heiress gets 5 months in prison for U.S. college admissions scam
A California woman whose family’s company created the microwavable snack Hot Pockets was sentenced on Tuesday to five months in prison for paying $300,000 to help her daughters gain an illicit edge in the college admissions process through cheating and…
Judge seems skeptical toward giving Trump adviser Stone a new trial
A U.S. judge on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward a bid by Roger Stone’s lawyers to win a new trial for President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser based on the jury forewoman’s alleged bias, even as Trump assailed the juror again on Twitter during the …
U.S. braces for coronavirus spread as outbreaks worsen in Italy, Iran
The United States told Americans on Tuesday to begin preparing for coronavirus to spread within the country as outbreaks in Iran, South Korea and Italy escalated and fears that the epidemic would hurt global growth rattled markets.
Three U.S. Senate Democrats propose sweeping reforms after Boeing 737 MAX crashes
Three Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced sweeping legislation to reform how new airplanes are certified and overseen by U.S. regulators after two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people.
Republicans look to drop domestic spying on U.S. phones, texts
U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administration’s request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance program that collects data on U.S. phone calls and text messages.
‘You messed with the wrong women,’ say Weinstein accusers, turning sights to LA
Some of the more than 80 women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct said on Tuesday they are looking to the disgraced producer’s trial in Los Angeles to build on what they called a seismic shift in attitudes signaled by his conviction…
U.S. Supreme Court bars lawsuit over cross-border shooting of Mexican teen
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday barred a lawsuit against a Border Patrol agent for fatally shooting a 15-year-old Mexican boy on Mexican soil from across the border in Texas, refusing to open the door for foreign nationals to pursue civil rights case…
Upbeat Harvey Weinstein at Manhattan hospital, a day after sex crimes conviction
Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was in good spirits on Tuesday, as he accepted visitors while under police guard at a Manhattan hospital, his lawyer said, despite having been convicted a day earlier of sexual assault and rape.
Juror identities must be protected in Stone trial, U.S. judge says
A U.S. judge on Tuesday warned lawyers representing President Donald Trump’s longtime friend Roger Stone to protect the privacy of the jurors who found him guilty ahead of a hearing in which the defense was seeking a new trial.
Tesla and U.S. regulators strongly criticized over role of Autopilot in crash
The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday sharply criticized Tesla Inc.’s lack of system safeguards in a fatal 2018 Autopilot crash in California and called U.S. regulators’ approach in overseeing the driver assistance systems “misguided.”
