Financier Jeffrey Epstein to remain jailed until sex trafficking trial
American financier Jeffrey Epstein will remain behind bars while he awaits trial on charges of sex trafficking dozens of underage girls, a U.S. judge ruled on Thursday.
Justice Department may sue to block Sprint, T-Mobile merger: CNBC
The U.S. Justice Department would sue to block the merger of T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp if the parties do not settle next week, CNBC reported on Thursday, citing sources.
Documents on Trump ex-lawyer’s porn star hush payment released
Hundreds of pages of documents regarding hush-money payments by Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to a porn star and a Playboy model who said they had sexual encounters with the president were made public on Thursday, offering a windo…
Bullet-riddled U.S. flag that survived D-Day coming home 75 years later
Shot through by German machine gun bullets and tattered by the wind, an American flag that flew on the first U.S. invading ship on D-Day is being returned home on Thursday in a White House ceremony.
‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli to stay behind bars, loses appeal of conviction
A federal appeals court upheld the conviction and seven-year prison term of Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical executive known as “Pharma Bro,” for defrauding investors in his hedge funds and conspiring to manipulate the stock of Retrophin Inc, a biote…
Documents on Trump ex-lawyer’s porn star hush payment to be released
Documents regarding hush-money payments by Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to a porn star and a Playboy model who said they had sexual encounters with the president are set to be made public on Thursday, offering a window into a pro…
Judge to decide whether Jeffrey Epstein will remain behind bars on sex trafficking charges
A U.S. judge is expected to decide on Thursday whether American financier Jeffrey Epstein will remain jailed while he awaits trial on charges of sex trafficking dozens of underage girls or be released to his Manhattan mansion under house arrest.
Illinois jury to decide death or life in prison for man convicted of beheading Chinese student
An Illinois jury of five women and seven men will continue deliberations on Thursday to decide if a man convicted of abducting and beheading a Chinese scholar will face a death sentence or spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Hawaiian protesters seek to block telescope project but state vows to proceed
Protesters led by a group of native Hawaiian elders delayed the start of construction on Wednesday for a giant new telescope atop Hawaii’s tallest mountain, but state officials began making arrests and vowed the project would ultimately proceed.
Ohio Senate passes bill to save state’s two nuclear power plants
The Ohio Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that will create financial subsidies to stop the state’s two nuclear power reactors from retiring early, according to market analysts tracking the legislation.
