Maryland top court upholds ‘Serial’ murder conviction
Maryland’s highest court on Friday reinstated the 1999 murder conviction of a Baltimore man who became the subject of national attention when the popular “Serial” podcast spotlighted new evidence in his case.
Don’t expect details from Mueller probe: senior U.S. Republican
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is unlikely to grant Democrats in Congress access to underlying evidence from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, a top congressional Republican said on Frida…
Illinois shooting victim sues state police over gun buy: report
A man who was wounded in a shooting at an Illinois warehouse last month has sued the state police for wrongly allowing the shooter to buy the handgun he used to kill five co-workers and injure others, local media said.
Ex-NY official convicted in multimillion-dollar bribe case: prosecutors
A former top elected official on New York’s Long Island was convicted on Friday of taking bribes to help a local businessman obtain millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded loans, federal prosecutors announced.
Trump sees ‘unbelievable’ tornado damage in Alabama visit
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday visited communities in eastern Alabama devastated by tornadoes that tore through homes and businesses, killing 23 people.
Trump visits Alabama communities devastated by tornadoes
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday visited communities in eastern Alabama devastated by tornadoes that tore through homes and businesses, killing 23 people.
World champion U.S. women’s soccer players sue federation for gender discrimination
The U.S. women’s national soccer team sued the U.S. Soccer Federation on Friday with allegations of gender discrimination just three months before they open their World Cup title defense in France.
Wisconsin man jailed for kidnap-murder confesses in letter -report
A Wisconsin man charged with kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents has confessed to his crimes in a letter written from jail, saying “I can’t believe I did this,” a local TV news station reported on Friday.
U.S. calls ‘OneCoin’ huge pyramid scheme, charges leaders
U.S. authorities on Friday announced criminal charges against the alleged leaders of an multibillion-dollar pyramid scheme involving the sale of a fraudulent cryptocurrency, OneCoin.
Ex-Army intelligence analyst Manning jailed for defying grand jury subpoena
Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning was taken to jail on Friday after a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, held her in contempt for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury, representatives for Manning and the U.S. Justice …
