U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block Trump’s gun ‘bump stock’ ban
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request by gun rights activists to put on hold the Trump administration’s ban on “bump stock” attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to be fired rapidly, a rare recent instance of gun control at the …
N.Y. accuses opioid maker Purdue of illegal fund transfers to Sacklers
Purdue Pharma LP fraudulently transferred funds to members of the wealthy Sackler family who control the OxyContin maker despite knowing it faced major liabilities that had made it already insolvent, New York’s attorney general alleged on Thursday.
Man gets death sentence for rape, murder of 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl
A jury in suburban Philadelphia sentenced a man to death by lethal injection on Thursday for the rape, murder, and dismemberment of a 14-year-old girl who had lived with him and his girlfriend, the teenager’s adoptive mother, authorities said.
Admitted Russian agent Butina to be sentenced in U.S. on April 26
Maria Butina, who has admitted to working as a Russian agent to infiltrate an influential gun rights group and make inroads with U.S. conservative activists and Republicans, will be sentenced on April 26, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said on Thurs…
Pennsylvania jury orders death for rapist, killer of 14-year-old girl
A jury in suburban Philadelphia on Thursday ordered that Jacob Sullivan face death by lethal injection for the rape, murder, and dismemberment of a 14-year-old girl who had lived with him and his girlfriend as a foster child, authorities said.
Neo-Nazi gang members charged with murder, racketeering in Alaska
Six members of a neo-Nazi gang operating in and out of the Alaska prison system were charged with murder, kidnapping and racketeering crimes including drug trafficking, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Winning ticket sold in Wisconsin for U.S. Powerball $768 million lottery jackpot
A winning ticket was sold in Wisconsin for a $768 million Powerball lottery jackpot, the third largest in history, lottery officials said after the draw on Wednesday night.
Facebook charged with racial discrimination in targeted housing ads
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) charged Facebook Inc on Thursday with violating the Fair Housing Act, alleging that the company’s targeted advertising discriminated on the basis of race and color.
Trump calls Smollett case ’embarrassment,’ announces review
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the Department of Justice will “review” the case of actor Jussie Smollett, who was charged with staging a fake hate crime in Chicago before prosecutors abruptly dropped the case this week.
Member of ‘Texas 7’ set to be executed in policeman’s killing
The state of Texas on Thursday is scheduled to execute a member of the “Texas 7,” a group of inmates convicted of killing a police officer at a sporting goods store on Christmas Eve in 2000 after they escaped a maximum security prison days earlier.
