Dusky gopher frog suffers setback in U.S. Supreme Court ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to timber company Weyerhaeuser Co and other landowners seeking to limit the federal government’s power to designate private land as protected habitat for endangered species in a property rights case in…
Ex-Pennsylvania top prosecutor convicted of perjury may begin sentence soon
Prosecutors asked a judge on Tuesday to revoke bail for a former Pennsylvania attorney general after the state’s top court denied her final appeal, clearing the way for her to begin serving a jail sentence for perjury and other crimes.
Top Democratic lawmaker to probe hate crimes and surveillance of minorities
The presumed incoming Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said on Tuesday he plans to investigate the drastic spike in U.S. hate crimes and whether federal investigators have wrongfully targeted racial and ethnic minorities instead of …
Venezuela ex-treasurer who took $1 billion in bribes sentenced to 10 years
Venezuela’s former national treasurer, who received over $1 billion in bribes as part of illicit foreign currency operations, was sentenced by a U.S. judge on Tuesday to 10 years in prison, court records showed.
U.S. cable TV and Netflix offer a stockingful of Christmas films
Pour the eggnog, decorate the tree and turn on the TV.
U.S. high court revives timber company’s fight over frog habitat
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to timber company Weyerhaeuser Co in its bid to limit the federal government’s power to designate private land as protected habitat for endangered species in a property rights case involving a warty am…
Former Pennsylvania attorney general may soon begin jail sentence
Pennsylvania’s former top prosecutor Kathleen Kane could soon begin serving her jail sentence for perjury after the state’s Supreme Court denied her appeal, with prosecutors asking a judge on Tuesday to revoke bail.
‘Bridgegate’ convictions in New Jersey partially overturned
A federal appeals court on Tuesday partially overturned the convictions of two onetime associates of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for their roles in the “Bridgegate” lane-closing scandal that helped scuttle his presidential ambitions.
Manafort accused of lying to U.S. special counsel, blowing up plea deal
Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort breached his plea deal by lying to federal investigators, U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing, signaling a potential setback to the special counsel’s probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S…
Mexico calls for ‘full investigation’ of U.S. tear gas at border
Mexico’s foreign ministry presented a diplomatic note to the U.S. government on Monday calling for “a full investigation” into what it described as non-lethal weapons directed toward Mexican territory on Sunday, a statement from the ministry said.
