U.S. justices wrestle with Oklahoma tribal sovereignty dispute
U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared cautious on Tuesday about potentially broad consequences in a death penalty case in which they are being asked to declare huge swathes of the state of Oklahoma as officially part of a Native American reservation.
Ex-Trump campaign head Manafort denies ever meeting with Wikileaks’ Assange
President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, staunchly denied ever meeting with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday, after the Guardian newspaper published a story alleging the two met at least three times, including once in…
U.S. Navy says incident at Walter Reed hospital was a drill, no shooter
Reports of a possible active shooter at the Walter Reed military hospital outside Washington on Tuesday afternoon proved false, with the U.S. Navy confirming that the incident was a drill.
U.S. voting rights trampled in Georgia governor’s race: lawsuit
Advocates for Democrat Stacey Abrams filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday alleging far-reaching U.S. voting rights violations during the Georgia governor’s contest she lost this month to a Republican who ran the election as secretary of state.
Chicago policemen conspired to shield officer convicted of murder -prosecutor
Three Chicago policemen conspired to protect a fellow officer after he fatally shot a black teenager in 2014, a prosecutor said on Tuesday, even though there was a video of the shooting that helped to convict former officer Jason Van Dyke.
Maryland police called about active shooter at Walter Reed hospital
Montgomery County police in Maryland confirmed on Tuesday they were called to assist with a report of an active shooter at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
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.
