Court rules for California over Trump in sanctuary city case
A U.S. judge on Friday blocked the Trump Administration from placing conditions on public safety grants to further its crackdown on illegal immigration, and he ordered the grant money to be released to California “sanctuary cities.”
Kavanaugh on the U.S. Supreme Court: sparks or harmony?
When Clarence Thomas took a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1991, he had only barely survived a series of bitter Senate hearings on allegations of sexual harassment that divided the country.
Backing from senators puts Kavanaugh on track for U.S. Supreme Court
President Donald Trump’s nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, looked headed for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday after two crucial senators said that sexual misconduct accusations against the judge would not prevent them from voting to confirm h…
Chicago police officer guilty of murder in 2014 shooting of black teen
White Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder on Friday for the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald, touching off celebratory street demonstrations in a case that had laid bare tensions between the bla…
‘Jersey Shore’ star Sorrentino sentenced to eight months for tax evasion
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, star of the reality television show “The Jersey Shore,” was sentenced to eight months in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to tax evasion.
Factbox: Trials of U.S. police officers charged with killing black men
A Chicago jury on Friday found a white police officer guilty of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of a black teenager, making him the first law enforcement officer in decades to be convicted of murder while on duty in the third-largest U.S. cit…
Chicago police officer guilty of murder in 2014 shooting of black teen
White Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder on Friday for the 2014 shooting of black teen Laquan McDonald, a case that laid bare tensions between the black community and the police department in the third-larges…
Puerto Rico creditors end opposition to bank debt restructuring
Puerto Rico’s unsecured creditors will drop their opposition to a deal to restructure roughly $4 billion of debt issued by the U.S. commonwealth’s defunct Government Development Bank (GDB), under an agreement revealed on Friday.
Man who helped run online drug market pleads guilty to U.S. charge
An Irish national on Friday pleaded guilty to U.S. charges that he helped run the now-defunct Silk Road, an online black market where illegal drugs and other goods were bought and sold.
Republican Senator Collins says will vote to confirm Kavanaugh
Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Friday she will vote to confirm the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, strongly increasing his chances of confirmation.
