Jury selection begins in U.S. trial of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’
The trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on drug trafficking and conspiracy charges, which is expected to last four months, began Monday with the selection of jurors in Brooklyn federal court.
Alaska’s moose-hunting hovercraft pilot returns to U.S. top court
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday for a second time wrestled with an Alaska moose hunter’s claim that the federal government overstepped its authority in banning hovercraft on National Park Service land in the northernmost U.S. state.
Exclusive: Pentagon balked at U.S. border troops building detention facilities – officials
The Trump administration discussed using the U.S. military to build facilities to house detained migrants as part of its new mission on the Mexican border but the idea was dropped after the Pentagon expressed doubts about it, U.S. officials said.
Ex-Wall Street banker’s insider trading conviction overturned
A divided federal appeals court on Monday overturned the insider trading conviction of a former Wall Street investment banker accused of passing tips about five mergers in the healthcare industry to his father, and ordered a new trial.
‘Not how I raised him,’ mother of U.S. mail-bomb suspect writes
The mother of the Florida man accused of mailing 15 pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and other critics of U.S. President Donald Trump said her son had long suffered from mental illness in a letter sent to ABC News, the network reported over the weeken…
U.S. Supreme Court ends fight over Obama-era net neutrality rules
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused a request by the Trump administration and the telecommunications industry to wipe away a lower court decision that had upheld Obama-era net neutrality rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, though the…
Accused Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ faces U.S. trial
The trial of extradited Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is set to begin on Monday in federal court in Brooklyn, where he is facing drug trafficking and conspiracy charges.
Gab.com back up after week offline following Pittsburgh shooting
Gab.com, the website where suspected Pittsburgh synagogue gunman Robert Bowers posted anti-Semitic views, said it was back up on Sunday evening after being offline for a week while it looked for another registrar to host its domain name.
Cochlear ordered to pay $268 million in U.S. patents lawsuit, plans to appeal
Australia’s Cochlear Ltd said on Monday a U.S. district court has awarded $268.1 million in damages against the company in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by the Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research and Advanced Bionics LLC.
Trump, Obama tout clashing visions of U.S. as elections near
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Barack Obama made dueling election appearances on Sunday, offering sharply different views on the country’s problems but agreeing on the high stakes for voters in the final 48 hours of a tight campaign.
