Lawyer in $550 million U.S. disability fraud sentenced to more prison
A disbarred Kentucky lawyer who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a record $550 million disability fraud scheme on Friday was ordered to serve an additional 15 years after he fled to Honduras to avoid incarceration.
Lawsuit by ex-University of Michigan student accused of sexual assault is revived
The University of Michigan must face a former male student’s claims that it wrongly refused to let him cross-examine a female student who accused him of sexual misconduct, as well as other adverse witnesses, at a disciplinary proceeding.
U.S. man to admit to sending threatening letters to Trump’s sons
A Massachusetts man has agreed to plead guilty to charges he mailed threatening letters containing a suspicious powder to several prominent people, including U.S. President Donald Trump’s sons, federal prosecutors in Boston said on Friday.
Obama accuses Trump and Republicans of ‘abuses of power,’ urges Democrats to vote
Former U.S. President Barack Obama assailed President Donald Trump and Republicans on Friday, urging Democrats to deliver a vital check on their “abuses of power” and restore a sense of sanity to politics by voting in November’s elections.
Homeless vet to get all cash raised by New Jersey couple: GoFundMe
A homeless veteran who spent his last $20 to help a stranded New Jersey woman will receive the more than $400,000 which she and her boyfriend raised for him, online fundraiser GoFundMe and his lawyer said, after the couple was accused of spending most …
Obama blasts Trump and Republicans, urges Democrats to vote
Former U.S. President Barack Obama waded into the political fray on Friday, launching a blistering critique of President Donald Trump and Republicans and urging Democrats to vote in November’s elections to restore “honesty and decency and lawfulness” t…
Report: Former Cowboys RB Randle held on suspicion of rape
Former Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle is being held without bond on a suspicion of rape in Wichita, Kan., according to multiple outlets that cited jail records.
Dallas officer kills man in apartment she thought was hers: police
A Dallas police officer arrived in full uniform on Thursday night at an apartment she thought was hers, entered it, and shot and killed a man who lived there, police said, citing the officer’s account of what happened.
Obama to urge Democrats to vote, citing ‘perilous’ time for U.S.
Former U.S. President Barack Obama will jump back into the political fray on Friday, telling Democratic voters the stakes are too high to sit out November’s elections, when the party is seeking to wrest control of Congress from President Donald Trump’s…
Rapper Post Malone in California crash weeks after air incident
Rapper Post Malone was involved in a minor crash early on Friday in California, police said, just weeks after he was on a private jet that was forced to make an emergency landing at a New York airport after two of its tires blew out during takeoff.
