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(Headline USA) Federal law banning licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults under age 21 is unconstitutional and can't be enforced, the Justice Department said in a legal opinion released Friday. The opinion from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel says the law aimed at making it harder...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A federal grand jury in Texas returned an indictment against a woman accused of threatening to kill the grieving father of late high school track star Austin Metcalf just three months after the trial of Karmelo Anthony. The woman, Sharifa Nicole Henderson, was indicted on Sept. 9...

(Headline USA)  The lone juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy of murder for killing her three children said he was certain of her guilt, but that other jurors wouldn't listen to him, according to a statement released by his lawyer Friday in his first public comments on the...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square)  Suspended U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro appeared in both state and federal courts this week in Minnesota for initial hearings. On Friday, Castro pleaded not guilty in a hearing before the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on six federal charges of...

(Headline USA)  A Florida woman who was paid $750,000 by a fund for people sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein has pleaded guilty to falsifying records she used in her application for the money. Jennifer Percival, a scholar who has written books on autism, entered the plea in federal court in...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Two brothers who were falsely accused of being involved in the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are suing the FBI for manufacturing the case against them. The brothers, Michael and William Null, were found not guilty in September 2023 of aiding the 2020...

(Headline USA) An Islamic State group member was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American military’s chaotic...

(Headline USA)  A federal judge referred the Soros-backed Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday for investigation into whether he broke the law while overseeing a post-conviction case. U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond disqualified Krasner and Assistant DA Matthew Stiegler from participating in...

(Headline USA) Charlie Kirk’s family blamed Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activist’s assassination at a state university, in a wrongful death notice announced Wednesday that presages a possible lawsuit. Attorneys for the family said Kirk's death resulted from a string of “reckless decisions” by officials at Utah Valley...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A former Muleshoe High School teacher could spend 10 years to life in federal prison after a grand jury charged her with enticing a minor, according to Texas Scorecard. Allegra Fey Mora, 28, remains presumed innocent unless prosecutors prove the allegation beyond a reasonable doubt. The...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department is concealing information about Southern Poverty Law Center informants who may have also worked for the FBI, according to a recently filed status report filed by the DOJ and the SPLC. The joint status report was filed Friday in the DOJ’s case against...

(Headline USA)  Former CIA Director John Brennan has been subpoenaed to testify before a Florida grand jury in a Justice Department investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against President Donald Trump, and is the target of a separate inquiry into whether he made false statements...