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(Headline USA) Conservative activists James O'Keefe and Cam Higby were charged Wednesday with unlawful voting and identity theft after a they captured video footage of what they say are vulnerabilities in the state's voting laws. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced the felony charges at a news conference. She said O'Keefe,...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Candace Owens has secured a procedural victory in her legal battle with Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron, but the dispute over her false claims about France’s first lady is far from finished.  A Delaware judge dismissed the claims against Owens personally while allowing the case against her...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson may have breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday after a Washington, DC, grand jury reportedly declined to return an indictment in connection with alleged false statements she made to Congress. The DOJ had sought to secure an indictment against Hutchinson,...

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) Federal authorities have charged six individuals in Maine with allegedly defrauding the federal government by submitting false claims for home care services they didn't provide.  The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maine announced Tuesday that a federal grand jury indicted six individuals and...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In December 2024, the Justice Department announced the arrest of a teenage Egyptian national named Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, who allegedly sent bomb-making instructions to an FBI informant, and who allegedly told the informant to attack the Consulate General of Israel in New York City. However, in...

(Headline USA) DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, exactly 52 years after her body was discovered in the woods by a hunter. Bundy has been dead since 1989, but the tally of his confirmed victims continues to grow due to...

(Headline USA) A New York woman whose father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter was convicted Tuesday of receiving weapons training from the militant group. Prosecutors said Halima Salman, a U.S. citizen, pledged loyalty to the extremist group and willingly...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Two men were indicted earlier this month over a bizarre scheme to present themselves as CIA agents while conducting a series of secret “assignments” that were, in fact, illegal. According to a recently unsealed Oct. 7 indictment, one of the defendants, Canadian national Lakotah Salvini aka...

(Headline USA) The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 parishioners who said they were sexually abused by clergy have agreed to an $800 million settlement of their legal claims, the second-largest involving a Catholic archdiocese in the U.S. Archbishop Ronald Hicks sent an email Saturday to clergy confirming...

(Headline USA) Defense attorneys for the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk are suggesting a 2029 trial date because they say it could take them that long to prepare their case. Attorneys for Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, said Thursday that the defense's proposed schedule was “absurd” and defendant...

(Headline USA) A New York woman accused of receiving weapons training from the Islamic State group was tricked by her father into traveling to Syria, where she became an unwilling teen bride to a militant fighter, her lawyer told a jury Thursday. Halima Salman, a U.S. citizen born in Brooklyn,...

(Headline USA) A Mexican-born judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote. U.S. District Court Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin in Oakland found the government's effort is relying on data that is allegedly full of errors and that it's...