COURTS

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) An NBC affiliate in Boston triggered widespread condemnation after its controversial soft doxxing of the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. In a story written by self-described “investigative reporter” Ryan Kath, the juror’s criminal background and interviews with his family took center stage. Critics quickly slammed...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The lone holdout juror in the high-profile murder trial against Lindsay Clancy turned out to be a black man, a stunning revelation after the left spent days attacking the man for declining to join other jurors in finding her not criminally responsible by reason of insanity. The...

(Headline USA) A federal judge has ruled that a plan by the Trump administration to slash staffing at the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters by 50% was unlawful. The opinion issued late Friday marked a victory for labor groups who had sued the agency. The labor organization had...

(Headline USA) A former CIA official found with $40 million of gold bars in his home has reached a tentative plea agreement after being charged with theft for fraudulently inflating his salary, according to court records. A federal judge on Friday extended a deadline to formally indict defendant David J....

(Headline USA) A federal jury on Friday found rapper Lil Durk not guilty of the attempted killing for hire of rival rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station, a shooting that resulted in the death of Rondo’s cousin. The jury deliberated for three days before acquitting Lil Durk,...

(Headline USA) An Afghan woman who was accused of supporting an Islamic State-inspired plot in the United States and whose case was the first for an obscure and long-dormant court has been deported, the Justice Department said Friday. Nazira Haji Zada, 47, was arrested in July at her Fort Worth,...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A federal grand jury indicted a man whom authorities allege was behind a voting fraud scheme in the infamous Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The indictment, announced Thursday by the DOJ, alleges that James Brass, 47, paid homeless individuals in Skid Row to sign ballot...

(Headline USA) Lindsay Clancy shouldn’t be tried a second time for killing her three young children because prosecutors don’t have enough evidence, her lawyer told a judge Thursday, saying the court should decide she’s not guilty by reason of insanity. Eleven of 12 jurors were ready to clear Clancy of...

(Headline USA) The highest court in Massachusetts on Thursday issued a public reprimand against a district court judge who was accused of allowing an immigrant to escape U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The case dates back to 2018 when Judge Shelley Joseph was accused of colluding with the immigrant’s...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A 29-year-old Mexican national, Luis Carlos Davalos-Lopez, admitted guilt in an El Paso federal court to a charge of conspiring to smuggle migrants into the country, according to a Justice Department announcement released last Friday. Prosecutors say he teamed up with several accomplices to funnel...

(Headline USA) A lone juror blocked Lindsay Clancy from being acquitted, insisting he wouldn’t find her not guilty by reason of insanity despite saying during deliberations that he had reasonable doubt, the jury’s foreperson complained in a TV interview Tuesday. The interview with Boston’s NBC10 aired four days after a...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The BBC has released new footage of Saudi intelligence agent and alleged CIA asset Omar al-Bayoumi—who was closely linked to two of the 9/11 hijackers—associating with Al Qaeda recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki. The footage, which is being used as evidence in the long-running lawsuit from victims of 9/11,...