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(Headline USA)  Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate must remain in custody as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where the brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking, a federal judge in Miami ruled Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Lauren Louis denied a defense motion for release, meaning the...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) New court filings appear to paint a very different picture of convicted killer Karmelo Anthony than the one his supporters and defense attorneys have presented, with new alleged racist, homophobic and gun-related images and messages emerging. The documents, reported by the Daily Mail on Monday, were part...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court in December will hear arguments in cases on semi-automatic gun bans in Illinois and Connecticut, immigration detention centers, voting rights in Arizona and parental rights related to transgender children in Washington state. Justices on the high court released the December argument...

(Headline USA) The Justice Department is demanding testimony before a Florida grand jury in an investigation aiming to establish an intelligence community conspiracy against President Donald Trump, according to The Associated Press. New subpoenas being issued to former government officials represent an escalation in the year-long investigation as the Justice Department...

(Headline USA) Huawei Technologies, a leading Chinese tech company, faces a criminal racketeering trial in New York over charges that it stole technology, plotted to steal U.S. trade secrets and committed wire and bank fraud, among other crimes. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday. The indictment alleges that, besides stealing trade...

(Headline USA) Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was scheduled to appear in court remotely Tuesday for a hearing on a claim that an accuser wants to recant allegations that Sandusky sexually abused him years ago. The hearing is part of the latest bid by Sandusky’s lawyers to secure...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On the day before the 2024 presidential election, the Justice Department announced that it foiled a right-wing terrorist plot. Former Attorney General Merrick Garland said at the time that the defendant, Skyler Philippi, was planning to destroy a Tennessee energy facility. “But the FBI had already...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In April 2025, the Justice Department announced the indictment of a 25-year-old man who had elicited sexually explicit videos from a 16-year-old girl. However, lawyers for the defendant, Aniruth Kuppusamy, said last month that the FBI violated their client’s Fourth Amendment rights. Now, those lawyers want...

(Headline USA) The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court to allow new restrictions on mail ballots in time for the midterms. The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani extended an order against the Postal Service enforcing President Donald Trump’s executive order for the...

(Headline USA) Just days before two teenagers carried out a mass shooting at a San Diego mosque, federal law enforcement officials warned the parents of one of the shooters that their son was making concerning comments about school shootings on the dark web, according to new details included in a...

(Headline USA) Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema can be sued under North Carolina's homewrecker law over her relationship with a member of her security detail, a judge ruled Friday. Sinema has acknowledged having a romantic relationship with Matthew Ammel but argued that she can't be sued in North Carolina because she...

(Headline USA) The closely watched case of the Massachusetts mother who killed her three young children was on the verge of being declared a mistrial Friday — but there was still one more dramatic moment to come. After weeks of grueling testimony, the jury could not get beyond an impasse...