Former President Trump has had a number of legal victories in recent weeks, putting a pause on a majority of cases that could have complicated his campaigning during the general election season. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. United States that a former president has substantialimmunity from prosecutionfor official acts in...
A New York judge on Monday decided not to assign an outside monitor to oversee the National Rifle Association (NRA), but banned Wayne LaPierre, the former CEO of the gun rights group, from employment with the organization for ten years. The split decision from Judge Joel Cohen came on the final day of arguments in...
Former “Jeopardy!” contestant Winston Nguyen has been arrested and charged with soliciting sexually explicit images of children. According to a press release from Brooklyn’s District Attorney’s Office, the former math teacher at St. Ann’s School in Brooklyn, New York, was charged on Thursday with use of a child in sexual performance, promoting a sexual performance...
Former Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs was convicted on two counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty. Tuscaloosa County District Judge Joanne Jannik sentenced Buggs to a year of hard labor last week, ordering him to serve 60 days. The rest would be suspended for two years “pending the behavior of the defendant.” Buggs is...
Once the 2024-25 NBA season ends, TNT will no longer hold the broadcasting rights to NBA games. Earlier this week, the league rejected TNT’s offer to match Amazon’s bid. But less than 48 hours after the announcement, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), TNT’s parent company, decided to pursue legal action against the league. The company filed...
Priscilla Presley’s lawyer defended filing a lawsuit against the actress’ former business associates. Elvis Presley’s ex-wife accused four ex-business associates of “meticulously planned” financial abuse, claiming she had been duped out of $1 million by the individuals. “Contrary to the false statement that Priscilla’s lawsuit against Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko was ‘retaliatory,’ the fact...
FIRST ON FOX: Two Republican attorneys general are reporting that Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona violated the Hatch Act in connection to recent comments about President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plans. Attorneys General Austin Knudsen of Montana and Kris Kobach of Kansas wrote to the Hatch Act unit special counsel on Wednesday to inform the...
A court filing made last week in New York alleged that the man charged with trying to murder Salman Rushdie may have had ties to Hezbollah and provided them with “material support.” “Between in and about September 2020… the defendant, HADI MATAR, a citizen of the United States, knowingly did attempt to provide material support...
While the prosecution in Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” trial appeared to begin with a strong case, at least two jurors revealed they already had doubts about the actor’s guilt before the charge was dismissed on July 12. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter charge with prejudice following two days of trial testimony from experts...
A Missouri woman who spent 43 years in prison after incriminating herself in a 1980 murder while she was a psychiatric patient has been freed from prison despite attempts in the last month by Missouri’s attorney general to keep her behind bars. Sandra Hemme, 64, was the longest held wrongly incarcerated woman known in the...
