The jury in the federal corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and two of his business associates, Fred Daibes and Wael Hana, found Menendez guilty on all charges after a grueling nine-week complex trial in Manhattan. Menendez pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he accepted an array of bribes in exchange for helping...
Stories of squatters living on property unlawfully have been told around the United States. Homeowners often lose hundreds of thousands of dollars repairing damage left behind by squatters and from lengthy court battles to have them removed from a property. Homeowners can learn from other squatting situations to protect themselves against a similar occurrence. HANDYMAN...
One California school district president said the state recently passing legislation to tighten the requirements for $2 billion remaining in education funds to address learning loss is a reminder how the state failed students during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The recent settlement in which California agreed to spend $2 billion to help children most impacted by...
A former New York City police officer was found guilty of assault for punching a man in the face six times and breaking his nose while the officer and his partner were on patrol. Former officer Juan Perez was convicted on Thursday of assaulting Borim Husenaj while on duty Nov. 10, 2021. “Today a judge...
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that an 1868 ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, in his ruling on Wednesday, sided with the Hobby Distillers Association’s lawyers that the 156-year-old ban exceeded Congress’s taxing power and violated the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause. The Hobby Distillers Association is a group...
In much of the United States, the procedure for evicting a squatter from your property requires filing a lawsuit and going to court. Jerron Kelley, partner at Kelley & Grant P.A. in Boca Raton, Florida, told Fox News Digital in a phone interview that landlord-tenant attorneys are the best to contact in squatter cases, as...
An Arizona judge on Tuesday dismissed the case against rancher George Alan Kelly, who was charged with murder after being accused of shooting a Mexican national on his border property. Kelly, 75, was accused of killing Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, 48, on his 170-acre cattle ranch near Keno Springs outside Nogales, Arizona, on Jan. 30, 2023. Santa...
FIRST ON FOX: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is suing the Biden administration over its new “radical mandate” that requires health care providers to perform transgender surgical procedures – including on children – while forcing states to pay for them. “Joe Biden is once again exceeding his legal authority in order to force his radical...
A Tennessee judge on July 4 denied the release of the Covenant School shooter‘s writings, stating that doing so might present a security risk to the Nashville private school. The ruling came in response to Brewer, et al. vs. Metropolitan Government of Nashville, et al., in which several parties, including the National Police Association and...
After the Supreme Court ruled presidents enjoy broad immunity in official acts, President Biden gave a speech lambasting the high court in a manner many observers considered unprecedented. On Monday, Biden declared “I dissent” during an evening address responding to the court’s 6-3 decision favoring Trump and pro-immunity arguments. “This nation was founded on the...
