Tag: Legal proceedings
Ghislaine Maxwell makes third attempt at bail on sex charges
NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite awaiting trial on charges that she recruited teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, says...
Germany: 1st verdict expected in Syria torture trial
<p>BERLIN — Human rights campaigners and torture survivors are closely watching a verdict expected from a German court Wednesday in the trial of a...
Israeli court delays Netanyahu corruption trial until April
<p>JERUSALEM — The Jerusalem court overseeing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial has delayed the opening of the dramatic evidentiary stage until after March...
Florida man indicted, accused of trying to join terror group
<p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A former Florida resident accused of traveling to Turkey and attempting to join the Islamic State group was indicted Tuesday on...
‘We lied’: NY prosecutors face heat in botched sanction case
<p>MIAMI — Federal prosecutors in New York acknowledged telling a “flat lie” to a criminal defendant's legal team while trying to downplay their mishandling...
Victim of botched Chicago police raid sues city
CHICAGO — A social worker who endured a botched raid conducted by Chicago police officers in 2019 has sued the city, alleging officials engaged...
Bankruptcy judge refuses to halt Weinstein Co. plan
<p>WILMINGTON, Del. — The Delaware judge presiding over the Weinstein Co. bankruptcy has rejected a request by four women who have accused disgraced film...
Olympic ‘kingmaker’ faces 5-day forgery trial in Swiss court
<p>GENEVA — The so-called “kingmaker” of Olympic elections goes on trial Monday accused of forging documents that his accusers allege were used to implicate...
Woman denied bail over safety concerns in decapitation case
<p>A woman whose husband <a href="https://apnews.com/article/homicide-new-hampshire-shootings-arrests-archive-17e9384ce6cc780f55b19bbac093c701">killed her lover and forced her to decapitate him</a> must remain behind bars until her trial, a judge ruled...
Brooklyn man arrested in Florida in SoHo store robbery
<p>NEW YORK — A Brooklyn man was arrested in Florida in the brazen daylight armed robbery of a SoHo luxury store after authorities say...