Politics Aug 23 Proud Boys leader who burned Black Lives Matter flag gets 5 months in jail Tarrio was convicted of burning a BLM banner that was torn down from a historic Black church in downtown Washington and for bringing two high-capacity firearm magazines into the nation's capital two days before the Jan. 6 riot.
Arts Jun 30 Why Bill Cosby's conviction was overturned Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction has been thrown out by Pennsylvania's highest court, which ruled that he was unfairly prosecuted because a previous district attorney had promised he wouldn't be charged.
Nation Jun 02 Capitol insurrection aftermath roils far-right extremist groups More than three dozen members and associates across both the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers have been charged with crimes.
Politics Apr 22 WATCH: Senate committee holds hearing on behavioral health and policing The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Thursday on behavioral health and policing as the number of Americans killed at the hands of police grows.
Nation Apr 16 Oath Keeper is 1st suspect to plead guilty in Capitol riot U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said Friday he has agreed to cooperate with investigators in hopes of getting a lighter sentence, and the Justice Department will consider putting Schaffer in the federal witness security program.
Politics Mar 18 Flood of Capitol riot, tribal cases swamps U.S. prosecutors The U.S. Justice Department's to-do list is always intense. And now two very different legal controversies -- insurrection cases and tribal lands disputes -- are threatening to swamp a department already flooded with pandemic-delayed cases.
World Mar 01 Two Americans who helped former Nissan chairman escape are in Japanese custody An American father and son wanted by Japan for aiding former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn escape from the country in a box were handed over to Japanese custody Monday.
Politics Jan 15 Officials say no 'direct evidence' of plot to assassinate during Capitol attack Prosecutors who initially said there was “strong evidence” the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to “capture and assassinate elected officials” have backed away from that allegation.
Politics Dec 11 Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit attempting to overturn Biden victory The Electoral College meets Monday to formally elect Biden as the next president.
Politics Dec 10 Texas-led election lawsuit becomes conservative litmus test Seventeen Republican attorneys general are backing the unprecedented case that Trump is calling "the big one." That come as the president and his allies have lost dozens of times in courts across the country and have no evidence of widespread…