Nation Jan 19 U.S. soldier arrested in plot to blow up New York City 9/11 Memorial Cole James Bridges of Stow, Ohio, was in custody on charges of attempted material support of a terrorist organization — the Islamic State group.
Nation Nov 25 Justice Department appeals judge’s decision in Trump defamation case A judge concluded last month in a written decision that President Donald Trump’s June 19 statements about columnist E. Jean Carroll didn’t constitute an official act of the presidency and were outside the scope of his employment as president.
Nation Oct 27 Self-improvement guru Keith Raniere sentenced to 120 years in prison Keith Raniere, a self-improvement guru whose organization, NXIVM, attracted millionaires and actresses among its adherents, was sentenced Tuesday to 120 years after convictions that he turned some followers into sex slaves branded with his initials.
Politics Oct 27 Judge says U.S. can’t replace Trump in columnist’s slander suit A federal judge on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump's request that he be replaced as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.
Politics Oct 22 Ghislaine Maxwell denied recruiting girls for sex with powerful men in 2016 deposition Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend denies introducing Britain's Prince Andrew to any underage sex partners in a defensive and combative deposition made public Thursday.
Politics Sep 24 Trump niece files suit saying family cheated her of millions Donald Trump's niece filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the president and two of his siblings cheated her out of millions of dollars over several decades while squeezing her out of the family business.
Nation Sep 09 New York doctor charged in serial sexual assaults on patients A former New York gynecologist accused of sexually abusing dozens of patients, including the wife of former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, was charged Wednesday with attacking girls and women for nearly two decades using the cover of medical examinations.
Politics Aug 31 Trial date set for Steve Bannon in fundraising fraud scam A May 2021 trial date has been set for President Donald Trump's former chief strategist on charges that he cheated donors to a group seeking to fund a southern border wall.
Nation Aug 20 Former White House aide Bannon pleads not guilty in border wall money scheme Federal prosecutors alleged that Bannon and three others "orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors" in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $25 million to build a wall along the southern border of…
Arts Aug 18 Lawsuit says actor Cuba Gooding Jr. raped New York woman in 2013 Last week, the Oscar-winning "Jerry Maguire" actor appeared in Manhattan state court, where he has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor counts of forcible touching and sexual abuse.