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Lawyers for accused 9/11 terrorists say move to revoke plea deal was ‘corrupt’
“For us, it raises very serious questions about continuing to engage in a system that seems so obviously corrupt and rigged,” a lawyer for one of the alleged terrorists said...
Hulking Florida teen throws his head back as he's sentenced to prison for beating teacher over Nintendo Switch
Brendan Depa threw his head back after Circuit Judge Terence Perkins read the sentencing on Tuesday.
RFK Jr. allowed onto NJ ballot after legal challenge, judge rules
A New Jersey judge cleared the way for Independent presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to get onto the state's ballot and rejected a challenge against it based on the...
Supreme Court rebuffs GOP bid to delay Trump's hush money sentencing
Supreme Court justices spurned a push from Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, to effectively delay sentencing and lift the gag order in former President Donald Trump's hush money...
Ex-Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis will cooperate with prosecutors in Arizona ‘fake electors’ case
"This agreement represents a significant step forward in our case," Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a statement.
$4.7 billion NFL Sunday Ticket decision overturned in bombshell ruling
The NFL has billions of reasons to be excited right as its new season officially kicks off.
Trump's gag order appeal rejected in New York 'hush money' case
A New York appeals court on Thursday denied Donald Trump’s bid to end a gag order in his hush money criminal case.
Engineer who claimed self-defense for stabbing teen to death in water tube brawl learns his fate
The Minnesota man who claimed self-defense in the fatal stabbing of a teen boy during a violent brawl with inner-tubers at a Wisconsin river has been sentenced to 20 years...
NJ's AR-15 ban is unconstitutional, but 10-round magazine limit OK, federal judge rules
The state's cap on magazines over 10 rounds was ruled legal.
Biden's plan to 'reform' the Supreme Court: Letters to the Editor — July 31, 2024
NY Post readers discuss President Biden’s proposal to implement 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices.
NJ State Trooper admits he punched handcuffed woman in the face after she spit on him: AG
Nicolas J. Hogan, 28, of Gibbstown, New Jersey, admitted to the September 2022 attack, which happened when he and other troopers were waiting for medical professionals to evaluate the woman.
‘Jeopardy!’ champ and alleged perv teacher at swanky NYC private school has nothing to say after child porn arrest
Winston Nguyen -- an ex-con who has already spent time behind bars -- kept his eyes lowered as he was escorted out of the courthouse.
Reckless driver ‘Belltown Hellcat,’ who films viral speeding videos, 'makes mockery' of Seattle court: prosecutor
A reckless driver known as the "Belltown Hellcat" — who films viral videos of himself loudly speeding more than 100 mph in tiger-print-painted Dodge Charger — “made a mockery” of...
Grandma who served 43 years in prison reunites with family after murder conviction was overturned
Sandra Hemme had been the longest-held wrongly incarcerated woman known in the US, according to her legal team at the Innocence Project.
Two-year-old faces deportation because of illness, family ‘torn apart’ over $1.2M bill
A furious mother whose son is facing deportation from Australia because he has a chronic illness has shared fears her family will be “torn apart”.
Biden's attacks on Supreme Court aren't 'protecting democracy,' they're undermining it
For all his bluster about safeguarding the American system, President Biden expends a great deal of energy undermining it.
NYT journalist Masha Gessen convicted in Russia for criticizing the military
The Moscow-born Gessen, a staff writer for The New Yorker and a columnist for The New York Times who lives in the U.S., is a prominent critic of Russian President...
Accused racist LI squatters who lost home to foreclosure claim new owners 'intimidated' them, trespassed by 'camping out' on lawn
Barry and Barbara Pollack claim the new owners put a set of chairs out on the lawn and sat there with buckets of paint after they agreed not to enter...
Illinois candidates’ ballot access in the hands of state Supreme Court
A hastily changed law that eliminates slated candidates from gaining ballot access without running in a primary was deemed unconstitutional by a lower court, but now an expected Illinois Supreme...
Parents can block Biden's Title IX trans lunacy, court rules
The US Department of Education can't enforce its controversial Title IX revisions in schools where at least one parent belongs to a free- to- join advocacy group, a federal judge...