Legal experts explain confusing jury instructions in Trump hush-money case

Left: Judge Juan Merchan poses for a picture in his chambers in New York, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Merchan is presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York (AP Photo/Seth Wenig); Right: FILE – Former President Donald Trump is escorted to a courtroom, April 4, 2023, in New York (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File). […]

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Would-be dad tricked pregnant woman into taking abortion pills causing miscarriage: Cops

Robert Kawada allegedly tricked his pregnant ex-girlfriend into taking what she thought were iron vitamins but were actually pills to cause an abortion. (WBTS/YouTube) Authorities in Massachusetts arrested a man after he allegedly caused his pregnant ex-girlfriend to have a miscarriage by tricking her into taking abortion pills which he said were iron pills and […]

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Mar-a-Lago judge wants to hear more from state and defense in light of recent SCOTUS ruling

Left: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Mike Stewart), File); Center: U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon (U.S. Senate); Right: Special counsel Jack Smith (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago classified documents case has given a big hint as to how she will analyze, if not how she will rule on, a defense effort […]

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Social worker admits sexually abusing boy, showing up on porch with gun after mom called cops

A 24-year-old Ohio mental health counselor memorably arrested on her birthday last October, just four months after she got her social worker license, pleaded guilty to multiple crimes Tuesday for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy she was supposed to help. Payton Harleigh Shires of Mount Sterling appeared in a Franklin County courtroom alongside her defense […]

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Man who sued women for trash-talking him on Facebook sentenced for tax fraud

Nikko D’Ambrosio, left. (Photos from court documents) A Chicago man who filed a defamation lawsuit against dozens of women he accused of trash-talking him in a “Are We Dating The Same Guy” Facebook chat group has been sentenced to prison for tax fraud. Nikko D’Ambrosio, 32, learned his fate this week. He was convicted in […]

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Defending ‘freedom to post,’ ‘Kraken’ lawyer says ex-Overstock CEO didn’t violate order again

Patrick Byrne, the former chief executive of Overstock.com arrives at the O’Neill House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 15, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File); Stefanie Lambert attends a rally for Republican candidates at the Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center in Warren, Mich., Oct. 1, 2022. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via […]

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Woman stored uncapped ‘needles used for shooting methamphetamine’ inside kids’ playroom: Police

Julie Lynn Lucas (Tygart Valley Regional Jail) A 61-year-old woman in West Virginia was arrested after authorities accused her of leaving uncapped needles inside the “play room” of several young children — needles she would allegedly use to inject herself with methamphetamine. Julie Lynn Lucas was taken into custody on Tuesday and charged with one […]

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