Tag: Legal proceedings
Schumer wants NRA investigated for bankruptcy fraud
NEW YORK — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday called on the Justice Department to investigate the National Rifle Association for bankruptcy fraud,...
In Jordan sedition trial, U.S. defendant alleges torture
AMMAN, Jordan — A U.S. citizen and former top aide to Jordan's King Abdullah II alleged he was tortured in Jordanian detention and fears...
Man convicted in 1977 Hollandsburg killings to seek parole
HOLLANDSBURG, Ind. — One of four men convicted in the slayings of four young Hollandsburg brothers on Valentine's Day in 1977 will seek parole...
Egypt court upholds life sentence for 10 Islamists
Cairo — Egypt's highest appeals court upheld on Sunday the sentencing of ten leaders of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, including the group's head, to...
Inmates claim Indiana prison kept them in cruel conditions
BUNKER HILL, Ind. — Six inmates at an Indiana prison are alleging in lawsuits that they were kept in near-total darkness for weeks at...
Appeals court upholds rationing of hepatitis C treatment
CINCINNATI — The Kentucky Department of Corrections can deny a life-saving but expensive hepatitis C medication to inmates, a federal appeals court ruled in...
Joe Pepitone suing Hall of Fame for return of famed bat
Former New York Yankees star Joe Pepitone has filed a lawsuit against the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum seeking the return of...
White man sentenced in attack on Black teen at Michigan park
DETROIT — A white man has been sentenced to five years in prison for attacking a Black teenager with a bike lock because of...
2nd delay in GOP Congress candidate’s murder plot case
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida judge agreed Friday to delay a case in which a Republican congressional candidate claims a GOP rival stalked...
Louisiana school board settles BB gun suspension lawsuits
NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana school board agreed to pay $165,000 to settle lawsuits by parents of two children suspended last year for holding...