13 hours agoSupreme Court denies killer Lezmond Mitchell’s stay request; execution set for WednesdayThe U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a stay-of-execution request filed in the case of death-row inmate Lezmond Mitchell, who is scheduled to die Wednesday for his role in the horrific slayings of a woman and her 9-year-old granddaughter in 2001.
15 hours agoEx-Planned Parenthood director backs Trump at RNC, details abortion she says she witnessedAbby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood director and "employee of the year," passionately endorsed President Trump at the Republican National Convention.
23 hours agoJudge denies Epstein cohort Ghislaine Maxwell's bids to unmask identities of three accusers, move to gen pop in jailA New York federal judge on Tuesday denied Jeffrey Epstein-cohort Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to unmask the identities of three of her alleged victims, calling the request "premature," but did agree to give her more access to discovery materials in her case.
1 day agoMontana asks US Supreme Court to block Green Party exclusion from state ballotMontana's secretary of state, Cory Stapleton, is calling on the Supreme Court to step in amidst a dispute about whether the Green Party can be on the state ballot or not this fall.
4 days agoPlanned Parenthood, NARAL employees call out racist, 'toxic' work environments in new reportCurrent and former employees of color at Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America have routinely encountered racism and been relegated to "lower-paying roles," according to a bombshell report published Friday.
4 days agoProsecutors suggest more charges could be coming in Epstein, Maxwell investigationFederal prosecutors suggested Friday that a federal grand jury investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and others alleged to have participated in the sexual abuse of underage girls remains active, indicating more criminal charges could be on the way.
4 days agoAppeals court won't step in on Trump tax records for nowA federal appeals court said Friday it wouldn't step in right away to delay New York prosecutors' effort to get President Donald Trump's tax records, potentially leaving the Supreme Court as his most promising option to block prosecutors' subpoena.
5 days agoDOJ will again seek death penalty for Boston Bomber, AG Barr saysAttorney General William Barr on Thursday said the Justice Department will seek to reinstate a death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted of carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, following a court’s ruling last month that tossed Tsarnaev's death sentence.
5 days agoSteve Bannon pleads not guilty after indictment in 'We Build the Wall' caseSteve Bannon, a former adviser to President Trump and an architect of his 2016 campaign, on Thursday pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan after being indicted with three others in connection with an online fundraising campaign that prosecutors claim defrauded donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
5 days agoPaterson, NJ, to hold new election in City Council race marred by voter fraud chargesA judge has ruled that a new election will be held in November for a disputed Paterson City Council seat, just weeks after the race's apparent winner and a sitting councilman were charged with voter fraud.