Category Archives: Justice
New York AG has 2 lawyers working with DA on Trump probe
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's attorney general said Friday that she's assigned two lawyers to work with the Manhattan district's attorney's office on a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's business dealings.
FBI employee accused of storing classified documents at home
WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI employee has been indicted on charges that she stored classified documents and other national security information at home over the course of more than a decade, the Justice Department said Friday.
Ethiopia convicts 3 troops of rape, charges 28 for killings
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ethiopia’s military prosecutors have convicted three soldiers of rape and pressed charges against 28 others suspected of killing civilians in the ongoing conflict in the northern Tigray region, the attorney general’s office announce...
Nicaragua government opponent meets with prosecutors
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan journalist Cristiana Chamorro, daughter of a former president and a potential challenger to President Daniel Ortega, met with authorities Friday regarding allegations of money laundering.
Minnesota AG’s office to prosecute case in Wright’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Friday that his office will lead the prosecution of a former suburban police officer who is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright.
Suit alleging admissions discrimination moves forward in Va.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that a parents' group can move forward with a lawsuit alleging that new admissions policies at an elite public high school in northern Virginia discriminate against Asian Americans.
Far right Belgian soldier who hoarded weapons still at large
BRUSSELS (AP) — Hundreds of specialized forces kept hunting Friday for a heavily armed Belgian soldier who is on a federal anti-terror watch list and was seen early this week near the home of a person he had threatened.
Ontario town wins right to appeal conviction for damage to piping plover habitat
TORONTO — Ontario's top court has decided it will weigh in on the meaning of environmental damage after a town was convicted of harming the habitat of the piping plover on a popular Lake Huron beach.In its ruling this week,
As retrial opens, Turkish court keeps philanthropist in jail
ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court ruled Friday to keep a leading philanthropist behind bars during his retrial over accusations that he organized and financed mass antigovernment protests in 2013. Human rights groups have denounced the case as being poli...
Retired cop put in chokehold takes police case to high court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Something went wrong at the security checkpoint at the VA hospital in El Paso, Texas, on a winter's day in 2016.
