trials

Notorious Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada will stand trial in NYC

A Mexican drug kingpin arrested in the US last month will face trial in Brooklyn after a judge approved prosecutors' request to move the case from Texas to the Big...

Kim Dotcom -- who cost film industry $500M with illegal download site -- to be extradited to US

Kim Dotcom, the founder of banned file-sharing site Megaupload, was ordered to be extradited from New Zealand to the US to face trial.

Russia sentences Russian American ballerina to 12 years in jail for treason

Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American spa worker, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after she was found guilty of treason for donating money to a charity supporting Ukraine.

Cardiologist sobs in court as he's found guilty of drugging, sexually abusing women from dating apps

A former cardiologist accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women he met on dating apps sobbed — putting his head in his hands to hide a steady stream of tears...

SC high court drops bombshell in Murdaugh murder case that may lead to new trial

Attorneys for the former lawyer argued that former Colleton County Clerk Rebecca Hill tampered with the jury during the original six-week murder trial in March 2023.

Ohio cop indicted on murder charges in shooting of pregnant shoplifting suspect

A Franklin County grand jury indicted Grubb on charges of murder, involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault. He is scheduled to be arraigned in court Wednesday.

George Santos fraud trial set to begin in September with an anonymous jury

The federal fraud trial against former U.S. Rep. George Santos, slated to start in a matter of weeks, is coming into focus after a federal judge ruled Tuesday that jurors...

Hunter Biden wants evidence of foreign business deals, unregistered agent claims excluded from criminal trial

Hunter is moving to exclude evidence from his upcoming tax trial of his allegedly improper overseas business dealings and potential lobbying of US officials on behalf of foreign principals.

Arizona dad who left toddler in hot car to die says little in not guilty plea on 1st-degree murder charges

The Arizona father accused of leaving his toddler in a boiling hot car to die pleaded not guilty in his first court appearance since being charged with first-degree murder.

Karen Read's lawyers beg judge to bring back jurors over claims they were going to acquit her in sensational murder case

Karen Read's lawyer begged a judge to haul 12 jurors back into court after mistrial to corroborate claims they planned to acquit on murder.

Bodycam footage shows Kylie Jenner's rapper ex say he's 'scared' of large police presence during Miami Beach trespassing arrest

The "Sicko Mode" rapper, 33, taken into custody in connection with misdemeanor trespassing and public intoxication in Miami, Fla., on June 20.

Justice Neil Gorsuch mourns over-regulation: 'Too much law'

"Criminal laws have grown so exuberantly and come to cover so much previously innocent conduct that almost anyone can be arrested for something," Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch observed in...

RFK Jr. defends bizarre wildlife hobbies, pet emu at trial accusing him of lying about living in NY to get on ballot

Lawyers seized on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s wild life hobbies -- including falconry, training ravens and keeping a pet emu -- as they tried to prove he's not really a...

Prosecutors say Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' trial shouldn't have been thrown out: 'The court misunderstood the testimony'

The manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin for allegedly fatally shooting a crew member while filming "Rust" shouldn't have been thrown out, prosecutors say.

'Google is a monopolist': Search giant broke antitrust laws in landmark case, judge rules

Judge Amit Mehta sided the Justice Department, which argued throughout the landmark trial that Goggle has relied on anticompetitive payments with the likes of Apple and AT&T – including $26.3...

Parents of teacher found stabbed 10 times in head, neck win right to challenge her 'deeply flawed' suicide ruling

The family of Ellen Greenberg has won the right to challenge the ruling for the chance of changing her cause of death to homicide, according to a report.

Scott Peterson pins hope for appeal on duct tape DNA testing in pregnant wife's murder, expert says

Convicted California killer Scott Peterson hopes tape found on Laci Peterson's body could get him new trial

Monster NJ dad claims he did not hurt son, 6, as he learns his fate for role in treadmill death

Dressed in a green-and-white striped prison jumpsuit, Christopher Gregor blubbered in court before being handed the stiff sentence in the death of little Corey Micciolo, who was forced to run...

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.

Judge in NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’ case says jury didn't follow his instructions in $4B verdict

The federal jury on June 27 awarded $4.7 billion in damages to residential and commercial subscribers after it ruled the NFL violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on...