A New York federal judge denied a bid by a former finance minister of Mozambique to toss charges that he participated in the alleged $2 billion "tuna bond" bribery and investor fraud scheme, rejecting the minister's contention that the U.S. government was responsible for the 4½-year delay between his arrest in South Africa and extradition to New York.
A full Pennsylvania appellate court issued a 5-4 decision Monday affirming a 14-minute verdict absolving a hospital of claims that it negligently caused a patient's death, with the majority of judges concluding the brief deliberation time alone was not enough to establish that outside influence played a role.
New York federal prosecutors confirmed during a hearing Tuesday that former U.S. Rep. George Santos is in plea negotiations in a case alleging he misappropriated campaign funds, fraudulently acquired unemployment benefits and made false statements on financial disclosures, after he was expelled from Congress in a historic vote.
Federal prosecutors urged a D.C. judge to preserve Donald Trump's March 4 trial date in the criminal case over his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election, saying the former president shouldn't be granted a stay while he appeals a finding that he isn't shielded by presidential immunity.
Two men who work for the Russian Federal Security Service have been charged in California federal court with hacking email accounts belonging to current and former U.S. and United Kingdom intelligence officials, defense contractors, researchers and journalists, and leaking some of the information to the press ahead of the 2019 U.K. elections.