Washington, DC

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WyoFile

A federal judge on Tuesday convicted a western Wyoming man of assaulting law enforcement officers with a flagpole during the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S Capitol. Douglas Harrington, 69, was found guilty of two felonies — assaulting an officer and civil disorder — as well as five misdemeanors including disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and engaging in violence on the Capitol grounds, according to court records and the FBI.

Wyoming man convicted of assaulting officers during Jan. 6 riot

New York State

MANHATTAN (CN) — A New York appeals court on Thursday declined to end former President Donald Trump’s gag order in his hush-money criminal case, continuing narrow restrictions his public statements two months after his conviction. The former president succeeded in getting some aspects of the gag order lifted...

New York appeals court won’t lift Trump gag order pending hush-money sentence

Maine State

Portland, ME

(CN) — The First Circuit upheld a federal law Friday prohibiting nonviolent felons from possessing guns, despite the Supreme Court’s landmark Bruen case that expanded gun rights under the Second Amendment. Carl Langston, who was sentenced to 57 months for possessing a gun despite a previous criminal conviction,...

First Circuit upholds gun ban for nonviolent felons

Missouri State

Saint Louis, MO

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked the immediate release of a man whose murder conviction was overturned — just as the man was about to walk free.

Missouri Supreme Court blocks release of man with overturned conviction as he was about to go free

Independence, MO

ST. LOUIS (CN) — Finding that the plaintiffs lacked standing, the Eighth Circuit on Friday tossed a lawsuit filed by a group of parents challenging a suburban Kansas City school district’s book-banning policy. The unanimous decision by the three-judge panel upheld a decision from a federal court, which...

Eighth Circuit tosses lawsuit challenging Missouri school district’s book-banning policy

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Grand Rapids, MI

WTAJ

An Allegan County woman who repeatedly passes herself off as a nurse – despite no formal training, can now add another title to her embellished resume — wanted felon.

Nurse imposter with fake diplomas skips sentencing

Julie Chrisley’s Prison Sentence Thrown Out By Appeals Court. Julie Chrisley, star of USA’s Chrisley Knows Best has had her prison sentence thrown out by an appeals court, TVGrapevine has learned. “After careful consideration, and with the benefit of oral argument, we affirm the district court on all...

Julie Chrisley’s Prison Sentence Thrown Out By Appeals Court

ABC News

Five months after a New York judge held Donald Trump liable for committing business fraud, the former president has appealed his $454 million civil fraud case.

Trump appeals his $454 million New York civil fraud case

Orange County, CA

Corcoran, CA

NewSantaAna

CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.

Pimp arrested in Orange County killed by an inmate at a state prison

Virginia State

Bryshere Gray's name has been added to a growing list. Some Virginians have been keeping up with the ever-increasing tales of celebrities and their alleged connections to the saga of Sean Diddy Combs. There are now rumors that Empire actor Bryshere Gray is suing Diddy and Will Smith.

Empire actor Bryshere Gray is allegedly suing Will Smith and Sean Combs

Las Vegas, NV

LAS VEGAS (CN) — The case surrounding four teens accused of killing Las Vegas high schooler Jonathan Lewis Jr. may soon end, with prosecutors announcing a plea deal Thursday. Gianni Robinson, Damien Hernandez, Treavion Randolph and Dontral Beaver, agreed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter in juvenile court. The...

Las Vegas teens accused of killing classmate take plea deal

Florida State

Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

South Carolina State

Lootpress

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina can execute death row inmates by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair, the state’s high court ruled Wednesday, opening the door to restart executions after more than a decade. All five justices agreed with at least part of the ruling. But two of the justices said they […]

South Carolina Supreme Court rules state death penalty including firing squad is legal

A French town and lifeguard are challenging guilty verdicts over the tragedy during a school trip.

Appeals over convictions for girl's death in France

ALBANY, N.Y. — The Second Circuit upheld the conviction of a former federal prison guard who repeatedly raped an inmate that as assigned to clean his office on weekends. The 10-year sentence imposed, however, did not give enough weight to the “full range” of the guard’s offenses, so the matter of sentencing is remanded for reconsideration.

Longer sentence for rapist jailer

Houston, TX

HOUSTON — A Texas appellate court ruled that a woman was properly convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after she stabbed someone over whether a parking lot was free to use. She says the jury should have been instructed on “defense of a third person,” as she was pregnant at the time of the incident and allegedly acted in defense of her unborn child. But she never requested this instruction, so the trial court did not err in not issuing it.

Stabber’s pregnancy defense fails

Central Islip, NY

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — In a stunning turnabout in a case that began as a simple dispute over unpaid wages, a New York federal court found a female clerk liable for embezzling almost $1 million in company funds and ordered her to pay $1.139 million in damages. Notably, the scheme was uncovered while the parties were conducting discovery for the unpaid wage claims she filed — claims which are now dismissed for want of evidence.

Tables: Turned

California State

SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court upheld an appellate decision according to which a plaintiff suing under the Private Attorneys General Act does not have authority to object to a proposed settlement in another case against the same defendant, even if the claims overlap. The underlying lawsuit concerns wages of rideshare drivers for Lyft.

No objecting to others’ settlements

Cape Coral, FL

The Independent

 Women have been sending letters to a Florida judge begging him to spare the life of a heavily-tattooed convicted killer who brutally murdered two women in 2019.Wade Wilson, 30, was found guilty last month of killing Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43.The defendant killed the women within hours of each other. He met Melton at a live music bar on 6 October 2019 before strangling her to death at her home in Cape Coral, where her body was discovered, prosecutors said. The following day, Ruiz was reported missing. She was walking to the bar where she worked when...

Judge gets mail from women begging him to spare life of tattooed killer as love letters pour into jail

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Fourth Circuit upholds drug conviction using rap lyrics

RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A Fourth Circuit panel rejected arguments Thursday by a man who said that including his rap lyrics about drugs prejudiced the jury...

Fourth Circuit upholds drug conviction using rap lyrics

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