According to Reuters, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected efforts to the practice of manipulating electoral district boundaries to entrench one party in power by turning away challenges to political maps in Maryland and North Carolina. The justices ruled in a decision with nationwide implications that judges do not have the ability to … [Read more...]
Columnist E. Jean Carroll Won’t Bring Rape Charge Against Trump
Columnist E. Jean Carroll said she wouldn't bring a rape charge against President Donald Trump based on her allegation of an assault from the mid-1990s. In an interview with MSNBC after the account was revealed, Carroll recounted the allegations and said it took years of experience reading other women's accounts of mistreatment for her advice … [Read more...]
Self-Help Guru And Sex Trafficker Keith Raniere Found Guilty On Seven Charges
A leader of a sex-slave ring was found guilty Wednesday of seven charges against him. Nxivm leader Keith Raniere was was convicted of sex trafficking and forced labor conspiracy. Prosecutors say Raniere, known by his followers as "Vanguard," kept a ring of 15 to 20 women sex slaves branded with his initials. Former members say that leaders … [Read more...]
Harvey Weinstein’s Defense Attorney No Longer Wants To Represent Him
According to CNN, Harvey Weinstein's defense attorney doesn't want to represent him anymore. Attorney Jose Baez has reportedly filed to withdraw from Weinstein's case. In the filing, Baez states, "Mr. Weinstein has engaged in behavior that makes this representation unreasonably difficult to carry out effectively." One source told CNN that … [Read more...]
Trump May Encourage Foreign Governments To Attack Political Opponents
President Donald Trump recently said he doesn’t see anything wrong with foreign governments giving him information. According to CNN, this comment may encourage foreign government to attack political opponents. In 2016, Russia targeted Hillary Clinton with various tools to obtain information and spread it around. Trump suggested … [Read more...]
Opioid Manufacturer Insys Caught In A Kickback Probe Files Bankruptcy
According to Reuters, Drugmaker Insys Therapeutics Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday amid mounting expenses driven by a U.S. Justice Department probe into claims it paid doctors bribes to prescribe a powerful opioid medication. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing marked a first for a drugmaker accused in lawsuits of helping fuel the … [Read more...]
Carnival To Pay Massive Fine For Dumping Waste into Ocean
Carnival Corp will pay a $20 million settlement for dumping in the ocean. The fine comes after Princess Cruises, a Carnival subsidiary, admitted to violating the terms of a 2017 settlement for improper waste disposal. The details of the dumping were made public in a court filing release Monday. Carnival released food waste and plastic … [Read more...]
Assange Not Charged With CIA Leak by DOJ
The Justice Department has decided not to charge Julian Assange for his role in exposing some of the CIA’s most secret spying tools. This is according to a U.S. official and two other people familiar with the case. Politico reports It’s a move that has surprised national security experts and some former officials, given prosecutors’ recent … [Read more...]
New Hampshire Becomes 21st U.S. State to Repeal Death Penalty
According to Reuters, New Hampshire abolished the death penalty on Thursday, becoming the 21st U.S. state to do so. Before the vote, New Hampshire was the last state in New England that allowed the execution of people convicted of grave crimes. New Hampshire state Senator Martha Hennessey, a Democrat, described the death penalty in a … [Read more...]
U.S. Football Player’s Overdose Death Spotlighted In J&J Oklahoma Opioid Trial
According to Reuters, the father of a college football player who died of a drug overdose gave emotional testimony about the U.S. opioid epidemic’s personal cost. Craig Box said that he never suspected his son was abusing painkillers until after he was found unconscious. Austin, the 22 year old football player, died later at the hospital. … [Read more...]
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