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Short seller Andrew Left to stand trial in LA over manipulation charges
High-profile short seller Andrew Left‘s criminal trial will kick off in Los Angeles this week, spotlighting a contentious cohort of investors who have for years goaded public companies in the […]
Court blocks racial profiling in Trump-era ICE raids
A federal appeals court upheld a block on Trump-era immigration stops in L.A., ruling they relied on racial profiling and lacked legal justification.
Weinstein faces additional sex crimes charges ahead of retrial
NEW YORK — Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of his retrial in New York, Manhattan prosecutors said at a hearing Thursday. […]
Hunter Biden enters surprising guilty plea to tax charges
LOS ANGELES — Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to federal tax charges Thursday in a surprise move that spares President Joe Biden and his family another likely embarrassing and painful criminal […]
NY court ruling could hurt Kennedy’s bid elsewhere
ALBANY, N.Y. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign suffered a blow this week when a judge in New York invalidated his petition to put his name on the […]
2 doctors, 3 others charged in Perry’s death
LOS ANGELES — Five people, including his personal assistant and two doctors, have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death in what prosecutors called a “broad underground criminal network” […]
Kennedy in NY court fight over ballot access
ALBANY, N.Y. — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared in a New York court Monday to fight a lawsuit alleging he falsely claimed to live in New York […]
Ransomware attack shutters LA courts
LOS ANGELES — The largest trial court in the country was closed Monday after a ransomware attack shut down its computer system late last week, officials with the Superior Court […]
Judge considers bail, house arrest for suspect in Shakur slaying
LAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge said Tuesday she wasn’t immediately convinced of the legality of an effort by a hip-hop music figure to underwrite a $750,000 bond to free […]
Judge can stand trial for murder in wife’s slaying
LOS ANGELES — A Southern California judge can stand trial on a murder charge in the shooting death of his wife, another judge ruled Thursday, after finding there was sufficient […]
UNSOLVED: Starlet disappears while having the time of her life
After starlet Jean Spangler disappeared Oct. 7, 1949, in Los Angeles, clues in the still-unsolved case pointed toward her ex-husband, mobsters or George Hodel, who was under suspicion in the infamous Black Dahlia murder, as possible suspects.
Suspect’s lawyer: Stories about killing Shakur are fiction
LAS VEGAS — The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas said Tuesday his client’s […]
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