Biden says he is ‘considering’ Australian call to drop Julian Assange charges | Julian Assange
Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop a decade-long push by the United States to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for releasing a trove of classified U.S. documents. Australia has long urged the United States to drop charges against Mr. Assange, an Australian national who has been fighting […]
Virginia school assistant principal faces charges after 6-year-old shot teacher
A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old student shot first-grade teacher Abigail Zwirner is now facing criminal charges. A special grand jury in Newport News found that Ebony Parker showed “reckless disregard” for the welfare of students at Rich Neck Elementary School on Jan. 6, 2023, according to a criminal […]
Ex-Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias hit with 5 charges from alleged domestic dispute
Julio Urias was cleared of a felony charge for domestic dispute last September, but he’s not out of the woods yet. Authorities announced Tuesday that the former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher has been charged with five misdemeanors. The left-handed man is charged with one count of spousal assault, two counts of domestic battery related to […]
Prosecutor to seek misdemeanor charges for driver killed 4-year-old
Prosecutors in suburban Atlanta announced misdemeanor charges against a man who ran over and killed a 4-year-old girl after her family protested when police said the felony charge was unwarranted. Gwinnett County District Attorney Patsy Austin Gatson told reporters: “We met with the family this morning, and we told them, of course, we’re going to […]
Analysis Shows Just How Rare Manhattan DA’s Charges Against Trump Really Are
The charges against former President Donald Trump in the New York hush-money case are rarely filed in other circumstances, according to the New York Times. According to the NYT, there have been only two other felony cases in Manhattan in the past decade in which defendants were charged with falsifying business records without involving another […]
Trump makes another appeal to Georgia court to dismiss charges on First Amendment grounds
Former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case have asked a judge to allow them to appeal the charges on First Amendment grounds. President Trump on Monday filed a joint motion with Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee asking 14 co-defendants for leave to appeal the April 4 order, […]
Country music star Morgan Wallen arrested on 3 felony charges in Nashville
Country music star Morgan Wallen was arrested Sunday night at Eric Church’s New Bar in Nashville, Tennessee and charged with three felonies. Warren threw a chair off the roof of Chief’s Bar on Sunday night. according to to the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department. The chair reportedly hit the ground about 3 feet away from where […]
Country Star Morgan Wallen Arrested on Three Felony Charges in Nashville
Country music star Morgan Wallen was arrested on three felonies after allegedly throwing a chair off the roof of a Nashville bar late Sunday night. According to the 30-year-old singer’s arrest report, several Nashville Metropolitan Police Department officers were standing in front of Chief’s Bar on Broadway when a chair fell from above them. A […]
Ex-Air National Guardsman allegedly defected to Russian military after child porn charges
A former Air National Guard member charged with child pornography defected and joined the Russian military in the war against Ukraine, the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office claims. Wilmer Puelomota, 28, a former security forces technical sergeant in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, is said to have fled the country after being charged with possessing […]
No state charges for CT troopers accused of falsifying traffic stop data
Six state troopers and one constable who may have falsified data on traffic stops will not face state criminal charges, Connecticut’s top prosecutor announced Friday. Chief State’s Attorney Patrick Griffin’s office said in a statement that the seven officers made more traffic stops despite an independent investigation finding that they reported more traffic stops than […]