By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – Hunter Biden‘s criminal trial on gun charges will begin in earnest on Tuesday with opening statements and potentially lurid testimony about drug use from his autobiography and phone messages that prosecutors say incriminates the president’s son. Hunter Biden, 54, is accused of failing to disclose his use of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial is to resume deliberations Thursday after asking to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged scheme at the heart of the history-making case. The 12-person jury deliberated for about 4 1/2 hours on Wednesday without reaching a verdict. Besides asking to […]
Testimony concluded Tuesday in a criminal trial for a woman accused of trying to run over a Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy with her car last year in Rancho Cordova, during an incident in which deputies fired several gunshots at her as she sped away. Pursuing sheriff’s deputies caught up to Kyrieanna Liles, 24, several blocks […]
Twelve Manhattanites are expected this week to begin deliberating whether Donald Trump is a felon who conspired to disguise lewd rumors of his past to help him win over voters during his 2016 run for the White House. The historic determination could see an American president convicted for the first time at a time when […]
MILWAUKEE – The 19-year-old driver accused of leading police on two high-speed chases in one night was back in court on Friday, May 24. The second chase ended in a fiery crash in Oak Creek – injuring an 11-year-old boy. Nearly two weeks after a truck caused chaos on the road of Milwaukee County, the […]
May 24—LEWISTON — The head of the Maine State Police on Friday told the commission investigating the Lewiston mass shooting that the initial response as officers rushed to confront the gunman was “a proud moment” for law enforcement. At a hearing of the Independent Commission to Investigate the Facts of the Tragedy in Lewiston, members […]
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block found himself in the nation’s culture wars hot seat Thursday, interrogated by members of Congress about his handling of complaints of campus antisemitism, amid student protests over the Israel-Hamas war. For Republican Congress members, the hearing organized by the GOP-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce was a chance to […]
NEW YORK — After a five-week run, the Donald Trump show at a Manhattan courtroom is winding down with two questions outstanding: Will he be convicted, and will anyone care? The answer to the first could come as early as next week — with closing arguments scheduled for Tuesday — while the jury could be […]
Former President Donald Trump sits in court during the final day of testimony in his New York trial. Trump, the first former U.S. president to face trial on criminal charges, is accused of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments. (Justin Lane-Pool/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The end of the first criminal trial of […]
The defense and prosecution have rested their cases, the jury has been dismissed for the week and closing arguments are set for next Tuesday. This is Yahoo News’ succinct update on the criminal and civil cases against Trump. Here are the latest developments. 🚨 What happened today Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger resumed cross examination of Robert […]
By Jack Queen, Andy Sullivan and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump opted not to testify in his criminal hush money trial on Tuesday, bringing his defense to a quick conclusion and clearing the way for jurors to begin deliberations next week. Trump had stoked speculation for weeks about whether he […]
Lawyers for Donald Trump rested their case Tuesday without calling him to testify in the first criminal trial of a former president — and after a defense witness got into a heated back and forth with one of the prosecutors. Trump had said before the trial he would “absolutely” testify. “I’m testifying. I tell the […]