Trials

Weinstein juror: #MeToo movement was not a factor in trial

NEW YORK (AP) — The jury that convicted Harvey Weinstein of rape and sex assault did not consider the trial’s implicatio...
16:30 28 February 2022

Loughlin, Giannulli set for October trial in college scam

BOSTON (AP) — TV actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, will go on trial in October ...
16:48 27 February 2022

Stone judge calls back jurors to address misconduct claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday brought in nearly all members of the jury that convicted Trump ally Roger S...
2:03 26 February 2022

Inmate seeks end to solitary over refusal to cut dreadlocks

This image released by The Lebanon County, Pa., Correctional Facility shows Eric McGill, awaiting trial in a shooting ca...
23:01 25 February 2022

The Latest: Sciorra: Testimony against Weinstein was needed

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a verdict in the rape and sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein (all times local):5:40 ...
22:39 24 February 2022

Former French prime minister and wife go on trial for fraud

PARIS (AP) — He was the front-runner to be president of France. Instead, former Prime Minister Francois Fillon is going ...
14:04 24 February 2022

Mississippi man accused of killing 8 tears up during trial

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — Testimony from a Mississippi woman whose son and nephew were two of the eight victims killed in a...
6:48 20 February 2022

Turkish court to issue verdict in rights activists’ trial

ISTANBUL (AP) — A group of human rights activists were poised Wednesday to make final statements in their own defense be...
7:18 19 February 2022

Trial begins in lawsuit over missing woman’s murdered sons

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A final chapter in the horrific saga of a Utah woman who vanished about a decade ago and the killin...
23:46 18 February 2022

Eccentric millionaire Durst faces trial in friend’s killing

LOS ANGELES — There is almost no physical evidence connecting New York real estate heir Robert Durst to the slaying of his best friend in Los Angeles ...
19:00 17 February 2022

Week 4 of Weinstein trial: Closing arguments, two universes

NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein grinned as he left court, and his lawyers said he was confident heading into what could be his last weekend of freedom as ...
19:01 15 February 2022

Michael Avenatti is convicted of trying to extort Nike

NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti, the combative lawyer who gained fame by representing porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits involving President Donald Trum...
21:30 14 February 2022

Trial team quits Roger Stone case in dispute over sentence

WASHINGTON — The four lawyers who prosecuted Roger Stone quit the case Tuesday after the Justice Department overruled them and said it would take the ...
0:29 12 February 2022

Closings next as Weinstein declines to testify at rape trial

NEW YORK — The defense rested its case Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial without the disgraced Hollywood mogul taking the witness stand, settin...
22:46 11 February 2022

Official: Sudan to hand over al-Bashir for genocide trial

CAIRO — Sudan's transitional authorities have agreed to hand over ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial on ...
19:04 11 February 2022

Tapes of Avenatti threats highlight extortion trial closings

NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti's recorded threats to reduce the value of Nike's stock if he wasn't paid millions of dollars highlighted a prosecutor's cl...
16:20 11 February 2022

Weinstein’s many accusers follow trial anxiously from afar

Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault trial has unfolded this month in a 15th-floor courtroom in New York, but its reverberations are being felt far beyon...
17:09 9 February 2022

Prosecution rests, defense gets turn at Weinstein rape trial

NEW YORK — Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial rested their case Thursday after more than two weeks of testimony punctuated by harrowing acco...
22:53 6 February 2022

Amnesty finds Saudi anti-terror court a weapon of repression

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia has used a secretive court established to try terrorism cases as "a weapon of repression" to imprison peace...
7:19 6 February 2022

Not guilty: Senate acquits Trump of impeachment charges

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in A...
5:23 6 February 2022

Weinstein accuser says he ‘trapped’ her during hotel assault

NEW YORK — The final accuser at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial testified Wednesday that he stripped off his clothes, pulled down her dress and groped h...
21:20 5 February 2022

Graft trial told Malaysian ex-PM’s wife was influential

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The wife of Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak went on trial Wednesday for alleged corruption in the same courthouse as ...
8:06 5 February 2022

Indicted K-pop star Seungri may face military court

SEOUL, South Korea — A K-pop star charged with violating South Korea’s anti-prostitution law may have to join the country’s army and face trial in a m...
11:30 4 February 2022

Cross-examination drives key Weinstein accuser to tears

NEW YORK — A key accuser in the New York City rape trial of Harvey Weinstein broke down in tears on the witness stand on Monday during an exhaustive c...
22:31 3 February 2022

Trump trial closing arguments aim at voters, history

WASHINGTON — Closing arguments in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial unfolded Monday more for history than to sway votes, one final chance to ...
18:41 3 February 2022

Week 2 at Weinstein trial: Four accusers and a chihuahua

NEW YORK — The second week of testimony at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial ended on a bit of a cliffhanger.
18:22 1 February 2022

Trial highlights: After drama, quick vote to block witnesses

WASHINGTON — After a dramatic night and a day of expectation, the Senate voted in quick order Friday to block Democratic calls for new witnesses and d...
1:09 1 February 2022

Trump acquittal now likely Wednesday; Senate nixes witnesses

WASHINGTON — The Senate narrowly rejected Democratic demands to summon witnesses for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial late Friday, all but e...
0:39 1 February 2022

Key witness could be in doubt in landmark church retrial

PHILADELPHIA — An aging monsignor who was the first U.S. church official ever tried and sent to prison over his handling of priest-abuse complaints co...
22:14 31 January 2022

Pompeo plays clean-up in Ukraine as Trump trial nears end

KYIV, Ukraine — As the Senate lurched toward a vote to acquit President Donald Trump on impeachment charges, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo played cle...
15:54 31 January 2022