A Mexican man on trial for the murder of a San Francisco woman has been found not guilty. The death of Kate Steinle figured prominently in the debate on immigration, with President Donald Trump referencing it as an argument for a crackdown. On Thursday afternoon, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, 45, was found not guilty of […]
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A federal grand jury has charged the Manhattan truck attack suspect with terrorism and murder
AP Photo/Andres Kudacki Sayfullo Saipov, the man accused of killing eight last month in a truck attack in New York City, has been indicted by a federal grand jury. He is charged with murder and attempted murder in the aid of racketeering activity, providing material support to ISIS, and violence and destruction of a motor […]
Jury finds Nintendo Wii infringes Dallas inventor’s patent, awards $10M
Enlarge / The Nintendo Wii U Remote Plus is displayed in a showroom in Tokyo. (credit: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images) A jury has ruled that Nintendo must pay $ 10.1 million because its Wii and Wii U systems infringe a patent belonging to a Dallas medical motion-detection company. iLife sued Nintendo (PDF) in 2013 after filing […]
Jury awards $417M to woman who says she got cancer from talc in baby powder
Enlarge / Bottles of Johnson’s baby powder in a London supermarket. (credit: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images) A Los Angeles jury awarded a woman a $ 417 million verdict yesterday. The jury found that Johnson & Johnson failed to adequately warn users of the cancer risks of the talc in its baby powder. The jury’s 9-3 […]
LA jury awards record $417mn in lawsuit linking J&J baby powder to cancer
Published time: 22 Aug, 2017 00:48 A jury in Los Angeles, California, has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $ 417 million to a woman who claimed the talc in the company’s iconic baby powder caused her ovarian cancer. The verdict follows a series of court rulings against J&J over the product. The […]
Grand jury expands felony indictment of Wasserman Schultz’s former IT aide
A former House IT aide who had access to emails and files of dozens of Democratic lawmakers has been indicted on four counts, including bank fraud and engaging in unlawful monetary transactions. Imran Awan, 37, an information technology (IT) aide who worked for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida) and dozens of other lawmakers in the […]
Grand Jury Indicts Former Democratic IT Staffer For Bank Fraud
A federal grand jury has charged a former IT staffer for ex-Democratic National Committee chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz with bank fraud charges, the US Attorney’s office announced Thursday. Imran Awan was arrested July 24 before getting on a plane to Pakistan. The charges against the 37-year-old involve a home loan for rental properties owned by […]
Los Angeles police endanger the public with high-speed chases, grand jury says
This is the city – Los Angeles, California – that is world-renowned for its Hollywood sign, its movie stars, and its police agencies’ daily high-speed chases of criminal suspects through its streets and highways. But a grand jury has concluded that those pursuits are “causing unnecessary bystander injuries and deaths” – and that something has […]
Judge tosses out jury conviction of protester who laughed at Jeff Sessions
Published time: 14 Jul, 2017 22:37 A DC judge has slammed the government’s case against Desiree Fairooz, 61, who was arrested at Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Senate confirmation hearing after she laughed at a compliment made about Sessions. The judge ordered a new trial. A jury delivered a guilty verdict against Fairooz in May after […]
Jury In Alleged Gang-Rape Trial Told To Consider Evidence “Without Emotion Or Sympathy”
Four men – Christian Dickens, 22, Aaron Jensen, 23, and two 21-year-olds, who were underage at the time and therefore cannot be named – are accused of attacking a girl who was 15 at a house party in 2012 in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. The girl went to police with her allegations in […]