The prosecutor’s supervisor said that the case was being treated differently because of the defendant’s relationship with the president, according to planned testimony.Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee convened a hearing to spotlight what they say is inappropriate politicization of the federal justice system by Attorney General William P. Barr.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesSenior law…
Rolling Stone is raising eyebrows with a piece that argues that Capt. Olivia Benson, the iconic cop character from TV's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," should also be "canceled."Following the cancellations of "Cops" and "Live PD," the magazine published a piece with the headline, "Sorry, Olivia Benson Is Canceled Too," referring to the NYPD detective who…
Roger Stone, President Trump’s convicted former campaign adviser, predicted Friday that Republicans may try to impeach the federal judge who presided over his criminal trial. Stone, who is awaiting the start of a 40-month prison sentence he received as a result of the conviction, said on social media that he anticipates Republicans will set their…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…