2+ week, 1+ day ago   (761+ words) Zhao, a 30-something woman living in Beijing, says she lost over $100,000 in May to a romance scammer who claimed to be a researcher working for Microsoft. After initially chatting Zhao up on the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, he asked…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (428+ words) A federal judge on Friday rejected President Donald Trump’s latest bid to erase his hush money conviction, ruling he had waited too long to try to move the case to federal court where his lawyers have argued he would enjoy…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (310+ words) At this point, Flock automatic license plate readers are basically a 90-10 issue in the US. In fact, so many Americans hate these surveillance towers that hacking one down has become the quickest way to achieve national folk-hero status. In one…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (260+ words) The Trump administration deported a father of two who helped them prosecute Mexican drug cartels and put him at extreme risk of torture, Maryland court records show. The man, identified only as John Doe, was the subject of a memorandum…...

3+ week, 39+ min ago   (550+ words) School administrators at a San Diego High School are being accused in a federal lawsuit of retaliating against two students for expressing pro-Trump views at a February 6 anti-ICE rally on campus. The suit, against Torrey Pines High School, also alleges…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (389+ words) President Donald Trump has urged a federal judge to reject the BBC’s request for the court’s help in securing testimony and documents from three family members in response to his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster. The BBC is…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (400+ words) Numerous scandals this year have sparked a public inquiry into government and military insider trading on prediction markets. In some cases, arrests have been made. But a new investigation by the nonprofit research group Anti-Corruption Data Collective suggests the corruption…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (402+ words) A lawsuit filed in federal court on Friday accuses writer and director Taylor Sheridan of stealing the idea for his powerhouse success “Yellowstone” from Lauren J. Salkin, a Virginia-based journalist and screenwriter. Requests for comment from representatives for Sheridan, Paramount…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (578+ words) A federal judge in New York has vacated a Trump administration policy that suspended the processing of visas from 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration deemed likely to require public assistance in the United…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (226+ words) A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump was named in a judicial complaint filed this week over what the complainant alleged to be “truly frightening” conduct. Filed by a Florida attorney, the complaint – which was reviewed and reported on…...