1m ago Court in lunch break The emergency stay granted by Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan was scheduled to be one-hour long and end at 12:30 p.m. The state’s highest court, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), is still reviewing defense attorney Kevin Reddington’s request to stop Sullivan’s declaration of a mistrial. The…
The Justice Department is attempting to revive a centuries-old law to speed up efforts to claim Iranian oil tankers seized during the war with Iran, but maritime law experts say the plan could face hurdles. The top federal prosecutor in southern Texas confirmed last month that his office is involved in the effort to revive…
Sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln are swapping military operations for beaches, bars and a few days of much-needed rest after landing in Thailand. And after a record nine months at sea, parents of the sailors are just happy they are on solid ground after the grueling deployment. “I’m certain that his feet have touched…
Leon Black, an investor and former close associate of Jeffrey Epstein who was subpoenaed to appear before Congress on Thursday instead filed a lawsuit to contest the subpoenas compelling him to testify and provide documents to the House committee investigating the notorious sex abuser. Black was subpoenaed in June after he abruptly left a voluntary…
The United States military intercepted and sank a vessel that was allegedly being used to support at-sea drug trafficking by the Ecuadorian criminal organization Los Choneros, officials said on Wednesday. It came after a similar operation on Friday that destroyed another vessel linked to the gang, one of Ecuador’s main drug trafficking and extortion groups….
Gloria Steinem, a co-founder of Ms. Magazine and a trailblazing figure of the women’s liberation movement in the latter half of the 20th century, has died. She was 92. The Gloria Steinem Foundation said in a social media post Thursday that she “passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some…
A jury in Malta on Wednesday acquitted the Maltese businessman accused by prosecutors of being the mastermind behind the 2017 car bomb killing of crusading investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, sparking renewed calls for accountability in the Mediterranean island nation. Caruana Galizia’s killing shocked Europe, led to protests that toppled a prime minister and exposed…
On Tuesday, the jury in Lindsay Clancy’s trial told the judge that it was deadlocked, or unable to reach a unanimous verdict in her case. Several recent high-profile cases provide a possible glimpse at how long deliberations could continue if no progress is made. Judge William Sullivan ordered jurors to keep deliberating after they sent…
Michael Sanft, the defense attorney for Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who was convicted of first-degree murder for the 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur on Monday, accused the jury of harboring “preconceived notions” about his client. “I’m surprised. With the amount of evidence that should have been considered by the jury, I don’t believe that…
At least 20 generals, admirals and civilian defense leaders have been fired or have departed their jobs since Pete Hegseth became defense secretary at the beginning of the second Trump administration. Some of the military’s most decorated leaders have either been fired by Hegseth and President Trump or have retired with little explanation, including the…
