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FBI searches a Washington Post reporter's home as part of investigation

Hannah Natanson had a phone, two laptops and a Garmin watch seized. The Justice Department says this is part of an investigation into a Pentagon contractor accused of taking home classified informatio...

Jan 15NPR NewsPolitics

WATCH: Black man exonerated 70 years after execution for rape and murder of white woman

Tommy Lee Walker was declared "innocent" by a Dallas court 70 years after he was executed for the rape and murder of Venice Parker....

1dABC Newscrime

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen takes the stand in high-stakes appeals trial

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political future hangs in the balance as she faces an appeals trial in Paris, a case that could derail her party’s ambitions to radically reshape France with an...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

France's far-right Le Pen appeals graft conviction with 2027 presidential bid on the line

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is set to return to court on Tuesday to appeal a graft conviction, with her 2027 presidential ambitions hanging in the balance. Le Pen was banned from standing fo...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

UK police blame Microsoft Copilot for intelligence mistake

The chief constable of one of Britain's largest police forces has admitted that Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant made a mistake in a football (soccer) intelligence report. The report, which led to Isr...

Jan 14The VergeTechnologyImpact

DHS launches 'Operation Catch of the Day' enforcement action in Maine

The Department of Homeland Security has launched an operation targeting criminal illegal migrants in the state of Maine, according to a DHS spokesperson....

2dABC NewsPoliticsImpact

Minnesota: Prosecutors reportedly resign over federal probe

Several state prosecutors have reportedly resigned over the lack of a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent. The US Justice Department denies the...

Jan 14Deutsche WellecrimeImpact

Hong Kong activist loses legal fight over prison shorts ban for female inmates

A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...

Jan 13South China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Germany: Bundestag president pushes changes to security

Drones, spies and extremists? Bundestag President Julia Klöckner sounds the alarm on security gaps threatening Germany’s democracy. Her proposals could hit the far-right AfD party the hardest....

Jan 14Deutsche WellePoliticsImpact

France's Marine Le Pen returns to court as appeal could decide her 2027 presidential fate

A Paris appeal court will decide whether the far-right figurehead can run for president in 2027, as attention increasingly turns to her 30-year-old protégé and MEP Jordan Bardella....

Jan 13EuronewsPoliticsImpact

Hearing in Marine Le Pen appeal trial expected summer 2026

Marine Le Pen's presidential ambitions hang in the balance as the French far-right leader goes to court to appeal against an embezzlement conviction, which barred her from running for office for five ...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

Marine Le Pen aiming to win appeal trial on "technicality rather than emotion"

French ‍far-right leader Marine Le ​Pen softened her tone while answering judges' questions during her appeal trial in ⁠Paris but denied wrongdoing, after being barred from public office over a convic...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

New Jersey Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Using Bitcoin to Pay Chinese Fentanyl Suppliers

The scheme distributed drugs as counterfeit pharmaceutical pills throughout New Jersey, with eight co-defendants already pleading guilty....

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DOJ Flags Three Crypto Cases in 'America First' Push Against Fraud

The Justice Department ramps up crypto fraud enforcement as scams surge, losses hit record highs, and AI aids financial crime....

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Le Pen admits "negligence" in EU fund embezzlement appeal trial

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was questioned for the second day as part of her appeal trial regarding accusations of embezzlement of EU funds by her party for several years. The morning starte...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Marine Le Pen's appeal in EU fund embezzlement case opens in Paris

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who needs to have a graft conviction overturned to seize her best chance at the French presidency, risks seeing her life's work upended if she loses her appeal. It come...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

Army vet detained by ICE for 8 hours says he wasn't allowed to call an attorney

Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient William Vermie told ABC News that he was tackled and arrested by ICE in Minneapolis and held for eight hours....

17hABC NewsPolitics

A South Korean court sentences Yoon to 5 years in prison on charges related to martial law decree

A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison, the first verdict in eight criminal trials for allegations that include his 2024 martial law decree. (Image c...

Jan 16NPR NewsPolitics

Second ICE shooting in Minneapolis sparks clashes with protesters

A federal immigration agent shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis on Wednesday night after reportedly being attacked with a shovel and a broom handle, as tensions between ICE agents and protesters cont...

Jan 15EuronewsPoliticsImpact

Germany news: Trial to open over deadly Munich car attack

A Munich court is set to open the trial over a car attack on a trade union rally that killed a woman and her child. Meanwhile, Germany says inflation has stabilized, easing from post-pandemic highs. D...

Jan 16Deutsche WellecrimeImpact
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