Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, wife indicted over Azerbaijan ties
WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges and taken into custody Friday in connection…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks to dismiss claims in sex assault lawsuit
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team is pushing back against his accusers in their civil suits as a federal sex-trafficking probe continues. His lawyers are asking…
Britney Spears, Jamie Spears settle fight over legal fees
Britney Spears and her father Jamie Spears, her former conservator, have settled their protracted legal dispute over the payment of his legal fees and how…
Harvey Weinstein hospitalized in New York, undergoing tests, attorney says
Film producer Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Saturday just days after the New York Appeals Court overturned his 2020 rape conviction and ordered a new trial…
With Heisman returned, Reggie Bush vows to continue NCAA fight
Through his decade in exile, Reggie Bush said he never lost faith that this day would come. Even when no path forth appeared to exist…
Lawsuits over voting create shadow war for 2024 election
CHICAGO — As President Biden and Donald Trump step up their campaigning in swing states, a quieter battle is taking place in the shadows of their…
Trump’s bond in N.Y. civil fraud case is settled with cash promise
NEW YORK — New York state lawyers and an attorney for former President Trump settled their differences Monday over a $175-million bond that Trump posted to…
Documents to be unsealed in L.A. city attorney and DWP corruption case
More than 1,000 pages of confidential documents from a federal criminal investigation into the Los Angeles city attorney’s office and the Department of Water and…
Justice Department blasts GOP effort to hold attorney general in contempt
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Monday blasted Republicans’ effort to hold Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland in contempt over his refusal to turn over unredacted materials…
Angelina Jolie motion heats up Brad Pitt’s winery lawsuit
Angelina Jolie’s legal team filed a motion Thursday to compel Brad Pitt’s communications stemming from an “all-encompassing” nondisclosure agreement he wanted that purportedly tanked the…
Coachella wants billboard advertising free STD testing removed
Coachella organizers have called for the removal of a billboard near the music festival site advertising free sexually transmitted disease testing services, the organization that…
Jay Leno’s wife Mavis Leno sometimes ‘does not know’ him
An attorney for Mavis Leno is recommending that the court approve comedian Jay Leno’s petition to be a conservator over his wife’s estate as she…
Lawyers for former L.A. deputy mayor will seek mistrial over juror remark
A lawyer for former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan said Friday that he would seek a mistrial after the judge revealed that a juror…
Corruption “feels like a betrayal.” What motivates U.S. Attorney E. Martin Estrada to go after the bad guys
In mid-January, U.S. Attorney E. Martin Estrada stood in front of a bouquet of microphones with a phalanx of prosecutors behind him. Their somber faces…
Ohtani says he’s cooperating with investigators. Yasiel Puig offers a cautionary tale
The baseball star went into his first conversation with federal investigators assured he was “not a target.” The lead prosecutor on a sprawling sports betting…
L.A. Times reporters attacked by Minnesota police to settle lawsuit
Two journalists who were cornered and attacked by the Minnesota State Patrol as they covered protests over George Floyd’s murder for the Los Angeles Times…
Prince Harry lawyer accuses Rupert Murdoch in hacking case
An attorney for Prince Harry accused Rupert Murdoch this week of knowing about News Group Newspapers’ alleged use of illegal tactics such as phone hacking…
US sanctions Nicaragua’s attorney general over human rights concerns | News
Washington says Morales Urbina ‘exploited her office to facilitate a coordinated campaign to suppress dissent’. The United States has imposed sanctions on Nicaragua’s attorney general…
Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling
Representatives of Dodgerssuperstar Shohei Ohtanion Wednesday accused his interpreter of engaging in a “massive theft” of the ballplayer’s funds to place bets with an allegedly…
Willis can stay on Trump election case in Georgia, judge says
ATLANTA — A judge delivered a significant victory Friday to Fulton County Dist. Atty. Fani Willis, ruling that she would not be disqualified from leading the…