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Former New York City Judge Edward Harold King leaves Brooklyn federal court, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in New York, after making an initial appearance on a charge of wire fraud conspiracy in connection with an alleged real estate investment scam. (AP Photo/Michael R. Sisak)
At first glance, there’s not much about the ending of The Punisher: One Last Kill that needs explaining, because most of the Marvel TV special’s second half is one long and appropriately punishing action sequence where Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) must fight his way through an endless stream of assassins after Ma Gnu…
Disgraced South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh will have a much better shot at being acquitted of his wife and son’s murders after the state Supreme Court stunningly overturned his conviction Wednesday, legal experts told The Post.
Alex Murdaugh during a hearing on the motion for a retrial in January 2024. (AP: Gavin McIntyre/The Post and Courier)
Lu Jianwang waits to enter a federal courthouse in New York, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, talks on the phone as he arrives for the swearing-in ceremony for justices Nunes Marques and Andre Mendonca as president and vice president of Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Lu ‘Harry’ Jianwang convicted of acting as an unauthorised Chinese agent and obstruction of justice in closely watched trial
Lu ‘Harry’ Jianwang convicted of acting as an unauthorised Chinese agent and obstruction in closely watched trial
A Bronx firebug has been charged with murder in the deadly blaze that killed three people — including the elderly owner of the building that his family called home for decades, according to cops and the victim’s loved ones.
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced that David Venturella, a former executive at the private prison company GEO Group, will become the new acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
In this March 14, 2012, file photo, a player runs across the NCAA logo during practice in Pittsburgh before an NCAA tournament college basketball game. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
A local Chinatown community leader who the feds say ran a secret Chinese “police station” out of a nondescript Manhattan office building was found guilty Wednesday of acting as an illegal foreign agent.
An IDF soldier was sentenced to 30 days in military prison after IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir caught him wearing a "Messiah" patch on his uniform, the military confirmed on Wednesday.
Medicare has already paused hospice and home healthcare agency signups as potential fraud is investigated
Victoria Police say a shot was fired during the home invasion in Pakenham. (ABC News)
Kouri Richins put five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in her spouse’s drink, then wrote a children’s book about grief after he died
Kouri Richins put five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in her spouse’s drink, then wrote a children’s book about grief after he died
The US state of Louisiana will hold several primary elections on Thursday, including for the United States Senate, the state’s Supreme Court, and a slate of local offices.
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Democrats have anointed themselves the defenders of democracy and protectors of the rule of law. For years, the liberal media has been more than willing to help push that narrative. But after the state Supreme Court struck down the Virginia gerrymander, the reaction from Democrats was so extreme that even their usua…
The miscreant Rhamell Burke should never have been on the street to allegedly murder 76-year-old Ross Falzone. People like Burke should have been involuntarily committed ages ago (“NYC failed shove vic,” Frank Conti, May 13).
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Thomas Carrick's parents are launching legal proceedings against the Australian Federal Police. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
Utah mom Kouri Richins — who killed her husband and then wrote a book about processing grief for their sons — was sentenced to life behind bars Wednesday after making a defiant, saccharine speech to the judge about how she had been persecuted.
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The Cavaliers held serve in their second-round series against the Pistons, pulling off two wins on their home court to tie the series and force Games 5 and 6.
Production for the third and final season of Good Omens had already started when showrunner Neil Gaiman was accused of sexual assault by multiple women. He stepped down from the show, though he is credited with co-writing the finale. It’s a big reason why we’re now presented this scaled-back 90-minute finale instead…
Crime has increased progressively across the globe in recent years, with criminal syndicates employing more sophisticated methods in their criminal activities, and also in the intimidation of witnesses. Victims and witnesses may be reluctant to give information and evidence because of perceived or actual intimidatio…
In a week filled with drama, investigations into the purchase of Airbus aircraft and related allegations of bribery and corruption took centre stage, leading to the death of former Sri Lankan Airlines Chief Executive Officer Kapila Chandrasena and the questioning of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
“Politico’s Josh Gerstein illustrated precisely” this week how, if Democrats “try to pack the Supreme Court, the media would run cover for the enterprise,” flags National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke. Gerstein noted Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s advice to Americans to “defend the judicial system against salvos that…
The woman accused of opening fire on Rihanna’s Beverly Hills mansion with a high-powered rifle was ruled competent to stand trial on attempted murder charges during a bizarre court appearance in Los Angeles Wednesday.
Disgraced ex-Miramax boss Harvey Weinstein complained about chest pains Wednesday — just hours after the jury began deliberating in his third Manhattan sex crimes trial.
In a landmark judgment with far-reaching implications for Sri Lanka’s university system, the Supreme Court has delivered one of the strongest judicial pronouncements yet on sexual harassment in academic institutions, workplace dignity, and institutional accountability.
Three suspects have been arrested yesterday (13) in connection with the incident of breaking into a house in the Bokutuyaya area of Mamadala South in Ambalantota killing one person and seriously injuring another.
He is taking over as the world’s largest economy reels from repeated shocks, including inflation fuelled in part by the Iran war
He is taking over as the world’s largest economy reels from repeated shocks, including inflation fuelled in part by the Iran war
The sole surviving son of disgraced legal scion Alex Murdaugh is furious over the “nightmare” decision to overturn his father’s convictions for murdering his mother and brother.
The newly appointed Consul General-designate of Sri Lanka in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, former Court of Appeal Judge M.T. Mohamed Laffar assumed duties in Jeddah on May 11.
A private school bus and a SLTB bus collided in the Polgahamulla area of Dickwella yesterday (13) morning, resulting in a bus driver and three schoolchildren sustaining minor injuries, Dickwella Police said. The school bus was transporting schoolchildren from Ambalantota and the SLTB bus was heading towards Kataraga…
Unauthorised constructions along the coastline from Habaraduwa town to the Pradeshiya Sabha crematorium in Koggala were removed by the Coast Conservation Authority, under strict police protection yesterday morning (13).
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son were overturned Wednesday by the South Carolina Supreme Court because the court clerk at his trial suggested he was guilty.
An incendiary article published by the New York Times, which alleges horrific widespread rape of Palestinians at the hands of Israeli prison guards and soldiers, has been slammed by experts — who say that it lacks legitimate evidence and is the type of cartoonishly evil propaganda that would make “Goebbels blush.”
Neo-Nazi cult leader Michail Chkhikvishvili — whose propaganda inspired real-world bloodshed, including a deadly Nashville school shooting — was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison by a New York federal judge who called his crimes “extraordinarily serious.”
Eccentric billionaire Stephen Cloobeck’s friends tried to warn him to break off the relationship with his fiancée long before he was arrested on suspicion of witness tampering and threats involving her criminal case, the California Post has learned.
A Jewish community security team passed intelligence to NSW Police about an Islamic fundamentalist network and identified Naveed Akram as a close associate years before his alleged Islamic State-inspired attack in Bondi, a leaked email suggests.
The NSW prison population has hit record highs with more than 14,000 people in custody, fuelled by a surge in those charged with domestic violence awaiting trial or sentencing.
The first deportations passed almost unnoticed: a few labourers returning unexpectedly to their villages and towns across Pakistan, without luggage or prior warning to their families.
An unknown thief snatched the 800-year-old skull believed to be of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk from a display box in a church in the northern Czech Republic and ran away with the relic, the Police of the Czech Republic said in a Tuesday statement.