Trials
Prospective renter awarded $15,000 after groping
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal court in Arkansas concluded a no-jury trial with $15,000 in damages awarded to a single working mother with two young children who was sexually harassed by a landlord in his early 70s during a tour of a rental home. “Any reasonable woman would be offended by an unwelcomed touching of her breasts and a forced grazing of her hand across the prospective landlord's crotch. The accompanying words made the sexual motivation clear.” The man’s wife was found not liable for his conduct on behalf of their property rental business.

Marine Le Pen ushered France's extreme right from taboo to political juggernaut
For decades, the National Rally was widely condemned because of its roots in antisemitism and xenophobia. Now, the party leads the polls after an intensive normalization campaign.

Former Epoch Times executive pleads guilty to multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that funded newspaper
Bill Guan, the newspaper’s ex-finance chief, admitted he ran a team out of Vietnam called “Make Money Online” to carry out the scam.

'Serial killer' German doctor given life sentence for 15 murders
The court ruled that he had killed not out of any compassion for his patients or a misguided sense of assisted dying, but instead by a drive for power over his victims.

Prince Harry loses tabloid privacy case as London visit revives royal tensions
Prince Harry failed to prove the Daily Mail's publisher obtained private information through unlawful methods, ending the Duke of Sussex's latest attempt to hold a British tabloid accountable in court.

Judge scraps Musk’s attempt to toss Twitter fraud verdict
The judge rejected Musk’s bid to set aside the verdict in most respects, but he did side with the world's richest man as to the effect of one tweet he sent on May 17, 2022.

Judge rejects claims dog pepper-sprayed by mailman caused children's asthma
The family of two children in San Diego claimed a USPS mail carrier repeatedly and maliciously pepper-sprayed their family dog, which resulted in their two young children developing asthma.

Judge allows Tupac murder suspect's memoir as evidence at trial
A Nevada judge said prosecutors can use statements Duane "Keffe D" Davis made in his 2019 memoir during his upcoming trial for the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur.




