A Southern California municipality finds itself at the center of a legal dispute following the discovery of Native American human remains and cultural artifacts at a residential construction site. The California Department of Justice initiated legal proceedings against the city of Poway in San Diego Superior Court on Tuesday, alleging violations of state environmental review...
A federal judge has delivered a significant ruling against the Department of Justice’s attempt to impose sanctions on a California attorney who represented a client facing deportation proceedings. Chief U.S. District Judge Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood, sitting in Guam, issued a comprehensive 14-page order on Monday rejecting the government’s motion for sanctions against attorney Joshua Schroeder....
A Texas judge has permanently resigned from her position and agreed to never serve in a judicial capacity again following allegations that she ordered a defense attorney to be handcuffed during a courtroom dispute in December 2024. Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez, 61, who served as a judge in Bexar County Court 13, reached a voluntary agreement with...
A federal court in California has granted final approval to a class action settlement resolving gender discrimination claims brought by female varsity student-athletes against San Diego State University. The settlement addresses allegations that the university’s athletic programs violated gender equity standards. Under the terms of the agreement, class members will receive individual payments ranging from...
A 24-year-old Pennsylvania man has been charged with criminal homicide following the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old friend during what witnesses described as a dangerous game involving firearms. Samuel Rolando Colon was arrested Monday and charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, and six counts of recklessly endangering another person in connection with the November 2025...
A group of House Democrats has formally requested that FBI Director Kash Patel complete and submit the results of an alcohol screening questionnaire to Congress, citing recent media reports about his drinking habits and unexplained absences from work. The request, detailed in a letter dated Tuesday from Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, specifically asks...
A Portland, Oregon woman has filed a lawsuit seeking $10,000 in damages after allegedly discovering and swallowing a severed human fingertip in a bottle of orange juice she purchased from a local grocery store. Julee O’Neil filed the legal complaint in Multnomah County Circuit Court on Monday, claiming the incident occurred in June 2025 after...
A Florida man will spend the next 45 years in prison for the murder of his 64-year-old mother during a home burglary that turned deadly in August 2024. John Jacob Aylor, 39, received his sentence on Monday from Hillsborough County Circuit Judge G. Gregory Green after pleading guilty to second-degree murder with a weapon and...
The United States Supreme Court revealed deep divisions among its conservative members Wednesday in a case involving an Army specialist who was severely injured during a Taliban suicide bombing at a military base in Afghanistan. The court ruled 6-3 that former Army specialist Winston T. Hencely could proceed with his lawsuit against a military contractor...
A 20-year-old man from Sedgwick County, Kansas, has been sentenced to 74 years in prison for the fatal shooting of his pregnant girlfriend in May 2024. Matthew Criscenzo was convicted in February of premeditated first-degree murder, felony murder, kidnapping, and aggravated battery in the death of 20-year-old Naomi Oglesby. The incident occurred at Criscenzo’s father’s...