A US judge set a June 1, 2027, trial date for ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on drug-trafficking charges in Manhattan federal court. Their defense lawyer plans to seek dismissal based on immunity as a head of state.
Weidong "Bill" Guan, former CFO of The Epoch Times, pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge for his role in a scheme to launder approximately $67 million in fraud proceeds. The money, including unemployment benefits, was moved through accounts linked to the media company.
A Manhattan federal appeals court denied Donald Trump's request to delay paying over $5.8 million to E. Jean Carroll, including interest, following her sexual abuse and defamation trial. The court found Trump was stalling and ordered the payment to proceed.
A Manhattan federal court judge has ordered the release of over $5.8m Donald Trump owes E. Jean Carroll following her 2023 sexual abuse and defamation trial. Trump is appealing the decision.
Haji Najibullah, a former Taliban commander, has been sentenced to 42 years in prison for his role in the 2008 kidnapping of US journalist David Rohde and other acts of violence. Rohde, who was held for seven months, testified at Najibullah's sentencing, detailing the psychological torture he endured. Najibullah pleaded guilty to hostage-taking and providing material support for terrorism.
Hachette, Macmillan and others allege that Meta pirated millions of works from textbooks to novels for Llama modelFive major publishers sued Meta Platforms in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the tech giant misused their books and journal articles to train its artificial intelligence models.Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette, Macmillan and McGraw Hill, as well as author Scott Turow, alleged in the proposed class-action complaint that Meta pirated millions of their works and used them without permission to train its Llama large language models to respond to human prompts. Continue reading...
