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Former Olympian accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool sees “irregularities” in the process 0
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- July 28, 2026
WASHINGTON– A former Olympian accused of deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool is seeking access to all of the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment, pointing to “irregularities” in those grand jury proceedings. In a court filing filed Monday, David Hearn’s attorneys requested an order that the government turn over a full transcript
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Supreme Court litigator jailed in tax evasion case after betting on poker 0
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- July 25, 2026
WASHINGTON– A prominent Supreme Court litigator was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for evading a multimillion-dollar tax debt to the IRS and engaging in mortgage fraud, a case that shed light on his secret lifestyle as a high-stakes poker player and featured trial testimony from a Hollywood movie star. Thomas Goldstein, who also
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Terrorism trial to begin over stabbing of author Salman Rushdie 0
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- July 22, 2026
BUFFALO, New York — The man who was convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie will stand trial again, this time in a federal terrorism case that is further investigating what allegedly motivated the stabbing on a conference stage in 2022. Opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday in Hadi Matar’s trial in federal court in
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Pamela Smart, serving life in prison, seeks new trial 0
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- July 21, 2026
CONCORD, N.H. — Lawyers for Pamela Smart, who is serving a life sentence for orchestrating the murder of her husband at the hands of her teenage student in 1990, urged a New Hampshire judge Monday to allow her latest request for a new trial to move forward. Smart, 58, was a 22-year-old high school media
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Former Olympian accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool will have a trial date on September 28 0
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- July 20, 2026
WASHINGTON– A judge in the nation’s capital set a trial date in September for a former Olympic canoe racer accused of deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, the site of a troubled multimillion-dollar renovation project championed by President Donald Trump. D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman scheduled David Hearn’s trial date for September 28
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Ghost Gun Company Ordered to Pay $100 Million for Kentucky Teen’s Death in Landmark Verdict 0
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- July 17, 2026
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A shell gun company has been ordered to pay more than $100 million for the death of a Kentucky teenager who had purchased the company’s gun-building kit online. The verdict, believed to be the largest ever handed down against a gun dealer, was handed down by a jury Wednesday following a trial
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