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Jury begins deliberating in R. Kelly's criminal trial
Jurors began deliberating Tuesday at R. Kelly's federal trial in Chicago, sorting through a month of evidence and arguments on charges accusing the singer of producing child pornography, enticing minors for sex and rigging his 2008 child porn trial.
R. Kelly pleads not guilty to reworked federal abuse charges
R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday pleaded not guilty to an updated federal indictment that includes includes child pornography charges and allegations involving a new accuser, while prosecutors said more charges alleging yet another victim are upcoming.
Larry Nassar investigation not suspended after all, says Michigan attorney general
Michigan's attorney general on Wednesday said her communications director's statement announcing the suspension of a nearly two-year criminal investigation into Michigan State University's handling of complaints against serial sexual abuser Larry Nassar was "inadvertently misleading."
U.S. women's soccer team cannot strike, federal judge rules
Federal judge says the world champion U.S. women's soccer team currently does not have the right to strike to seek improved conditions and wages before the Summer Olympics.
Prince died of accidental fentanyl overdose: Minnesota medical examiner
A Minnesota medical examiner says music icon Prince died of an accidental fentanyl overdose. The report from the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office comes more than a month after the music superstar was found dead at age 57 at his Paisley Park mansion.
Dennis Hastert, former House Speaker, pleads guilty to violating banking laws
Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to evading banking laws in a hush-money scheme, averting a potentially lurid trial that could have dredged up sexual allegations by agreeing to a deal with prosecutors that recommended he serve no more than six months in prison.
Dennis Hastert, former U.S. House Speaker, set to plead guilty in hush-money case
Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert intends to plead guilty in a federal hush-money case linked to allegations of sexual misconduct from decades ago, a defence attorney told a federal judge Thursday.
Dennis Hastert, former U.S. House Speaker, pleads not guilty to federal charges
Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert appeared in court for the first time since he was indicted, pleading not guilty to charges that he violated banking rules and lied to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in a scheme to pay $3.5 million US in hush money to conceal misconduct from his days as a high school teacher.
Indiana suspect Darren Vann charged in 1 death after 7 bodies found
Darren Vann, a man suspected in the deaths of seven women in northwestern Indiana, has been charged in one of the slayings.