11 Oct, 2026

Judge fines Donald Trump $5,000 after post maligning court staffer is found on campaign website

National News “In the current overheated climate, incendiary untruths can, and in some cases already have, led to serious physical harm, and worse.” Former President Donald Trump speaks as he returns to the courtroom after the lunch break of his civil business fraud trial, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, at New York Supreme Court in New […]

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Joran van der Sloot admits to killing Natalee Holloway, judge says

Crime A federal judge said that Joran van der Sloot had confessed to killing Ms. Holloway in agreeing to plead guilty to extortion and wire fraud charges, The Associated Press reported. Joran van der Sloot in Lima, Peru, last June, shortly before being extradited to the United States. AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File By Claire Moses […]

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Judge finds fatal police shooting in Cambridge of UMass Boston student was justified

Local News Sayed Faisal, a 20-year-old Cambridge resident, was fatally shot by a Cambridge police officer in January. David Fichter, of Cambridge, holds a portrait of his late student, Sayed Faisal, during a rally Against Police Brutality held by The Bangladesh Association of New England in January. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe The January fatal shooting […]

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