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Mueller to take center stage at Russia probe hearings

Former Trump-Russia special counsel Robert Mueller finally faces congressional interrogators on Wednesday, testifying in ...

Bijan Kian, Bijan Rafiekian

Ex-Flynn business partner convicted of illegal lobbying

A jury on Tuesday convicted a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn on charges he ...

3 Romanian men sentenced for hacking US servers

Three men who hacked U.S. computers from Romania have been sentenced to prison for a fraud scheme totaling more than $21 ...

Gay couple sues over US refusal to recognize kid as citizen

A same-sex couple in Georgia said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the U.S. State Department is unconstitutionally refusing ...

Turkish banker released from US prison in sanctions case

A Turkish banker convicted of helping Iran evade economic sanctions has been released from a U.S. prison, his defense ...

Trump puts his stamp on nation's immigration courts

In just 2½ years, the Trump administration has put its stamp on the nation's immigration court system, appointing more than ...

Jailed judge alleging pedophile ring on verge of extradition

A lawyer for a former Lithuanian judge and parliament member jailed in Chicago said Monday that a new court ruling could be ...

British man to testify against professor in Chicago stabbing

A British man accused in the fatal stabbing of a hair stylist in Chicago that a prosecutor said was driven by a sexual ...

The Latest: Iran's FM says UK ship was traveling unsafely

The Latest on tensions in the Persian Gulf (all times local): 11:30 p.m. Iran's foreign minister says his country seized a ...

Court: Walesa must apologize to Poland's ruling party head

A Polish appeals court upheld a lower court's verdict in a slander case and ruled Monday that pro-democracy fighter and ...

Jeffrey Rosen, Hugh Hurwitz, David Muhlhausen

3K federal inmates released under criminal justice overhaul

More than 3,100 federal inmates were being released Friday by the Bureau of Prisons as part of a criminal justice overhaul ...

The Latest: Relatives of victims condemn Srebrenica ruling

The Latest on a Dutch Supreme Court ruling on the 1995 Srebrenica massacre (all times local): 4 p.m. Relatives of the victims ...

Indian gets 10 years in prison in death of British teenager

An Indian court on Friday sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for the drugging and killing of a 15-year-old British girl ...

Dutch Supreme Court upholds Srebrenica deaths liability

The Dutch Supreme Court upheld Friday a lower court's ruling that the Netherlands is partially liable in the deaths of some ...

About 10,000 au pairs to get paid in class-action settlement

About 10,000 live-in childcare workers from around the world will share in a class-action settlement in a case that ...

The Latest: Politicians praise Jeffrey Epstein's bail ruling

The Latest on the sex trafficking charges against Jeffrey Epstein (all times local): 2 p.m. A U.S. senator and a Florida ...

Bijan Kian, Bijan Rafiekian

Trial of ex-Flynn business partner allowed to go forward

A judge is allowing the trial of a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn to go forward ...

Morocco: 3 sentenced to death in Scandinavian women slayings

Three men were convicted of terrorism and sentenced to death by a Moroccan court Thursday for the brutal slaying of two ...

Cyprus detains 12 Israelis for 8 days over alleged rape

A Cyprus court has ordered 12 Israelis vacationing on the east Mediterranean island nation to remain in police custody for ...

Assange drops appeal of 50-week sentence for jumping bail

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has dropped an appeal of his 50-week prison term for jumping bail in Britain.