Law, Courts & Regulations
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA–MICHAEL O’NELL CARPENTER, age 42, a resident of Harvey, Louisiana, pled guilty on July 15, 2026, to mail theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708, announced U.S. Attorney David I...
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Friday that New Jersey’s bans on assault firearms and magazines holding more than 10 rounds violate the Second Amendment, marking the first time a f...
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) deputy was sentenced today to 12 months in federal prison for submitting a false search warrant application to a state court judge, lying that h...
UN experts on Friday warned that the recent earthquakes in Venezuela have exacerbated its humanitarian and human rights crisis, and urged authorities to remove regulatory barriers to humanitarian aid ...
A Texarkana man has been sentenced to federal prison for a firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
31 civil society organizations on Friday called on the EU and its member states to end their cooperation with Libyan authorities on migration control. The groups expressed alarm at plans to strengthen...
A Brooklyn man surrendered to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons today to begin serving 57 months in prison in connection with his leadership of a $3.2 million Medicaid fraud and illegal kickback scheme at hi...
Derek Rockette laundered drug proceeds from at least 2017 to 2021 but lost more than $1.5 million of the proceeds gambling.
NEW ORLEANS –U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle announced the conviction ofDALE SANDERS,age 56, of Kenner, Louisiana after a five-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Brandon S. Long. On Friday, Ju...
A Burlington County, New Jersey, man was convicted by a jury on July 17, 2026, for offenses arising from his illicit communications and conduct with an individual he believed to be a 14-year-old girl.
OAKLAND – Maxfer Palma was sentenced Friday to 192 months in federal prison for one count each of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, p...
A dual citizen of Mexico and the United States who trafficked multi-kilogram quantities of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine was sentenced on July 14, 2026, to 104 months in prison and four years of super...
Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Bianca Vieux was arraigned on a superseding indictment charging Vieux and seven other defendants in a fraud scheme relating to deposits of falsifi...
Today, a payment processing broker who facilitated stealing money from businesses bank accounts was sentenced to three years in prison. Through his scheme, sham merchants stole and attempted to steal ...
Human Rights Watch on Friday warned of the deteriorating economic state in Afghanistan. Millions of citizens are at risk of suffering from severe hunger due to a sharp decline in international aid an...
Ismael Zambada Garcia, also known as El Mayo, 77, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced today to life in prison and ordered to pay $15 billion in forfeiture for his role as the principal leader of a conti...
A coalition of 20 state attorneys general on Friday urged a federal judge to dismiss a Trump administration lawsuit that seeks to halt disciplinary proceedings against Jeffrey Clark. Clark faces disba...
UN expert Morris Tidball-Binz on Friday condemned the killing of 20 Honduran farmworkers on the 21st of May 2026 and called for those responsible to be brought to justice, ensure that the victims’ fam...