News for May 2, 2025

Nigel Thomas is accused of killing Wilma Robertson and then using fake social media messages and a graphic video to try to frame another man for the murder.

A federal judge struck down Donald Trump’s executive order against Perkins Coie, saying it was an unconstitutional attack on the law firm and the courts.

A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting Perkins Coie is unconstitutional and permanently blocked it.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to let DOGE access sensitive Social Security data while a lower court order blocking that access is challenged.

The Trump administration agreed to stop freezing Maine child nutrition funds, and Maine will drop its lawsuit over the dispute.

The Trump administration has reached a settlement in principle with Ashli Babbitt’s family over a civil lawsuit tied to her Jan. 6, 2021, shooting death inside the Capitol.

Miriam Haley left the courtroom after an emotional outburst during Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes retrial as his lawyer pressed her on details of the alleged assault.

An Illinois man was sentenced to 53 years in prison for the hate-crime killing of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and the attack on the boy’s mother.

R.E.M. is helping Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty raise money after the Trump administration froze federal funding for the news group.

New Jersey prosecutors say a 17-year-old was charged in connection with a large wildfire that burned thousands of acres and forced thousands of people to leave their homes.

Tyler Bossetti, an Ohio finance influencer, was charged in federal court with running an alleged $11 million real estate fraud scheme.

Luigi Mangione’s legal team is asking a New York court to drop the state murder case against him, saying the state and federal prosecutions could amount to double jeopardy.

Sinatra Jordan spent 940 days in a Mississippi jail waiting for a trial that was repeatedly delayed, and his case was later dropped after the blame shifted to police officers.

Abbe Lowell is starting a new law firm with two Trump critics to fight back more aggressively against President Donald Trump’s pressure on the legal world.

Thai state prosecutors said they will not pursue royal defamation charges against U.S. scholar Paul Chambers, though the case is not yet fully closed.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said attacks on judges by Donald Trump and his allies appear meant to intimidate the courts and weaken respect for the rule of law.