News for May 14, 2025

Rebecca Hill, the former clerk linked to the Alex Murdaugh murder trial, was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges tied to her work as a South Carolina county official.

Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been charged with smuggling after U.S. officials said she failed to declare frog embryos in her luggage, adding a criminal case to her fight against deportation.

Jeal Sutherland pleaded guilty to planning a murder-for-hire scheme that included paying to have a victim’s body fed to pigs and trying to scare the victim’s family.

Robert Morris is demanding millions in pay and retirement benefits from Gateway Church as the church fights back in a legal dispute tied to sexual abuse allegations.

A federal judge ordered the release of Georgetown researcher Badar Khan Suri after finding his immigration detention likely violated his constitutional rights.

Yeshiva University has again banned an LGBTQ student club, reopening a fight over the school’s religious values and its recent settlement with students.

A former Michigan Army National Guard member, Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, was accused of planning a mass shooting at a U.S. military base for ISIS, and the attack was stopped before it happened.