Guilty Verdict A former employee of Northeastern University, Jason Duhaime, was convicted on Friday of staging a hoax explosion in 2022 and fabricating a story about being injured by a package delivered to the Boston campus. A federal jury in Boston found Duhaime, 47, guilty of conveying false information related...

Settlement and Compensation The city of Detroit has agreed to pay $300,000 to Robert Williams, a man wrongly accused of shoplifting, as part of a lawsuit settlement. The settlement also includes significant changes in how the city's police department utilizes facial recognition technology for crime-solving purposes. Williams' driver's license photo...

Legislative Approval and Reforms The California Legislature approved bills on Thursday to amend a 20-year-old law, the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), which allows workers to sue their employers over labor violations. This legislative action aims to address concerns from business groups about the misuse of the law and the...

Life Sentence for Thomas Kinworthy Jr. A man convicted of killing a St. Louis police officer in 2020 was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday. Judge Elizabeth Hogan ordered Thomas Kinworthy Jr., 46, to serve two consecutive life sentences for first-degree murder and first-degree assault, along with...

Judgment in Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Grace Pinson, a transgender woman who was assaulted by a male inmate while housed in a men's unit at an Arizona penitentiary, has won a $10,000 judgment in a federal civil rights lawsuit. Pinson, 38, represented herself in a four-day bench trial held in...

Settlement Details Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Gregory Bombard, who was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger in 2018. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Vermont announced the settlement on Wednesday. Incident and Lawsuit The lawsuit,...

New Lawsuit Filed A former student has filed a civil lawsuit against the now-closed Agape Boarding School in Missouri, accusing staff members of forced child labor, physical abuse, and efforts to hide mistreatment from authorities. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Missouri’s Western U.S. District Court, alleges fraud and negligence by...

Guilty Plea in High-Profile Case A woman has pleaded guilty to the murder of Michael Latt, a prominent entertainment industry consultant and social justice advocate. Jameelah Elena Michl, 36, admitted to committing first-degree murder and first-degree burglary in a Los Angeles court on Monday, according to court records. Michl also...

Federal Sentence for Jason Autry Jason Autry, a key witness in the high-profile Holly Bobo murder trial, has been sentenced to 19 years in federal prison on unrelated federal weapons charges. Autry, 49, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge S. Thomas Anderson in Jackson, Tennessee, on Monday, according to court...

Guilty Plea in Extortion Attempt Stefan Alexandru Barabas, the last of three masked men involved in a failed 2007 extortion attempt, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to interfere with commerce by extortion. Barabas, a 38-year-old Romanian citizen, was on the run for nearly 15 years before his arrest in Hungary...

Aric Hutchinson to Receive Compensation After Wedding Night Tragedy A settlement has been reached in the case of a South Carolina bride killed by a drunk driver on her wedding night last year. The husband of the victim, Aric Hutchinson, will receive nearly $1 million as part of the agreement....