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Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Karen Read's emergency request to delay her state murder trial until it reviews her appeal. No explanation was given for the denial of her request.Read had filed an emergency petition on Monday, asking the court for a stay of her retrial -- which has begun jury selection -- pending review by the high court on her claims […]

(MOSCOW, Idaho) -- University of Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger returned to court on Wednesday for a high-stakes hearing to decide what evidence will be allowed at his trial, which is set to begin in August.The use of particular language has been a major point of contention in the ongoing hearing.Judge Steven Hippler agreed to the defense's request to ban the words "psychopath" and "sociopath" from the trial.The defense asked that […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in federal funding to Cornell and $790 million to Northwestern, as the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at the schools, according to two White House officials."On Monday, several Trump administration agencies froze roughly $790M of federal funding and roughly $1.05B of federal funding from Northwestern and Cornell, respectively," a senior administration official told ABC News. "The money was frozen in […]

Photo by Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Harvey Weinstein was back in court on Wednesday with less than a week before the start of his second New York sex assault trial. His trial is expected to last four to six weeks once testimony begins, prosecutors at the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday.Jury selection begins Tuesday and is expected to last as long as five days, Judge Curtis Farber said.Prospective […]