Recording artist Sean Kingston, born Kisean Anderson, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison by a Florida court after being convicted in a $1 million wire fraud scheme that spanned nearly a year and targeted luxury item sellers. The sentencing comes months after Kingston, 35, was found guilty in March alongside…
A 3-year-old Indianapolis girl is in critical condition after prosecutors say her father and his girlfriend subjected her to repeated abuse, leaving her with a brain bleed and catastrophic injuries. According to court records, police were called to a home on August 7 after reports that the child had “fallen” and was unresponsive. Officers found…
In a move that has drawn sharp criticism from civil rights advocates, the U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump quietly ended federal oversight of two landmark school desegregation cases that had been in place for more than half a century. The cases, originating in Hendry County, Florida, and Copiah County, Mississippi, were initiated…
A new analysis paints a stark legal and economic picture of what the United States would face if all immigrants—documented and undocumented—were suddenly removed from the country. The hypothetical scenario underscores how deeply intertwined immigration is with the nation’s workforce, public health, and infrastructure. If the estimated 45 million immigrants living in the U.S.—roughly 13%…
In a sharply worded decision, U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer has refused to unseal grand jury transcripts tied to the sex trafficking indictment of Ghislaine Maxwell, accusing the Justice Department (DOJ) of attempting to create an “illusion” of transparency while offering nothing of real evidentiary value to the public. The ruling, issued Monday, underscores…
Immigration processing times are speeding up, making now an ideal moment for eligible applicants to file, according to immigration attorney LaToya McBean Pompy, Esq. In a recent update posted to Instagram, McBean Pompy noted that cases such as marriage-based green cards, petitions where a U.S. citizen child is sponsoring a parent, and even naturalization applications…
The U.S. Department of State has confirmed a technical error affecting a small number of DV-2025 Diversity Visa lottery results for entrants from Great Britain and certain British Overseas Territories. The agency is advising applicants to recheck their status through the Entrant Status Check portal using the confirmation number issued at the time of registration.…
Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has intensified his legal fight by filing a $100 million defamation lawsuit against NBCUniversal, Peacock, and Ample Entertainment. He is alleging that the documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy spreads “outrageous lies” designed to destroy his reputation and prejudice his ongoing criminal case. The complaint, filed in New…
Massachusetts is in the midst of a public defender crisis, as hundreds of private attorneys refuse to take new court-appointed cases until the state increases their pay — a standstill that is leaving defendants without legal representation and victims without resolution. Historically, private attorneys in the state have handled roughly 80% of cases involving defendants…