Former Memphis police officer Emmitt Martin III pleaded guilty on Friday to three counts of US federal civil rights and conspiracy charges. An indictment issued in September of last year accused Martin of using excessive force against Tyre Nichols, an unarmed 29-year-old black man. On January 7, 2023, police stopped Nichols while in his vehicle [...]

A US federal appeals court on Friday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of protest curfews in New York City. The curfews, established in response to demonstrations surrounding the murder of George Floyd by then-Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, were implemented for a one-week period in 2020. Lamel Jeffrey, Thaddeus Blake [...]

Donald Trump’s US Presidential Campaign sent a cease and desist letter on Friday to a political action committee known as The Lincoln Project, a self-proclaimed anti-Trump organization of former Republican voters. The dispute concerns a television advertisement released by the group on Thursday. Lincoln Project members say the Trump campaign was “unprepared” for President Joe [...]

A US appeals court ruled on Friday that Georgian-American businessman Giorgi Rtskhiladze can proceed with a defamation lawsuit against former Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller was appointed in 2017 to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential Election. A final report detailing the investigation’s findings was released to the public in 2019. Rtskhiladze claims [...]

A US federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Biden Administration from implementing its student loan forgiveness plan known as “SAVE.” The decision expands a previous appellate court order that prevented a portion of the program from taking effect. In the updated ruling, a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth [...]