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The former employee said she was fired for raising concerns about whether the bank had violated the terms of settlements with U.S. agencies.

The Delaware judge overseeing a trial over the stalled deal said if the takeover isn't completed by Friday, the litigation will resume.

Militia founder Stewart Rhodes and four others face charges of conspiring to block Congress from certifying Biden's victory.

Broader view of victims' rights in criminal settlements could figure in how Justice Department prosecutes and settles some white-collar crime cases.

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Western officials are trying to decipher Moscow's motives after Russia alleged that Kyiv is preparing to deploy a 'dirty bomb' in Ukraine.

A woman and a teenage girl were were fatally shot Monday morning at a St. Louis high school, and the shooter died in an exchange of gunfire with responding police officers, authorities said

Enochian BioSciences has sued Serhat Gumrukcu for contractual fraud, alleging that it paid him and his husband $25 million based on scientific data that Mr. Gumrukcu altered and fabricated.

The failed scheme included an effort by two alleged Chinese intelligence officers to bribe a U.S. law-enforcement official who acted as a double agent, U.S. officials say.

PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals Inc., a publicly traded heart-disease drug developer, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection weeks after being sued for breach of contract by a Blackstone Inc. portfolio company.

The former Colony Capital chairman, who is accused of unlawful lobbying, told a federal jury that his ties to the former president hurt his business.

The temporary move prevents the Fulton County district attorney from compelling the lawmaker's testimony on an alleged bid to block President Biden's 2020 win.

Authorities said 516 people would be brought to trial starting this week, the first major legal action taken to suppress the unrest that began in September.

J. Alexander Kueng, a rookie officer on the day of Mr. Floyd's arrest and murder in May 2020, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. In exchange, the state agreed to drop the higher charge of aiding and abetting second-degree murder.

Weeks after Gov. Ron DeSantis orchestrated a flight of migrants to Martha's Vineyard, his office and a contractor indicate more trips are planned.

The 16-year-old was charged with 24 felony counts for the November 2021 shooting at Oxford High School that left four dead.

The ripple effects of an influx of immigrants into Wilkes-Barre, Pa., could help decide one of the most competitive congressional races in the country next month. Republican Jim Bognet is trying to unseat five-term Democratic Rep. Matt Cartwright.

Arrests of migrants from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua in the last year were more than four times higher than a year ago.

Jose Pereira, a former executive with the Citgo Petroleum unit of Venezuela's state-run oil company, was summoned to Caracas, arrested, convicted on corruption charges and detained for five years.

Labor unions are calling for strikes at oil facilities, schools and factories, opening another front in the upheaval inside the country.