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Toyota ordered to pay $242 million in damages over Texas Lexus accident
A Texas jury has ordered Toyota Motor Corp. to pay $242.1 million in damages to a Dallas-area couple over a rear-end collision that resulted in injuries to their two children, a law office working for the plaintiffs said. In the September 2016 accident, the front ...
As jurors weigh Paul Manafort's fate in a sprawling financial fraud case, the former Trump campaign chairman still has another trial looming in the nation's capital — and prosecutors there have a whole new set of charges and a huge volume of evidence. The trial ...
Much still needs to be sorted out when it comes to making video recordings of interrogations.
Two women charged with assassinating the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader were ordered to enter their defense in their long-running trial Thursday, marking the next chapter in a story that has gripped the world. A Malaysian judge has ruled there is enough evidence ...
Women's trial over Kim Jong Nam killing heads to defense phase
Two Southeast Asian women on trial for the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother were told to begin their defense Thursday, extending the trial for several more months. Indonesia's Siti Aisyah and Vietnam's Doan Thi Huong are accused of smearing VX ...
Libya condemns 45 militiamen to death for killings at 2011 demonstrations against Gadhafi
A Libyan court on Wednesday sentenced to death by firing squad 45 militiamen for killing demonstrators in Tripoli during the 2011 uprising against dictator Moammar Gadhafi, the justice ministry said. It was the highest number of death sentences passed by a Libyan court in a ...
Former South Korea presidential hopeful acquitted in sex abuse case
A former South Korean presidential contender was found not guilty on all charges on Tuesday in a trial stemming from allegations he raped a female aide several times, prompting immediate controversy. The case involving Ahn Hee-jung — who before the scandal was widely seen as ...
U.S. prosecutors to wrap up Manafort case; trial may soon go to jury
U.S. prosecutors on Monday plan to wrap up their tax and bank fraud case against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, making it likely the case will go to the jury by midweek if the defense decides not to call any witnesses. The trial is ...
U.S. jury orders Monsanto to pay $290 million to cancer patient over weed killer
A California jury ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay nearly $290 million Friday for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that its weed killer Roundup might cause cancer. Jurors unanimously found that Monsanto — which vowed to appeal — acted with "malice" and that its ...
Lawsuits accuse Tesla's Elon Musk of fraud over tweets indicating the firm may go private
Tesla Inc. and its chief executive, Elon Musk, were sued twice on Friday by investors who said they fraudulently engineered a scheme to squeeze short-sellers, including through Musk's proposal to take the electric-car company private. The lawsuits were filed three days after Musk stunned investors ...
Bangladesh court accepts murder charges for 2016 terrorist attack on Dhaka eatery
A special tribunal Wednesday accepted murder and other charges against eight suspected Islamic militants in a grisly attack on a restaurant two years ago in Bangladesh's capital. Twenty hostages, including 17 people from Japan, Italy and India, were killed when five militants attacked the Holey ...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pleads not guilty to new graft charges
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty Wednesday to three new money-laundering charges related to the alleged multibillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund that led to his stunning electoral defeat three months ago. Najib spoke softly as he entered his plea in ...
