The Meta executive at the helm of Instagram is defending the platform’s safety record. Adam Mosseri took issue during testimony Tuesday with a plaintiff attorney’s emphasis on low usage numbers for a feature designed to encourage young users to take breaks. Mosseri was appearing at a trial that pits Meta against the states of California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey. The states accuse the social media giant of contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features that addict children to its platforms. The trial began last week and is expected to last about six weeks.
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Federal judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's 'miscarriage of justice' claims and bid for prison release
A federal judge has rejected claims by Ghislaine Maxwell that new evidence has emerged that should grant her freedom following her sex trafficking conviction. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said in a written ruling Tuesday that the claims by Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime associate were based on “speculation, distortions, and/or outright falsehoods.” He said Maxwell’s habeas petition seeking to set aside her conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence was “demonstrably meritless.” The Associated Press has sent a request for comment to lawyers who have represented Maxwell in the past.
Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial are hearing from the final witnesses in a case that has largely been about her mental state when she strangled her three young children. The trial resumed Tuesday with more testimony from a forensic psychologist hired by prosecutors to assess the defense claim that Clancy was suffering from acute postpartum psychosis. Clancy’s lawyer is questioning the psychologist about his conclusions, including whether the psychologist had made up his mind before interviewing Clancy. Prosecutors are expected to call at least one more expert witness before the trial moves on to closing arguments.
Judge postpones US trial for Libyan man charged in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, citing new evidence.
A Texas judge has denied a new trial for Karmelo Anthony in the stabbing death of an athlete at a high school track meet. The case drew national attention and spurred harassment of the families and demonstrations at the courthouse. The 19-year-old Anthony is serving 35 years in prison after being convicted of murder in the April 2025 death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. Judge Michael Chitty denied the retrial motion in a half-page order following a two-day hearing this week near Dallas. He cited a review of the evidence but did not elaborate. Anthony's defense says there will be an appeal.
The trial of the man accused of orchestrating Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder has begun. Jurors heard this week about the night the rap giant was shot in Las Vegas after a brawl involving Duane “Keffe D” Davis's nephew. Davis allegedly procured the gun used in the shooting. His lawyers dispute this, claiming his past statements were exaggerated. Witnesses, including police and former gang members, have provided testimony, though some were uncooperative. Davis admitted to his involvement in past interviews that were played in court. He claims his family's safety is at risk because of the prosecution. The trial is expected to last about a month.
Lindsay Clancy’s defense rests at trial over whether postpartum psychosis drove her to kill her kids
The defense has rested its case in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after eliciting more testimony about her mental state before she strangled her three young children in 2023. Prosecutors are calling rebuttal witnesses before attorneys make their closing arguments in the trial. Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, does not dispute that she killed the children. But he says the jury should not hold her criminally responsible because she had a rare mental illness called postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors argue that Clancy planned the killings and contrived to get her husband out of the house.
The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch has been ruled mentally competent to stand trial for alleged sex trafficking after being hospitalized for months for dementia and Alzheimer’s symptoms. U.S. District Court Judge Nusrat Choudhury ruled Thursday that Michael Jeffries “clearly possesses a rational and factual understanding of the proceedings” and is a “reasonably intelligent person and skilled communicator.” The Long Island judge said she reviewed testimony and written reports from medical experts and listened to hours of phone calls Jeffries made while detained at a federal prison hospital in North Carolina. Jeffries' lawyers didn't immediately comment.
President Donald Trump appeared on his former fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen's radio show. The interview lacked fireworks, but it marked a stunning public reunion between Trump and a man who once called the president a “Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain” and testified against him both in court and before Congress. Cohen served prison time for what he told a judge was his efforts to cover up Trump's “dirty deeds.” He and Trump have since reconciled, with Cohen saying that he has forgiven Trump and wants to move forward.
A Texas prosecutor who oversaw the conviction of Karmelo Anthony in the deadly stabbing of a track athlete during a high school meet says he and defense attorneys had agreed to hold back character evidence during the trial. The prosecutor says it was done to avoid inflaming a case already boiling with racial tensions and death threats. Those details came up Thursday during a hearing on whether to grant Anthony a new trial. Anthony’s attorneys say a new trial should be allowed because of errors that limited access to the proceedings and the off-the-record agreement between the legal teams.