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Hunter Biden intends to plead guilty in $1.4m federal tax case, lawyer says

The latest case accuses Hunter Biden of a four-year scheme to avoid paying at least $1.4 million in taxes

Hunter Biden arrives in federal court for jury selection for his trial on felony tax charges Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)(AP)

world news

Published on Sep 05, 2024 09:48 PM IST

AP | | Posted by Arya Vaishnavi

Rapper PnB Rock murder trial: California father found guilty

A California father has been convicted for instructing his teenage son to rob and murder Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock.

FILE - Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock performs at the 2018 Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Del., June 16, 2018. (Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)

world news

Published on Aug 08, 2024 07:39 PM IST

ByAshima Grover

Top US senator Robert Menendez found guilty of corruption

Senator Menendez convicted of bribery, obstruction of justice, and being a foreign agent, urged to resign by fellow Democrats

Lawyer Adam Fee listens to U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) as he speaks to the media, following his bribery trial in connection with an alleged corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, in New York City, U.S., July 16, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid(REUTERS)

world news

Published on Jul 16, 2024 11:43 PM IST

AFP | | Posted by Aditi Srivastava

30-year-old woman awarded life term for murdering husband in Greater Noida

During the trial, prosecutor contended that Radha murdered her husband on August 13, 2020, by first sedating him and then strangulating him with her dupatta

Relying on evidences and witness testimonies, Chandra Mohan Srivastava, additional district and sessions court judge, convicted Radha of murdering her husband Pradeep. (Representational image only)

cities

Updated on Jul 10, 2024 05:24 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Greater Noida

Here's what Boeing's guilty plea deal for 737 Max crashes means

The Justice Department disclosed the agreement and said the fraud charge was “the most serious readily provable offense” it could bring against Boeing

world news

Published on Jul 09, 2024 07:21 PM IST

AP | | Posted by Arya Vaishnavi

HC hearing in MP Afzal Ansari’s plea to continue today

If the conviction is confirmed, then Afzal will lose his parliament membership , as the sentence is of more than two years

cities

Updated on Jul 04, 2024 08:46 AM IST

ByJItendra Sarin, Prayagraj

Trump is seeking to toss NY hush money conviction following Supreme Court ruling

Donald Trump seeks to overturn New York hush-money conviction following Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, May 31, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)(AP)

world news

Published on Jul 02, 2024 06:55 AM IST

Bloomberg | | Posted by Tuhin Das Mahapatra

Joe Biden's ‘convicted felon’ attack on Trump now boomerangs on his son, Hunter

Hunter Biden's recent conviction on gun charges complicates President Biden's strategy of labeling Trump a 'convicted felon' in the 2024 election.

U.S. President Joe Biden stands with his son Hunter Biden, who earlier in the day was found guilty on all three counts in his criminal gun charges trial, after President Biden arrived at the Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware, U.S., June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden(REUTERS)

world news

Published on Jun 14, 2024 02:11 PM IST

ByTuhin Das Mahapatra

Trump not a convicted felon, Yale Law professor trashes hush money trial verdict

Yale Law professor Jed Rubenfeld launched a new podcast, suggesting how it was a “very bad look for this country” to criminally target a former president.

Former President Donald Trump at the Manhattan Criminal Court room Talking to the pool and in courtroom at trial in NYC May 30 2024. Mark Peterson/Pool via REUTERS(via REUTERS)

world news

Published on Jun 09, 2024 05:24 PM IST

ByAshima Grover

SP MLA Irfan Solanki convicted, sentence to be pronounced on June 7

In the verdict, which has been deferred 10 times since March 12, four others, including Irfan’s brother Rizwan Solanki, were also convicted.

Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki at an MP/MLA court, who has been convicted in the arson case with his brother and three others, in Kanpur on Monday. (PTI)

cities

Updated on Jun 04, 2024 05:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

What the conviction of Donald Trump means

Trump's conviction may persuade the Left-wing voter currently upset with Biden that Trump represents a greater threat

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, Friday, May 31, 2024, in New York. A day after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee addressed the conviction and likely attempt to cast his campaign in a new light. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)(AP)

opinion

Published on May 31, 2024 09:24 PM IST

ByPrashant Jha

Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict

USA-TRUMP-SUPPORTERS-THREATS:Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict

world news

Updated on May 31, 2024 02:28 PM IST

Reuters |

Trump trial will change US politics, presidency

If the people decide that Trump should be the next president, it will not only be Trump who has been put on trial, it will be the country’s political system.

CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 26: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump raises his fist as he looks on during the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2024 in Concord, North Carolina. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Jared C. Tilton / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)(Getty Images via AFP)

opinion

Published on May 27, 2024 10:07 PM IST

ByFrank F Islam

Krishnanand Rai murder case: Allahabad HC adjourns hearing in Afzal’s appeal against conviction

the Gangsters’ Act case was imposed on Afzal following the killing of the then BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai in 2005

The apex court had directed to expedite the hearing and asked the high court to decide the case by June 30. (For Representation)

cities

Published on May 23, 2024 09:40 PM IST

ByJItendra Sarin, Prayagraj

Not just a case of shoot and run

The conspiracy in the Dabholkar murder needs to be unearthed and masterminds punishe

Narendra Dabholkar, founder of Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti (MANS), dedicated his life for eradication of social evils, religious superstition and caste system (HT FILE)

editorials

Published on May 13, 2024 12:46 AM IST

ByHT Editorial

Eleven years after the murder of Narendra Dabholkar, his legacy lives on

Dabholkar has left a tremendous impact in the fight against superstitions, with the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti continuing his mission.

Dr Dabholkar, while on a morning walk, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants near Omkareshwar Bridge in Shaniwar Peth on August 20, 2013. (HT PHOTO)

india news

Published on May 12, 2024 10:00 AM IST

ByNadeem Inamdar

Kerala court convicts stalker who killed 23-year-old in 2022

Kerala court convicts man for murdering woman who rejected him, sentencing on May 13. Prosecutor calls for maximum punishment due to brutal act.

The court is expected to announce the quantum of punishment on May 13. (Getty Images)

india news

Updated on May 11, 2024 08:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Kochi

Trump ally Steve Bannon loses appeal of conviction for defying Jan. 6 probe

The ruling brings Steve Bannon a step closer to serving a four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress, but he can still mount additional appeals.

Steve Bannon appears in court in New York, Jan. 12, 2023. A federal appeals court has upheld the criminal conviction of Donald Trump's longtime ally for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday, May 10, 2024, rejected Bannon's challenges to his contempt of Congress conviction. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File)(AP)

world news

Updated on May 10, 2024 09:40 PM IST

Reuters |

Complaint filed against Rahul Gandhi's Raebareli nomination

A complaint has been registered against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's nomination from Raebareli, questioning his nationality and defamation case.

Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from the Raebareli seat -HT photo

india news

Updated on May 05, 2024 03:18 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Harvey Weinstein appears in court handcuffed, wearing new suit; to face retrial

Harvey Weinstein makes first public appearance post-conviction, faces new trial in 2024

Attorney Arthur Aidala said Harvey Weinstein was moved to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after his arrival on Friday to city jails.(AP)

entertainment

Updated on May 02, 2024 01:13 AM IST

ByAditi Srivastava

Harvey Weinstein will be retried in New York after rape conviction overturned

PEOPLE-HARVEY WEINSTEIN/ (UPDATE 1, PIX):UPDATE 1-Harvey Weinstein will be retried in New York after rape conviction overturned

world news

Published on May 02, 2024 12:02 AM IST

Reuters |

4 convicted in 2016 murders and gang rapes in Nuh village

The police initially registered a case on August 25, 2016, and arrested four men — Sandeep, Karamjit, Amarjeet and Rahul Verma, and filed a charge sheet against the four in November that year, charging them with gang rape and murder

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Panchkula on Wednesday convicted four people — all members of the infamous “Axle” gang — in connection with the 2016 murder of a farmer and his wife, and the gang rape of their two nieces at Dingerheri village in Nuh’s Tauru. (Representational Image)

cities

Updated on Apr 11, 2024 06:28 AM IST

ByShailee Dogra

HC stays conviction of actor Raj Babbar in 1996 case

As per the order, a prosecution witness and informant of the case stated that the incident occurred on May 2, 1996, during polling. It was alleged that some associates of Raj Babbar accompanied him to a polling booth and engaged in a scuffle with the polling party members, accusing them of fake polling.

cities

Updated on Mar 31, 2024 05:36 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

SC raps TN guv for refusing to reinstate Ponmudi as minister

Ponmudi was disqualified on December 21, 2023 when the Madras high court convicted and sentenced him to three years imprisonment in a disproportionate assets case

The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu approached the top court on March 18, a day after the Governor rejected chief minister MK Stalin’s request to swear in Ponmudi as higher education minister (ANI)

india news

Updated on Mar 22, 2024 05:32 PM IST

ByAbraham Thomas, New Delhi

SC criticises TN Guv for refusing to swear-in minister after stay on conviction

The governor has refused to re-induct Ponmudi, whose conviction and three- year sentence in a disproportionate assets case the apex court stayed recently

The governor has refused to reinstate the former higher education minister into the state cabinet. (Representative file photo)

india news

Published on Mar 21, 2024 04:44 PM IST

ByAbraham Thomas

SC rejects Maha govt's plea seeking stay on acquittal of ex-DU prof G N Saibaba in Maoist links case

india news

Updated on Mar 11, 2024 01:58 PM IST

PTI |

‘Criminal justice system can be punishment in self’: SC acquits man after 30 yrs

Supreme Court clears man charged with abetting wife's suicide after 30 years, citing lack of evidence.

When a person is accused of aiding and abetting suicide, the court should seek “cogent and convincing proof” of the act of inciting the suicide, and the offending action should occur close to the time of the incident, the top court held. (HT PHOTO)

india news

Updated on Feb 29, 2024 04:31 AM IST

ByUtkarsh Anand

Panchkula woman convicted in 2020 road accident case

After the pedestrian fell on the road, the Panchkula woman, instead of stopping, drove over the former’s legs

The court found the driver guilty of all three counts. (HT File)

cities

Updated on Feb 25, 2024 09:18 AM IST

ByShailee Dogra, Panchkula

Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala HC upholds conviction of 12 accused

The Kerala high court on Monday upheld the conviction of 12 accused, including local Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders, and set aside the acquittal of two others by a trial court in the case of the murder of TP Chandrasekharan in May 2012

Of the 12 accused convicted by the trial court, 11 were handed down life sentences and one given a three-year jail term. (HT Archive)

india news

Updated on Feb 20, 2024 08:50 AM IST

ByVishnu Varma, Kochi

Pennsylvania mom convicted of strangling 11-year-old son, now faces life sentence

world news

Updated on Feb 16, 2024 07:02 AM IST

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Latest from conviction

The latest case accuses Hunter Biden of a four-year scheme to avoid paying at least $1.4 million in taxes

A California father has been convicted for instructing his teenage son to rob and murder Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock.

Senator Menendez convicted of bribery, obstruction of justice, and being a foreign agent, urged to resign by fellow Democrats

During the trial, prosecutor contended that Radha murdered her husband on August 13, 2020, by first sedating him and then strangulating him with her dupatta

The Justice Department disclosed the agreement and said the fraud charge was “the most serious readily provable offense” it could bring against Boeing

If the conviction is confirmed, then Afzal will lose his parliament membership , as the sentence is of more than two years

Donald Trump seeks to overturn New York hush-money conviction following Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.

Hunter Biden's recent conviction on gun charges complicates President Biden's strategy of labeling Trump a 'convicted felon' in the 2024 election.

Yale Law professor Jed Rubenfeld launched a new podcast, suggesting how it was a “very bad look for this country” to criminally target a former president.

In the verdict, which has been deferred 10 times since March 12, four others, including Irfan’s brother Rizwan Solanki, were also convicted.

Trump's conviction may persuade the Left-wing voter currently upset with Biden that Trump represents a greater threat

USA-TRUMP-SUPPORTERS-THREATS:Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict

If the people decide that Trump should be the next president, it will not only be Trump who has been put on trial, it will be the country’s political system.

the Gangsters’ Act case was imposed on Afzal following the killing of the then BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai in 2005

The conspiracy in the Dabholkar murder needs to be unearthed and masterminds punishe

Dabholkar has left a tremendous impact in the fight against superstitions, with the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti continuing his mission.

Kerala court convicts man for murdering woman who rejected him, sentencing on May 13. Prosecutor calls for maximum punishment due to brutal act.

The ruling brings Steve Bannon a step closer to serving a four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress, but he can still mount additional appeals.

A complaint has been registered against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's nomination from Raebareli, questioning his nationality and defamation case.

Harvey Weinstein makes first public appearance post-conviction, faces new trial in 2024

PEOPLE-HARVEY WEINSTEIN/ (UPDATE 1, PIX):UPDATE 1-Harvey Weinstein will be retried in New York after rape conviction overturned

The police initially registered a case on August 25, 2016, and arrested four men — Sandeep, Karamjit, Amarjeet and Rahul Verma, and filed a charge sheet against the four in November that year, charging them with gang rape and murder

Ponmudi was disqualified on December 21, 2023 when the Madras high court convicted and sentenced him to three years imprisonment in a disproportionate assets case

The governor has refused to re-induct Ponmudi, whose conviction and three- year sentence in a disproportionate assets case the apex court stayed recently

SC rejects Maha govt's plea seeking stay on acquittal of ex-DU prof G N Saibaba in Maoist links case

Supreme Court clears man charged with abetting wife's suicide after 30 years, citing lack of evidence.

After the pedestrian fell on the road, the Panchkula woman, instead of stopping, drove over the former’s legs

The Kerala high court on Monday upheld the conviction of 12 accused, including local Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders, and set aside the acquittal of two others by a trial court in the case of the murder of TP Chandrasekharan in May 2012

Pennsylvania mom convicted of strangling 11-year-old son, now faces life sentence

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