Man on trial in assassination plot says possible targets included Trump, Biden, Haley

The allegation sounded like the stuff of spy movies: A Pakistani businessman trying to hire hit men, even handing them $5,000 in cash, to kill a U.S. politician on behalf of Iran ‘s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. It was true, and potential targets of the 2024 scheme included now-President Donald Trump, then-President Joe Biden and … Read more

Elon Musk testifies in Twitter shareholder trial alleging he purposefully drove down stock before his purchase

Elon Musk took the stand in a shareholder trial on Wednesday in San Francisco, where he’s accused of making false and misleading statements that drove down Twitter’s stock price before he bought the social media platform for $44 billion in 2022. The lawsuit was filed in October 2022 in the U.S. District Court for the … Read more

A trial seeks to tie Iranian paramilitary to alleged assassination plot in US

NEW YORK — While the U.S. fights a widening war in Iran, American prosecutors are airing claims that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was entangled in a foiled 2024 assassination plot that eyed then-candidate Donald Trump as a possible target. The alleged scheme is at the center of a criminal trial that started in a federal … Read more

Supreme Court decision paves way for new trial for Alabama man on death row since 1990

The U.S. Supreme Court has paved the way for one of Alabama’s longest-serving death row inmates to receive a new trial. On Monday, the court declined to review the state’s appeal of a lower court ruling over the summer, which found that prosecutors in the original case violated the inmate’s rights by intentionally rejecting Black jurors.  The … Read more

Alabama man, on death row since 1990, to get new trial

MONTGOMERY, Ala, — One of Alabama’s longest-serving death row inmates could soon receive a new trial after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the state’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling that prosecutors violated his rights by intentionally rejecting potential Black jurors. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the summer ruling from the … Read more

Alleged gunman’s father accused in school shooting takes stand at trial

Alleged gunman’s father accused in school shooting takes stand at trial – CBS News Watch CBS News Colin Gray took the stand in his Georgia trial, where he’s facing second-degree murder charges after buying his son a rifle the boy allegedly used to kill people in a school shooting. Skyler Henry has more. Source link

Plaintiff in landmark social media addiction trial testifies she

Plaintiff in landmark social media addiction trial testifies she “wanted to be on it all the time” – CBS News Watch CBS News The plaintiff in a landmark trial on alleged social media addiction testified this week that she “wanted to be on it all the time.” CBS News correspondent Carter Evans has the latest. … Read more