Crime and Courts

President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced in his hush money trial on Jan. 10, after the judge in the case released a surprise written decision Friday. But will Trump face any jail time, or any punishment at all, as a result of the sentencing? Here’s what we know so far.

Rudy Giuliani is testifying in a New York courtroom at a contempt hearing to decide whether he has dodged and deceived lawyers trying to recover a $148 million judgment for two Georgia election workers.

Lawyers for former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez are urging a judge to be lenient at his sentencing later this month for his conviction on bribery charges. On Thursday, the lawyers told the judge who will sentence him that the Democrat’s good deeds through an unusual life spent overcoming hardships should weigh in his favor.

The 42-year-old Texas man once impressed an Army commander with his attitude and work ethic, but over the past few years, his life began to deteriorate.

The driver who killed at least 14 people and injured 30 was from Texas and was a U.S. citizen.

South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Hyeong Kwon pleaded not guilty Thursday to a freshly unsealed indictment released in time for his first U.S. court appearance. Kwon entered the plea in Manhattan federal court two days after his extradition from Montenegro. The indictment alleges that the man dubbed by some as “the cryptocurrency king” lied to investors from 2018 to 2022...

A Virginia man was arrested after federal authorities found a cache of homemade explosive devices, some of which were marked as “lethal,” at his home, marking the largest seizure by number of finished explosive devices in FBI history, officials said.

A Colorado man spent New Year’s Eve behind bars, accused of bias crimes for allegedly trying to strangle a TV news reporter while saying, “This is Trump’s America now,” officials said.

Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will be sentenced on corruption charges as scheduled at the end of January, and his wife’s trial will be moved from January to February, a judge said Monday. U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein in Manhattan rejected Menendez’s request to delay his sentencing for his conviction on bribery and other charges until his wife finishes her trial...

Lance Morales was brought back to Connecticut on Saturday to face a judge after allegedly killing a mom and her baby, and escaping to Puerto Rico. “He even attempted to elude capture for several days. He was finally located by the United States Marshals Service. He was extradited back here,” a state prosecutor said. On Nov. 19, police say Morales,...

An Argentine judge has confirmed charges against five people in connection with the death of Liam Payne.

A cloud of mystery hangs over the killing of Mosley, a mother, grandmother and deeply respected law enforcement leader in southern New Jersey.

Most Americans believe health insurance profits and coverage denials share responsibility for the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO — although not as much as the person who pulled the trigger.

Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks is the latest professional athlete whose home has been burglarized.

Dozens of Chinese workers have been taken and put up in hotels in Brazil’s tropical northeastern region after local labor authorities found them at a construction site for electric vehicle automaker BYD.

The man accused of killing a woman on the F train by setting her on fire while she slept has been charged with murder and arson. Sebastian Zapeta, a Guatemalan citizen who authorities say entered the U.S. illegally, faces first- and second-degree murder charges in connection with the heinous crime. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

Video of the fatal Dec. 9 assault on Robert Brooks was made public on Friday by the state’s attorney general, who is investigating the officers’ use of force.

Newly released body-camera footage shows that a man fatally beaten in a New York prison this month was repeatedly pummeled by correctional officers while in handcuffs.

A New York judge erased the conviction of 67-year-old Jeffrey Koonce, the father of Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Malcolm Koonce, and dismissed his indictment more than four decades after a 1981 robbery in a New York City suburb.

The woman has sued the embattled rapper, alleging he drugged and sexually assaulted her in 2006.