HE PLEADED GUILTY TO SCAMMING $20M FROM 1,200 INVESTORS, BUT NOW CONCRETE EQUITIES EXEC WANTS TO TAKE IT BACK

Instead, Humeniuk has fired his lawyers, Cory Wilson and Shamsher Kothari, in an effort to undo his guilty plea... READ MORE›

DISGRACED TRUMP AIDE'S FIANCEE SAYS HE WAS NO 'COFFEE BOY'

George Papadopoulos was no mere coffee boy to the Trump campaign, the disgraced foreign-policy adviser's fiancee says... READ MORE›

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He declined to say whether that would include Vice President Mike Pence, who was also among the senior figures within Mr Trump's transition team... READ MORE›

FLYNN PLEADS GUILTY TO LYING ON RUSSIA COOPERATES WITH US PROBE

If Trump directed Flynn to contact Russian officials, that might not necessarily amount to a crime... READ MORE›

TRUMP SAYS FLYNN'S RUSSIA DEALINGS LAWFUL

Mr Flynn has entered a plea deal and agreed to co-operate with an inquiry into alleged collusion with Russia... READ MORE›

MICHAEL FLYNN PLEADS GUILTY TO LYING TO FBI ABOUT CONTACTING RUSSIANS ON TRUMP'S BEHALF

Court papers make clear that senior Trump transition officials were fully aware of Flynn's outreach to Russian officials in the weeks before the inauguration... READ MORE›

JARED KUSHNER, K.T. MCFARLAND SPOKE WITH MICHAEL FLYNN ABOUT RUSSIA CONTACTS

Prosecutors said Flynn consulted with a senior member of Trump's presidential transition team about what to communicate to the Russian ambassador... READ MORE›

MICHAEL FLYNN 'PREPARED TO TESTIFY AGAINST DONALD TRUMP' OVER RUSSIA LINKS

The White House fought back on Friday night, labelling Mr Flynn a former Obama administration official who spent just 25 days in the Trump administration... READ MORE›

EX TRUMP ADVISER FLYNN PLEADS GUILTY ON RUSSIA

Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia and agreed to... READ MORE›

EX-TRUMP ADVISER FLYNN PLEADS GUILTY TO LYING TO FBI

Flynn also served as an adviser for the Trump campaign and later as the national security adviser... READ MORE›

PORTLAND MAN ADMITS STEALING WEDDING RING FROM DEAD STABBING VICTIM

The homeless man, George Elwood Tschaggeny, 51, pleaded guilty Monday to theft, identity theft and tampering with physical evidence, court records said... READ MORE›

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FLORIDA MAN BURIES DEAD MOM TO COLLECT HER BENEFITS

Adams faces a maximum penalty of 12 years in federal prison, including a mandatory two-year sentence for aggravated identity theft... READ MORE›

DEATH OF WOMAN IN TEXAS JAIL CONSISTENT WITH SUICIDE

However, according to the questionnaire, Bland also marked that she had tried to commit suicide last year by taking pills after the loss of a baby... READ MORE›

NEW YORK PRISON WORKER CHARGED WITH HELPING FUGITIVES

A New York state prison worker who police say provided tool parts to help two convicted murderers escape has been arrested... READ MORE›

MAN SENT BACK TO PRISON FOR GETTING JOB THAT STARTED TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING

46 GMT Stansfield was sent to Pentonville prison when LCRC told him he was in breach of his licence... READ MORE›

CHINA RANKS LAST OF 65 NATIONS IN INTERNET FREEDOM

BEIJING -- China ranks last in the world for openness among countries studied in a new report on Internet freedom by a prominent American pro-democracy group... READ MORE›

HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER JAILED AFTER ADMITTING SEXUALLY ABUSING THREE MALE TEENAGE STUDENTS

Brianne Altice Utah High School English teacher jailed after admitting sexually abusing three male teenage students... READ MORE›

FATHER AND SON ACCUSED OF RAPE WANT 'ONLY LAW BOOK THAT TRULY MATTERS' AT THEIR TRIAL

The Bible, Esten Ciboro told a judge, is the only law book that truly matters, the Toledo Blade reported... READ MORE›

HOW DAVID PETRAEUS AVOIDED FELONY CHARGES AND POSSIBLE PRISON TIME

Broadwell also recorded a conversation in which Petraeus told her that the journals contained classified information, a statement the FBI would attempt to use against him... READ MORE›

ESCAPED NZ MURDERER FOUND IN BRAZIL

New Zealand Police Detective Superintendent Mike Pannett said in a press conference on Thursday that it was a relief to have Smith back in custody... READ MORE›

Emma Czornobaj, 25, was also given 240 hours community service and a 10-year driving ban as she heard her sentence in Quebec's Superior Court in Montreal on Thursday... READ MORE›

SERIAL RAPIST MICHAEL MURRAY LIVES BESIDE UCD AND SUNBATHES ON COLLEGE CAMPUS

Picture exclusive Serial rapist Michael Murray lives beside UCD and sunbathes on college campus... READ MORE›

SHIWEI YAN PLEADS GUILTY IN U.N. BRIBERY CASE

But now Shiwei Yan has admitted in court of bribing a U.N... READ MORE›

'SIX MONTHS? REALLY?': LEGAL EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON SENTENCE IN STANFORD SEX ASSAULT CASE

Nancy Brewer, a retired assistant public defender with Santa Clara County, said that Persky is widely regarded as a competent, thoughtful and intelligent judge... READ MORE›

OSCAR PISTORIUS TRIAL: SENTENCING CONTINUES LIVE

Mr and Mrs Steenkamp do not want any money, the offer has been made and it has been rejected, Du Bruyn said... READ MORE›

TRUCKER ACCUSED OF KEEPING WOMEN AS SEX SLAVES GETS 20 YEARS

The judge handed down a sentence in line with a plea deal Vafeades made with prosecutors... READ MORE›

ARTFUL ESCAPEE: SEE PAINTINGS SLAIN FUGITIVE ALLEGEDLY GAVE TO GUARD

Richard Matt Allegedly Gave These Paintings to Prison Guard Gene Palmer... READ MORE›

'BLADE RUNNER' PISTORIUS TO BE RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER 364 DAYS

In its statement, the prison's Correctional Supervision and Parole Board said it had approved the placement of offender Oscar Pistorius under correctional supervision as from October 20, 2015... READ MORE›

FIVE CHARGED IN $600 MILLION CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME

James Canedo, the 63-year-old former chief financial officer of Pacific Hospital, pleaded guilty in September to fraud and other charges... READ MORE›

FLORIDA MAN SENTENCED TO 2-1/2 YEARS FOR HAVING SEX ON THE BEACH IN FRONT OF A CHILD

A Florida man convicted of having sex on a public beach has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, according to a state prosecutor... READ MORE›

THREE CONVICTED OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION SHOULD GO TO JAIL, COURT TOLD

The mother's two daughters had their genitals cut or nicked in separate procedures in 2009 and 2012 when both were aged under 10, the court found... READ MORE›

GEORGE OSBORNE: WE SHOULD EMBRACE CHINA, NOT FEAR ITS RISE

We want a golden relationship with China that will help foster a golden decade for this country... READ MORE›

PORTLAOISE PRISON UPROAR OVER PRISON OFFICER'S POPPY

A prison officer in Portlaoise prison has been ordered to remove his poppy pin when working in the notoriously republican 'E block' of the prison... READ MORE›

THE WORLD WATCHED AS 3 JOURNALISTS WERE SENTENCED IN EGYPT

As mob surrounds Amal Clooney, student defendant Shadi Ibrahim awaits his fate reading Quran... READ MORE›

DAVID HICKS WINS CHALLENGE TO TERRORISM CONVICTION IN US MILITARY COURT

David Hicks has won his challenge to his terrorism conviction before a military court at the US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba... READ MORE›

LEBANESE MAN CUTS HIS THROAT IN THIRD SUICIDE ATTEMPT AT CHRISTMAS ISLAND, SAY REFUGEE ACTIVISTS

Refugee Action Coalition spokesman Ian Rintoul said he believed it was the man's third suicide attempt in 10 days... READ MORE›

DYLANN ROOF HELD IN THE SAME JAIL AS THE POLICE OFFICER THAT KILLED WALTER SCOTT

He was arrested in Shelby North Carolina on Thursday and was flown back to Charleston to face charges... READ MORE›

BRITISH PRISON SMOKING BAN RIOT FEARS AS 'STABILITY' CONCERNS OVERSHADOW HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

Inmate At Centre Of Extraordinary Legal Battle Warns Prison Smoking Ban Will Spark Violence And Suicides... READ MORE›

MAN DRANK LITRE OF VODKA AND TOOK COCAINE BEFORE KNOCKING DOWN AND KILLING TODDLER IN PHOENIX PARK

The judge said the 26-year-old drove his motor car in the most erratic way and what occurred in the Phoenix Park was inevitable but entirely avoidable ... READ MORE›

PISTORIUS SET FOR RELEASE FROM PRISON BUT IT COULD BE BRIEF

South African correctional services officials have indicated that Pistorius has been a good inmate and qualifies for house arrest -- a routine procedure in South Africa... READ MORE›

'IT WOULD BE THE WRONG THING TO DO'

Judge Carney said that he would find it too upsetting to recite the facts adduced this morning at the Central Criminal Court... READ MORE›