Government And Institutions

A judge has denied Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz’s attempt to block a defamation lawsuit filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, but also ordered Giuffre to find a new lawyer.

A former Credit Suisse banker described in federal court in Brooklyn how he made millions in illegal dealings for his role in a $2 billion loan scheme.

The New York City Council will vote over whether or not to pass Mayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial jail plan, which proposes shuttering Rikers Island and moving inmates to jails in four of the five boroughs.

The women were recorded sometime between 2012 and 2013.

Juul's new CEO is making waves by shelving popular flavors.

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Robert De Niro are connected in more ways than you might think, starting with Gooding’s gal pal, Claudine De Niro.

Adore Me, a bra and lingerie retailer founded in 2011, slammed actor Daniel Giovanni Watson with a federal lawsuit for allegedly impersonating an established talent scout.

Uber and Lyft won't appear before Congress on Wednesday, angering lawmaker Peter DeFazio.

More than a dozen women have come forward against actor Cuba Gooding Jr. since the “Jerry Maguire” star was accused in June of grabbing a woman’s chest.

The British bank exec accused of bludgeoning his sick wife with a crowbar was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday

Newsom signed 870 bills into law this year,

A chief member of Pope Francis’ security personnel – who was formerly a bodyguard for Pope Benedict XVI – resigned from his post Monday in the wake of a leak scandal.

The president tweeted he would be "looking into" the case against Hapgood, as well as the island of Anguilla, and noted: "Something looks and sounds very wrong."

The last time a member was expelled was over a stabbing on the House floor in 1837.

The U.S. Court of Appeals has ordered an accounting firm used by President Trump and the Trump Organization to hand over the tax eight-years’ worth of tax returns.

Johnson & Johnson successfully argued the terminal cancer came about spontaneously, and was not directly caused by the talc powder.

Now the inspector general recommends the state's Department of Human Services refund $3.2 million to the federal government ⁠— something department commissioner Jodi Harpstead did not seem to agree with in September. 

The New York City Police Department would be unable to conduct an investigation into Matt Lauer accuser Brooke Nevils’ rape claims because the alleged assault occurred in the Russian city of Sochi -- far from the Big Apple and the NYPD’s jurisdiction.

The two called the sprawling 11-story Lenox Hill building located at 133 East 64th St. home for the same stretch of approximately five years.

Younger Americans cheer the promises of universal health care and free education, while brushing aside the proposals’ trillion-dollar price tags.