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Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti defended himself in closing arguments at his fraud trial over money taken tied to the book deal for adult film actress Stormy Daniels' autobiography, "Full Disclosure"

Michael Avenatti, the disgraced attorney who is representing himself against charges of stealing nearly $300,000 from adult film actress Stormy Daniels, rested his case on Tuesday without calling any witnesses to the stand.

Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti appeared to try to portray his former client Stormy Daniels as someone who might be delusional as he questioned the porn star about her belief that she was once haunted by ghosts.

A group collected enough signatures to put the issue of legalizing recreational marijuana before the Ohio legislature.

Rafting outfitters fought a federal $15 minimum wage mandate and lost.

Stormy Daniels took the stand Thursday in the trial against her former attorney, Michael Avenatti, who is representing himself against allegations that he bilked the adult film star out of nearly $300,000 in book proceeds.

A New York City federal judge on Tuesday granted disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti's wish to represent himself in the trial over whether he stole money from adult film star Stormy Daniels after the California lawyer had tried earlier in the day to interrupt the proceedings to ask the judge to consider the change.

The third trial in two years for once big-shot attorney Michael Avenatti kicked off Monday with prosecutors accusing the California lawyer of stealing nearly $300,000 in book proceeds from adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Michael Avenatti, the celebrity lawyer who became a household name representing porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against former President Donald Trump, will face his former client in trial on Monday to face allegations that he swindled her out of $300,000 in book proceeds.

Charges were recently brought against several celebrities, entertainers and business leaders in Georgia for allegedly defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program for a total of more than $3 million.

An Irish man on a Delta Air Lines flight from Dublin to New York is accused of refusing to wear a face mask, throwing an empty can that hit another passenger and pulling down his pants and exposing his buttocks to a flight attendant and others nearby.

Igor Fruman, who helped Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information against Joe Biden in Ukraine, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and fined $10,000.

Federal prosecutors dropped criminal charges against an MIT professor accused of hiding his China ties, saying Thursday that the government no longer believed it could prove its case at trial.

The agreement affects 66,000 student borrowers across 36 states and Washington, D.C.

Call it the sisterhood of the delivery pants.

One of Pennsylvania's biggest gas drillers is facing newer allegations of pollution in a rural community where it is already charged with fouling residents’ drinking water wells with high levels of methane.

A U.S. judge on Friday allowed Purdue Pharma to immediately challenge her rejection of legal protections for Sackler family members who own the OxyContin maker, and which were a major component of its bankruptcy reorganization plan.

A Chinese national admitted in federal court Thursday that he stole a trade secret when he worked for Monsanto and one of its subsidiaries in Missouri, federal prosecutors said.

While the first Winnie the Pooh story published by author A.A. Milne in 1926 is free for anyone to use for inspiration for new projects, Disney will continue to maintain copyright protection over its own versions of the characters.

Pacific Gas & Electric power lines sparked last summer's Dixie Fire in Northern California that swept through five counties and burned more than 1,300 homes and other buildings, state fire officials said Tuesday.