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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A jury would soon weigh whether a movie weapons supervisor should be held to blame in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin during rehearsal on the set of a Western movie, as attorneys Wednesday delivered closing arguments in the trial of Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. HT Image Gutierrez-Reed, a 24-year-old on her second feature film at the time of the 2021 shooting, has pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and evidence tampering at a trial in downtown Santa…

Google has presented its final arguments to a federal judge in Washington, D.C., defending itself against accusations of operating an unlawful monopoly in search. The company filed its posttrial brief in response to the US Department of Justice’s claims that Google used exclusionary contracts to stifle competition in the search market. Users and partners choose Google Search based on its quality, says Google According to Google, evidence from the trial conclusively demonstrates its position as the highest quality and…

The trial for two men accused of killing Run-DMC’s pioneering DJ in 2002 began its denouement in court on Tuesday as the prosecution made its closing arguments. In summarizing the government’s case over two hours, prosecutor Artie McConnell decried the “brutality,” “arrogance,” and “audacity” of the murder of Jam Master Jay. Since Jan. 29, a jury has heard testimony from 35 U.S. government witnesses to argue that defendant Karl Jordan Jr. fatally shot the DJ, whose real name was Jason Mizell, at a Jamaica, Queens…

Donald Trump stormed out of a Manhattan courtroom on Friday as lawyers for E. Jean Carroll delivered their closing arguments in the author’s second civil defamation case against the former president.  As Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, addressed the jury, Trump stood up from his place at the defense table and left the room. According to Politico, the former president’s outburst came shortly after Kaplan stated Trump hadn’t even waited 24 hours before disrespecting the verdict in Carroll’s first case against…

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Monday pressed lawyers for Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, to defend its request that she dismiss a high-profile case brought against it by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).Binance has asked federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson to toss out a lawsuit the SEC filed alleging Binance broke its rules and committed fraud. The lawsuit is one of Binance's last major legal challenges in the U.S.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

As terrible as that tradeoff is, it’s worth noting that the risk of death on a commercial airliner to anyone, lap-held infants included, remains vanishingly low—so let the pangs of guilt subside if you’ve flown holding your baby on your lap. “Commercial aircraft accidents are still extremely rare, and the logistics of having infants in specific seats, with the installation of a CRS for every flight, may outweigh the safety aspects,” notes Sarah Barry, deputy head of the School of Aviation and Security at Buckinghamshire…

Closing arguments in New York’s civil fraud trial against Donald Trump took place on Thursday without an in-court word from the former president — who spent days rehearsing what he thought would be a blistering, dramatic conclusion to the case that will determine the fate of his business empire. On Wednesday, the theatrical plan by Trump and his attorneys to have the former president personally deliver his own closing statement fell apart after Trump’s legal team, led by Chris Kise, refused to agree to conditions…

A bomb threat was made against the home of Arthur Engoron just hours before the New York judge is scheduled to hear closing arguments in the state’s civil fraud trial against Donald Trump.  According to The Daily Beast, which first broke the story, a source with close knowledge of the situation indicated that early Thursday morning about half a dozen police vehicles and a bomb squad were dispatched to Engoron’s home in Long Island.  Nassau County Police confirmed to Rolling Stone that the department is…

Closing arguments for Jonathan Majors‘ trial took place Thursday, with his defense attorney repeatedly calling his ex-partner “a liar,” while the prosecution described it as a case of domestic violence.  Majors faces four charges of misdemeanor assault, aggravated harassment and harassment after he called 911 on March 25, when he said he found his ex-partner, Grace Jabbari, unconscious in their apartment. Police arrested Majors after finding apparent injuries on Jabbari, including a laceration behind…

With lines from Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, Fulton County District Attorney Adriane Love made opening arguments Monday in the racketeering and gang trial of Young Thug, whose legal name is Jeffery Williams, and other accused members of YSL Monday, 18 months after his arrest. “YSL operated as a pack,” she said, citing the law of the jungle from Kipling’s book. The words “are appropriate for where we are today. For 10 years and counting, the group calling itself Young Slime Life dominated the Cleveland Avenue…