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Chinese tycoon jailed 30 years in US fraud case
Guo, once regarded as one of China’s richest property tycoons, was sentenced by a New York court aft...
US Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Athletes in Girls’ Sports
The ruling, covering two closely watched cases, Little v. Hecox out of Idaho and West Virginia v. B....
US Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship: What It Means for Ghanaians and Other Africans in the US
The Trump administration had argued that the clause’s reference to persons “subject to the jurisdict...
Judge clears way for Trump’s White House UFC event
US District Judge Amit P. Mehta rejected an emergency request by two Virginia residents who wanted t...
Texas: Teen jailed 35 years for fatal stabbing at school athletics event
The stabbing happened in April 2025 during a secondary school athletics event in the Dallas area....
UK MP sues Elon Musk’s xAI over fake bikini images
Jess Asato, the MP for Lowestoft in Suffolk, said the legal action was filed at the High Court on We...
Biden sues US government to block release of ghostwriter interviews
The interviews were obtained by Special Counsel Robert Hur during an investigation into Mr Biden’s h...
Man jailed over theft of hard drives with unreleased Beyoncé music
Kelvin Evans, 41, admitted breaking into a Jeep Wagoneer rented by members of Beyoncé’s tour team in...
Suspect arrested after gunfire disrupts White House correspondents’ dinner
Allen, who is from Torrance, California, has been described in US media reports as a teacher and vid...
US soldier accused of using secret Maduro raid intel to win $400,000 bet
The accused, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, is an active-duty Army soldier based at Fort Bragg in North Caroli...
Trump loses defamation case against Wall Street Journal
Trump had brought the case in a Florida court last summer, seeking at least $10 billion in damages f...
US court uphold extradition of former MASLOC boss to Ghana
The ruling means the United States court has accepted Ghana’s request at the judicial stage and foun...
Los Angeles 'Ketamine Queen' jailed 15 years over Matthew Perry overdose death
Sangha, often referred to by prosecutors as the “Ketamine Queen”, had admitted a series of drug offe...
Woman accused of opening fire at Rihanna’s home denies attempted murder charge
Ivanna Lisette Ortiz entered a not guilty plea in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday thr...
California jury orders Bill Cosby to pay $19.25m in assault case
The woman, Donna Motsinger, told the court that Cosby picked her up in a limousine, gave her wine an...
Ghana tables UN resolution on slave trade reparations
The effort is being advanced by Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and is tied to Pres...
Nicki Minaj sues Nigerian influencer over cyberbullying
Reports say the case centres on allegations of cyberbullying and copyright infringement, although pu...
Ghanaian pleads guilty in US over $100m online fraud
Derrick Van Yeboah, also known as Van, entered his guilty plea in Manhattan on Thursday before Distr...
Vybz Kartel wins $6m lawsuit over US concert
The ruling, delivered by Justice Brendan Lantry in the New York Supreme Court, brings the case to a ...
Man who tried to kill Trump on Florida golf course gets life sentence
In sentencing remarks, US District Judge Aileen Cannon said the seriousness and premeditation behind...
Trump threatens lawsuit after Trevor Noah Grammys joke about Jeffrey Epstein
Noah, who hosted the ceremony in Los Angeles on 1 February 2026, made a quip that referenced Mr Trum...
Ken Ofori-Atta kept in ICE as US judge demands extradition proof
The hearing was held in private at the request of his legal team, with the court instructing non-par...
Ex-NPP parliamentary candidate held in Pennsylvania over alleged wife stabbing
The Lower Paxton Township Bureau of Police said officers were called to a home on Mayfair Drive, nea...
Why Ken Ken Ofori-Atta’s US Immigration court hearing cannot be witnessed by the public
The restriction was imposed shortly after the case was called on Tuesday, 20 January 2026, at the An...
New York Mayor names Afua Atta-Mensah as Chief Equity Officer
City Hall says she will lead the administration’s effort to embed racial equity across municipal age...
