Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her news site Rappler were acquitted by a court of tax evasion charges on Wednesday, a judge said, handing Ressa a victory in a case the veteran journalist has described as part of a pattern of harassment.
A woman from Upstate New York who was kidnapped, smuggled into Quebec and held at a cottage for two days told a jury Tuesday she still lives with the consequences of the September 2020 abduction.
People in the small community of Skagway, Alaska, are on edge after two residents died within hours of each other from suspected overdoses, and police seized a "large number" of pills believed to be fentanyl.
Justin Roiland, who co-created the animated series Rick and Morty and provides the voices of the two title characters, is awaiting trial on charges of felony domestic violence against a former girlfriend.
Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside other activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of the coal village of Luetzerath but the entire group will be released later in the day, according to police.
A runestone claimed to be the world's oldest, with inscriptions up to 2,000 years old, has been found in Norway, archaeologists said Tuesday.
Elon Musk may have to explain his actions under oath in a U.S. federal court in a trial that begins on Tuesday, related to 2018 tweets about taking Tesla private that excited investors before it became apparent that he didn't have the funding for a buyout.
