According to a statement released by the US attorney's office in Brooklyn, money manager Brian Callahan has submitted his guilty plea to wire and securities fraud for running a $96 million Ponzi scheme to fund his lavish lifestyle.
US District Judge Lynn Adelman's recent ruling on the voter ID law in Wisconsion caused the strikedown of the measure, saying that the law on serves the state in terms of preventing voter fraud but ultimately discriminates people who cannot afford to comply with the law's requirement, Bloomberg reported.
Journalists and right activists lost over a US Supreme Court decision to reject the hearing of a case that challenges a law that allows the US government to detain individuals who were found to have substantially supported al Qaeda, the Taliban or forces associated with the two groups, Reuters said.
According to Connecticut police, they answered a report about a family dispute at the home of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and his wife Edie Brickell prior to their arrest on Saturday, The Guardian said.
