Tag: trial
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Eli Lilly to trial use of weight loss drugs to combat unemployment in U.K.
LONDON — U.S. pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is exploring whether obesity drugs could be used to curb joblessness after signing a major investment deal with the U.K. The weight-loss treatment firm and creator of Zepbound announced Monday that it would commit £279 million ($364 million) to help tackle Britain’s significant health challenges — including obesity. The “strategic…
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Richard Allen’s trial is set to open after a cellphone video kindled a mystery
The deaths of Indiana teenagers Abigail “Abby” Williams and Liberty “Libby” German while strolling and taking pictures on a trail in early 2017 went without an arrest for more than five years. That was, until late 2022, when a pharmacy technician and married father named Richard Allen was charged in the crime that rattled the…
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Trial delayed to August 2025
The new judge overseeing next year’s trial of the man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students has moved back its tentative start date to August from June. Ada County District Court Judge Steven Hippler’s order, dated Tuesday, comes after suspect Bryan Kohberger made his first appearance in a Boise court on Sept. 26.…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs wants April or May trial date, lawyers say in letter to judge
Sean “Diddy” Combs wants to go to trial on sex trafficking charges next spring, the embattled hip-hop mogul’s lawyers informed a judge Wednesday. “Mr. Combs continues to assert his right to a speedy trial and intends to request a trial date in April or May 2025, and as consistent with the Court’s trial schedule,” the…
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Verdicts reached in trial of former Memphis officers charged in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols
A jury reached verdicts Thursday in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols, according to the Associated Press. Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith and Taddarius Bean are accused of depriving Nichols of his rights through excessive force, obstructing justice through witness tampering and other crimes. They…
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Couple can’t sue Uber after daughter clicked away trial rights on Uber Eats
A couple, badly hurt in an Uber crash, can’t sue the company because their daughter once waived trial rights while using Uber Eats — a fateful click that prevents the family from suing the tech giant, New Jersey’s high court ruled. Georgia and John McGinty were passengers in an Uber on March 31, 2022, when…
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Judge orders Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sent to jail while he awaits sex trafficking trial
Sean “Diddy” Combs, the spotlight-adoring music impresario who helped launch the careers of some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B, was denied bail and sent to jail Tuesday after being accused in a three-count federal indictment of having used his sprawling business empire to abuse, threaten and traffic women in order to “fulfill his…