Federal Court

A lawyer for a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told a jury that he did not lie when questioned by the FBI, but instead was suffering from a cloudy memory caused by heavy marijuana use. Robel Phillipos is accused of lying about being in Tsarnaev's UMass-Dartmouth dorm room when two friends removed Tsarnaev's backpack and other potential evidence the night of April 18

Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to reject a bid by Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to dismiss charges against him over concerns about an under representation of African-Americans and people over 70 on federal juries in Massachusetts...

Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzohkhar Tsarnaev are asking to delay his trial until at least September 2015. In a court filing Friday, the attorneys said his Nov. 3 trial date would give them about half the preparation time federal courts have allowed other defendants facing a death sentence over the past decade...

A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to defrauding another man out of $100,000 in a so-called ``black money'' scheme. Saah Johnson, of Fall River, entered his plea Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Providence. The Sun Chronicle reports that the 33-year-old Johnson faces up to 10 years prison at sentencing Nov...

A Pawtucket man is facing charges accusing him of sex trafficking a 17-year-old Massachusetts girl. Federal prosecutors say 33-year-old Kemont Bowie and two others forced the girl into prostitution after she left a treatment center. The girl had been reported missing, and was located at Bowie's Pawtucket apartment this week...

A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is expected to plead guilty to impeding the investigation into the deadly attack. Dias Kadyrbayev is charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy for allegedly removing a backpack containing fireworks from Tsarnaev's dorm room at UMass Dartmouth after realizing he was suspected of carrying out the deadly 2013 attack...

The former operator of a Sears Outlet Store in Middletown, Rhode Island has pleaded guilty in U.S. Federal Court to defrauding the company of more than $150,000.  Fifty-three year old Joseph Kilty of Wakefield, Rhode Island entered the plea Thursday in federal court in Providence...

A federal judge has scheduled a hearing on a request by lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) to dismiss some of the charges he faces.       U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr...

A federal judge has ruled the government will begin paying for the legal defense of a 20-year-old man accused of lying for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev .       Robel Phillipos of Cambridge has pleaded not guilty...

An arbitrator is reducing the 211-game drug suspension for New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez to 162 games.  The ruling today means Rodriguez will miss the 2014 season under the suspension handed down by Major League Baseball in connection with performance-enhancing drugs...