Fifteen years after he became a senior federal judge, Alvin Kenneth Hellerstein landed one of his biggest ticket cases in more than a quarter-century. The defendant: the recently deposed president of ...

Captured Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty to charges of narco-terrorism and other charges in a New York court on Monday, with 92-year-old judge Alvin ...

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein has handled numerous weighty cases in his nearly three decades on the bench, including matters involving Trump, the 9/11 attacks and Sudanese genocide. Now, the ...

Alvin Hellerstein, the 92-year-old US judge handling the case against deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, has presided over a number of notable trials during his decades on the bench. Maduro and ...

Judge Alvin Kenneth Hellerstein, an Orthodox Jew who displays the Torah verse “Tzedek, tzedek tirdof” — “Justice, justice you shall pursue” — on the walls of his chambers, is presiding over the case ...

“At first glance, the World Happiness Index might suggest Australians have lost their spark,” said MLA general manager of marketing and insights, Nathan Low. “But our research tells a different story, ...

The extraordinary criminal case against deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is headed before a 92-year-old judge with a stubborn streak and an often unorthodox approach to running his ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

When the NFL season opened in September, there were plenty of starting Black quarterbacks (14) among 32 teams, and few Black head coaches (five). Black men guiding teams when the season kicked off ...

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