Judge hits SC podcaster Mandy Matney with $176,500 in costs and a fine for contempt

South Carolina Judge Keith Kelly hit SC true-crime podcaster Mandy Matney with $171,500 in lawyers' costs and a $5,000 fine ...

How did Kohberger’s attorneys spend $5.5 million? Our legal action seeks those answers

A judge agreed to the Statesman’s request to unseal at least some spending records for the quadruple murderer’s defense. Case ...
The State

SC podcaster Mandy Matney on the hot seat — will Judge Kelly hold her in contempt?

Mandy Matney testified June 22, 2026, in contempt proceedings against her. Judge Keith Kelly is at left; attorney Debbie Barbier is on far right. Matney is in the witness stand. John Monk ...
InsideNoVa

Prince William judge tentatively allows audio recording for Naresh Bhatt trial

A Prince William County Circuit Court judge on Friday said she is inclined to allow audio and podcast recording devices in ...

Larry Millete, husband of missing California mother ‘Maya’ Millete, convicted of murder

May Millete, who worked as a civilian contract specialist at the Naval Information Warfare Center, was last seen alive Jan. 7 ...
The Guardian

Reporter urges US supreme court to halt ruling forcing her to reveal sources or pay $800-a-day fine

Catherine Herridge makes final bid to stave off penalty related to series of stories she wrote in 2017 for Fox News More than two years ago, a US district court judge took the extraordinary step of ...
The Washington Post

Supreme Court halts order to force reporter to reveal source or pay fine

The Supreme Court late Friday stayed an order that would have forced former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge to either disclose a confidential source or pay $800 a day in court sanctions. Chief ...

Supreme Court rules for marijuana user prosecuted for gun possession

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday the government can’t criminally prosecute a man for possessing a firearm simply because he regularly smoked marijuana, rejecting the ...
AOL

AI was supposed to replace court reporters. Instead, there's an increasingly desperate need for more humans on the job

On paper, court reporting might seem like a career that's at severe risk of becoming fully automated by artificial intelligence, especially as transcription services improve and the cost of using them ...
Wall Street Journal

The Job That AI Was Supposed to Kill Needs More Humans Than Ever

Three years into training to be a court reporter, Jayne Williams is used to warnings that AI will soon take over her budding career. Few roles look more ripe for extinction at first glance. Automated ...
People

Why Did 'Trophy Wife' Killer Celeste Beard Johnson Lose Temper at Reporter Asking Her About Husband's Murder?

Convicted killer Celeste Beard Johnson didn't like the questions she was asked in the Season 4 finale of Court TV’s “Interview with a Killer" COURT TV/YouTube; ABC In Court TV's "Interview with a ...
JD Supra

What a Court Reporter Really Does and How to Make the Most of It

If you have ever worked on a witness examination for discovery (deposition) or reviewed a transcript, you have already relied on a court reporter more than you might realize. Their work sits at the ...