A jury finds that Kevin Spacey didn't molest actor Anthony Rapp in 1986 A jury sided with Kevin Spacey in one of the lawsuits that derailed the film star's career, finding he did not sexually abuse Anthony Rapp, then 14, while both were relatively unknown Broadway actors. The Associated Press
A former employee sues Planned Parenthood, claiming she faced months of racism Lawyers for Nicole Moore, a Black woman, say she was often given unfair workloads, demeaned in front of coworkers and retaliated against for speaking up about racism within the company. Ayana Archie
Donald Trump deposed in defamation suit filed by E. Jean Carroll Former President Trump answered questions under oath Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll, a magazine columnist who says he raped her in the mid-1990s in a department store dressing room. The Associated Press
Appeals court says financial watchdog agency CFPB's structure is unconstitutional Three federal appeals court judges appointed by President Trump have ruled that the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional. Chris Arnold
A former UCLA student was sentenced to over three years in prison for Capitol riot Christian Secor, a former UCLA student and follower of the far-right racist livestreamer Nick Fuentes, was sentenced on Wednesday for obstructing congress during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Tom Dreisbach
Online platforms radicalized the Buffalo mass shooting suspect, a new report says The New York attorney general's office said it reviewed thousands of pages of documents and social media content to study how the suspect used online platforms to plan and publicize the mass shooting. Jonathan Franklin
Pandemic-related fraud totaled billions. California is trying to get some of it back A special task force is investigating claims and freezing accounts to determine who legitimately qualifies for the relief money. About $20 billion in unemployment money was stolen by criminals. Eric Westervelt
An analyst is acquitted of lying to the FBI over the Trump-Russia 'Steele dossier' A jury acquitted think tank analyst Igor Danchenko, who was accused of lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump. The Associated Press
French cement giant pleads guilty to ISIS payments, agrees to pay $800M in penalties Under an agreement with the Justice Department, Lafarge also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations. Ryan Lucas
Supreme Court declines to consider challenge to racist citizenship laws The action dashes hopes of American Samoans who were seeking birthright citizenship and leaves intact a decision that breathed new life into distinctions between U.S. states and territories. Jess Zalph