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Sales are finally underway for condominiums at a San Jose housing complex that's among the properties engulfed in a vast Bay Area real estate fraud case that arose after hundreds of investors were swindled.

A San Mateo County judge has refused to seal a portion of civil grand jury testimony in a public corruption case against Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith.

A San Mateo County judge has refused to seal a portion of civil grand jury testimony in a public corruption case against Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith.

A San Mateo County judge has refused to seal a portion of civil grand jury testimony in a public corruption case against Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith.

Stacyville native Rev. Msgr. John Hemann, who served congregations across Northern Iowa, passed away last weekend

Jane Lee The seal of the United States Department of Justice. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly July 23 (Reuters) - A U.S. Justice Department program aimed at protecting American technology from China dropped five prosecutions of Chinese scientists after a draft of an internal FBI analysis questioned a main premise for the investigations, according to court documents. The "China Initiative" had been criticized by civil liberties advocates as racially biased, and judges in several court proceedings had expre...

Feds abruptly drop visa fraud charges against Chinese military scientists Prosecutors provided no explanation for the dismissals, but they reportedly came after evidence surfaced that a visa application question was not clear enough for Chinese military scientists to answer accurately. In this Thursday, April 14, 2016 photo, a Chinese national flag flutters against the office buildings at the Shanghai Bund shrouded by pollution and fog in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File) SAN FRANCISC...

A US Department of Justice programme aimed at protecting American technology from China dropped five prosecutions of Chinese scientists after a draft of an internal FBI analysis questioned a main premise for the investigations, according to court documents. The “China Initiative” had been criticised by civil liberties advocates as racially biased, and judges in several court proceedings had expressed scepticism about the FBI’s tactics in interrogating the scientists. On Thursday and Frida...