The Latest Breaking News from James Snyder

The U.S. Supreme Court is deregulating corruption, with arguably grim consequences for American democracy.

By sheer coincidence, this ruling concerns the sort of generous ‘gifts’ and ‘gratuities’ that justices have been known to accept

Michael Madigan is among a handful of public corruption defendants in Chicago who asked that their cases be put on hold while the Supreme Court considers the corruption conviction of James Snyder, a former mayor of Portage, Indiana.

Lawyers argued that the Supreme Court’s decision in the Indiana case could come down “right at the end” of Madigan’s trial, “rendering any result … moot.”

A judge declined to put the ComEd bribery case fully on hold Monday despite a Supreme Court review of a key corruption law. But a similar request is expected to be made of Madigan’s judge.

The dispute is whether a federal bribery statute criminalizes only bribery, as opposed to also criminalizing so-called gratuities or rewards.

NEW YORK — A vanishing spell wasn’t necessary.

Producers said they received a complaint about the show’s star from Diane Davis, who plays Harry’s wife

An actor playing Harry Potter on Broadway has been fired following a misconduct complaint from a female co-star.