The <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/4131761Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"00000190-3c75-d497-a7fb-fc7db8d70000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">US Justice Department told attorneys for families of victims of two fatal 737 Max crashes that it still hasn’t decided whether to pursue criminal charges against Boeing Co., after determining last month the planemaker had breached a 2021 agreement with the government.

The stars of the USA Network reality television program “Chrisley Knows Best” failed to convince a federal appeals court on Friday that they’re entitled to a new trial after being found guilty of tax evasion and bank fraud.

Federal judges spoke out against attacks by members of Congress on judicial nominees, saying attorneys should push back against those accusations to keep judges safe.

Judges can do more to help increase public confidence in the judiciary and court rulings, said federal circuit and district judges who also warned about rising threats sometimes rooted in politics.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s policy mostly barring corrections officers from wearing beards was temporarily blocked by a federal judge in a religious discrimination case at the request of the US government.

A former Massachusetts state senator and his sister have been charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements in connection with a sham job offer allegedly made to him by the sister’s company, the Justice Department announced Friday.