Courts Reporter

Molly Crane-Newman

Molly Crane-Newman covers the state and federal courts in Manhattan for the Daily News, reporting on criminal and civil justice procedures impacting the lives and safety of all New Yorkers. She follows former President Donald Trump's New York cases and documented gavel-to-gavel the high-stakes trials of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Harvey Weinstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell. She joined The News in 2015 after moving to the city from her native Dublin, Ireland.

Chicago Tribune, other papers, seek sanctions over allegations Open AI deleted key evidence

January 7, 2026 at 2:10 p.m.

Lawyers representing an array of news organizations suing OpenAI for allegedly stealing and distorting their reporters’ work have asked a Manhattan judge to sanction ChatGPT’s parent company, alleging the tech...

NY judge orders OpenAI to hand over ChatGPT conversations in win for newspapers in copyright case

December 3, 2025 at 5:43 p.m.

A Manhattan judge has ordered OpenAI to provide the Chicago Tribune and other news outlets with millions of anonymous chats between ChatGPT and its users in a major ongoing copyright...

Jeffrey Epstein victims sue Bank of America, saying it aided sex trafficking of teenage girls

October 15, 2025 at 2:56 p.m.

Women abused by Jeffrey Epstein sued Bank of America in Manhattan on Wednesday, alleging its executives violated banking laws and ignored red flags out of “absolute loyalty” to the deceased...

President Donald Trump speaks at an event for the signing of the GENIUS Act, a bill that regulates stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration sues New York City over sanctuary city protections for immigrants

July 24, 2025 at 4:31 p.m.

The Trump administration has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to end sanctuary city law policies in New York City, arguing that the law violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S....

New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander is arrested by ICE agents in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (Dean Moses / AMNY)

NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander released after ICE arrest for allegedly 'assaulting' officer

June 17, 2025 at 10:34 p.m.

City comptroller and NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested Tuesday by ICE in lower Manhattan amid the Trump administration's crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday morning in the Southern District of New York on behalf of the Daily News, the Mercury News, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Orange County Register, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida Sun Sentinel, and St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Daily News, NY Times ask NY judge to reject OpenAI, Microsoft challenges to copyright suit

January 14, 2025 at 5:59 p.m.

Lawyers for the New York Daily News, The New York Times, and other newspapers Wednesday asked a Manhattan judge to reject an effort by OpenAI and Microsoft to dismiss parts...

Singer R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on September 17, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.

R Kelly appeals Brooklyn sex trafficking and racketeering conviction, says he’s a victim of the #MeToo movement

April 21, 2023 at 9:43 p.m.

Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly says he's a victim of the #MeToo movement and wants a New York appeals court to toss his Brooklyn conviction or give him a new...

Members of the media gather outside Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Friday, March. 31, 2023.

Judge bans TV cameras, allows limited media access to Trump’s NYC arraignment

April 4, 2023 at 12:10 p.m.

The ex-president's arraignment will not be televised. No TV cameras will be permitted inside a Manhattan courtroom for the historic arraignment of Donald Trump on Tuesday, a judge ruled. Five...

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Bob Dylan acusado de drogar y abusar sexualmente de una niña de 12 años

August 16, 2021 at 10:17 p.m.

Bob Dylan está acusado de abusar sexualmente de una niña de 12 años durante un período de seis semanas en 1965 en una nueva demanda presentada en la Corte Suprema...

Simpatizantes del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, irrumpen en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos el 6 de enero de 2021 en Washington, D.C.

Navy SEAL retirado que se jactó en línea de asaltar el Capitolio es interrogado por el FBI

January 15, 2021 at 10:39 p.m.

Un Navy SEAL retirado estaba tan orgulloso de participar en el asalto al Capitolio que, según los informes, se filmó alardeando de ello y publicó las imágenes en línea, lo...

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