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405 entries in 'Legal Tribune' |
2025/11/07
Republican US Rep. Elise Stefanik is running for governor of New York
2025/11/01
California voters take up Prop 50, a Democratic push for more US House seats
2025/10/15
Federal workers fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on
2025/09/21
Man is arrested and charged in deadly New Hampshire country club shooting
2025/09/17
Senate rejects competing bills, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1
2025/09/09
Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion to settle lawsuit over pirated books
2025/08/30
‘Ketamine Queen’ pleads guilty to selling fatal dose to Matthew Perry
2025/08/14
Los Angeles school year begins amid fears over immigration enforcement
2025/08/08
Trump administration asks court to lift restrictions on California immigration stops
2025/07/22
House subcommittee votes to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files
2025/07/16
Man charged with killing Minnesota lawmaker plans to plead not guilty
2025/07/06
US completes deportation of 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling
2025/06/15
Judge blocks plan to allow immigration agents in New York City jail
2025/06/05
Supreme Court makes it easier to claim ‘reverse discrimination’ in employment
2025/04/21
Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities
2025/04/13
HK defends its immigration procedures after British MP was denied entry
2025/03/06
Mexico says it will impose retaliatory tariffs on US with details coming Sunday
2025/02/27
Trump administration says it’s cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts
2025/02/13
Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case
2025/02/08
Officers plead guilty in DWI police corruption probe in Albuquerque, NM
2025/01/21
Man accused of stalking Caitlin Clark proclaims himself ‘guilty as charged’
2025/01/14
Prominent human rights attorney quits over failure to prosecute Venezuela
2025/01/10
TikTok’s fate arrives at Supreme Court in collision of free speech
2024/12/25
Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban
2024/12/21
Amazon workers strike at multiple facilities as Teamsters seek labor contract
2024/12/07
US inflation ticked up last month as some price pressures remain persistent
2024/11/28
Romanian court orders a recount of presidential election first round
2024/11/23
Judge blocks Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms
2024/11/14
Tight US House races in California as GOP maintains control over the chamber
2024/11/11
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is elected as the state’s governor
2024/11/08
High court won’t review Kari Lake’s appeal over 2022 governor’s race defeat
2024/11/04
What to know about the unprecedented floods that killed more than 200 in Spain
2024/10/29
A man who threatened to kill Democratic election officials pleads guilty
2024/10/12
Supreme Court grapples with governor’s 400-year veto, calling it ‘crazy’
2024/09/12
Alaska high court lets man serving a 20-year sentence remain in US House race
2024/09/05
Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly
2024/08/29
A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case
2024/08/10
A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case
2024/08/09
Former Uvalde officers plead not guilty in Texas school mass shooting case
2024/08/05
Venezuela’s Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
2024/08/02
Judge throws out machine gun possession charge, cites Second Amendment
2024/07/26
Fraud trial of George Santos to begin next month with an anonymous jury
2024/07/22
UAE hands 57 Bangladeshis long-term jail terms for protests
2024/07/14
Boston lawyer once named ‘most eligible bachelor’ is sentenced to 5-10 years
2024/07/08
A US appeals court will review its prior order keeping banned books
2024/06/10
Trump's lawyers ask judge to lift gag order imposed during New York trial
2024/06/04
Spanish court summons prime minister’s wife in corruption probe
2024/05/31
Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions
2024/05/03
Trump faces prospect of additional sanctions for violating gag order
2024/04/26
Starbucks appears likely to win Supreme Court dispute with federal labor agency
2024/04/15
Judge in Trump case orders media not to report where potential jurors work
2024/03/12
Trump wants N.Y. hush money trial to wait for Supreme Court immunity ruling
2024/02/27
Donald Trump appeals $454 million judgment in New York civil fraud case
2024/01/30
Hong Kong court orders China's Evergrande, which owes $300 billion, to liquidate
2024/01/08
India court restores life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men
2023/12/04
Opening statements begin in Jonathan Majors assault trial in New York
2023/11/06
Donald Trump testifies in civil fraud trial. Follow the latest updates
2023/10/13
Biden’s second try at student loan cancellation moves forward with debate
2023/10/02
Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law
2023/09/22
Progressive Councilmember Freddie O’Connell wins Nashville mayor’s race
2023/09/08
Kavanaugh predicts ‘concrete steps soon’ to address ethics concerns
2023/08/28
Hawaii power utility takes responsibility for first fire on Maui
2023/08/10
Owner of Maryland Construction Company Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
2023/07/10
Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
2023/07/07
Man gets life sentence for raping 9-year-old Ohio girl
2023/05/12
‘Rust’ movie medic gets $1.15 million partial settlement
2023/05/04
Delaware Senate confirms two Supreme Court nominees
2023/05/01
Justices to consider case involving fishing boat monitor pay
2023/04/14
Supreme Court asked to preserve abortion pill access rules
2023/02/03
Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law
2023/01/16
Egypt hands out life jail terms in trial over 2019 protests
2023/01/03
State seeks long prison term for accused NYC subway gunman
2022/12/02
Justices spar in latest clash of religion and gay rights
2022/11/15
Justices asked to hear dog toy dispute. Will they bite?
2022/11/01
Indiana Democrats pin legislative gains on abortion debate
2022/09/23
Arizonan sentenced for Vegas-based scheme targeting migrants
2022/08/07
Probation for woman who wiped up blood after killing spouse
2022/07/25
Louisiana Supreme Court’s chief justice reelected
2022/06/13
Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation member
2022/06/07
Wisconsin Supreme Court says COVID records can be released
2022/05/23
Pakistani court orders probe into ex-minister’s arrest
2022/04/23
Arizona judge nixes suit that wants Trump backers off ballot
2022/04/04
Groups seek to stop gold mine exploratory drilling in Idaho
2021/06/11
Court: Local Wisconsin heath departments can’t close schools
2021/05/29
Ruling: Missed court date in Washington does not imply guilt
2021/05/21
Nebraska high court rejects appeal in Scottsbluff murder
2021/05/11
UK lawyer fined for defying Heathrow court ruling embargo
2021/04/20
Supreme Court rejects defendant’s appeal in 2015 slaying
2021/03/31
Judge rules Mormon church didn’t meddle in death row case
2021/03/19
Court upholds Iowa man’s civil judgment in mother’s death
2021/03/08
High court revives ex-student’s suit against Georgia college
2021/02/24
Judge strikes down portions of Michigan towing law
2021/02/20
Feds drop legal battle over tribe’s reservation status
2021/02/16
Outside team to assist Albuquerque police internal affairs
2021/02/11
Circuit court judge accused of altering paperwork
2021/02/02
More protests called in Moscow to demand Navalny’s release
2021/01/03
Pakistani court orders rebuilding of destroyed Hindu temple
2020/12/30
Prosecutors seek 9-year prison term for Samsung chief Lee
2020/12/25
Trump made lasting impact on federal courts
2020/12/09
High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win
2020/11/20
Tory Lanez pleads not guilty in Megan Thee Stallion shooting
2020/11/03
Supreme Court to hear case about juvenile life sentences
2020/10/30
Justices deny fast, new look at Pennsylvania ballot deadline
2020/10/27
Philadelphia victim’s family sought ambulance, not police
2020/09/22
White House lawyer in running for seat on the Supreme Court
2020/09/12
Girl appeals Slender Man stabbing to Wisconsin Supreme Court
2020/09/09
Florida Supreme Court orders governor to pick new justice
2020/09/04
Slovakia court set to give verdict in reporter's slaying
2020/09/02
High Court in London backs Virgin Atlantic's rescue plan
2020/08/27
1st Black woman confirmed to be justice on NJ high court
2020/08/13
New Jersey's top court: Defendant must share phone passcodes
2020/08/11
Arizona landlords ask high court to invalidate eviction ban
2020/08/03
Lawsuit: Trump still blocks Twitter critics after court loss
2020/07/05
2 female firsts at the Supreme Court announce retirements
2020/06/12
Wolf asks Pennsylvania Supreme Court to uphold shutdown
2020/06/11
UConn student fugitive in court on murder charge, police say
2020/06/07
Alaska Supreme Court justices call for system improvements
2020/05/14
Lawyer: Security video in Arbery case may show water breaks
2020/05/07
Supreme Court appears likely to reject Trump immunity claim
2020/04/16
Hawaii Judiciary postpones state court trials amid pandemic
2020/04/09
Justice delayed: Virus crisis upends courts system across US
2020/03/21
Supreme Court: Justices healthy and trying to stay that way
2020/03/15
Australia’s High Court hears what may be Pell’s last appeal
2020/03/12
Spanish court: Google search must show man's acquittal first
2020/03/08
Court blocks ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy on part of US border
2020/02/21
Lesotho's PM fails to show in court to face murder charge
2020/02/19
Justices return for season of big decisions, amid campaign
2020/02/17
Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to over 3 years in prison
2020/02/06
Ruling ends court fight over merger of 2 school districts
2020/01/20
Bangladesh court orders 231 factories closed to save river
2020/01/01
Cyprus court finds 19 year-old British woman guilty
2019/12/17
Supreme Court won't disturb ruling against anti-homeless law
2019/12/16
Judge criticized by abortion foes named to top Kansas court
2019/12/10
Court to hear resentencing bid in Arizona death penalty case
2019/11/21
California court invalidates law requiring Trump tax returns
2019/11/19
EU court refers doubts on Polish judiciary to national court
2019/11/17
Myanmar rejects court probe into crimes against Rohingyas
2019/11/16
Split Supreme Court appears ready to allow Trump to end DACA
2019/10/28
Court to hear arguments on Maryland political ads law
2019/10/11
Analysis: Louisiana figures in 2 major Supreme Court cases
2019/10/09
Alaska Supreme Court to Hear Youths’ Climate Change Lawsuit
2019/10/06
Court seems ready to require unanimous juries as term opens
2019/10/02
Ohio counties tell court: Don’t let state stop opioid trial
2019/09/26
Egypt court asks religious figure to weigh in on sentences
2019/09/19
Bulgarian court to eye revoking parole for Australian man
2019/09/03
‘The Supreme Court Is Not Well. And the People Know It.’
2019/08/30
Activist loses UK court case on police facial recognition
2019/07/23
Louisiana judge orders man's mouth taped for interruptions
2019/07/05
Validity of Obama health care law at issue in appeal hearing
2019/07/01
The Latest: Trump considers executive order on census query
2019/06/25
High court strikes down ‘scandalous’ part of trademark law
2019/06/22
Court tosses black man's murder conviction over racial bias
2019/06/18
Supreme Court upholds cross on public land in Maryland
2019/06/10
Kansas court OKs school funding law but keeps lawsuit open
2019/05/20
Brazil's supreme court votes to make homophobia a crime
2019/05/16
Feds: US Supreme Court should turn down 'Bridgegate' appeal
2019/05/14
Supreme Court conservatives attack lame-duck arguments
2019/05/10
Apps cost too much? Court allows suit adding to Apple’s woes
2019/05/05
Trump, GOP states ask appeals court to kill ‘Obamacare’
2019/05/01
EPA reaffirms glyphosate safe for users as court cases grow
2019/04/23
Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed Reuters reporters
2019/04/22
Arkansas faces new court fight over sedative for executions
2019/04/03
Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling
2019/03/18
Supreme Court to consider Louisiana's non-unanimous juries
2019/03/11
Court rejects Ghosn’s request to attend Nissan board meeting
2019/03/09
Case about indigent drivers and drivers' licenses in court
2019/02/26
Dominion to ask Supreme Court to hear pipeline appeal
2019/02/11
Court case to tackle jails' medication-assisted treatment
2019/02/03
Ginsburg makes 1st public appearance since cancer surgery
2019/01/21
Congress to Probe Report that Trump Directed Lawyer to Lie
2019/01/17
Freed by court, Pakistani Christian woman still a prisoner
2019/01/06
Court orders mediation in Maryland desegregation case
2019/01/01
Low-key days at Supreme Court may be ending soon
2018/12/29
The Latest: Shutdown affects court cases that involve Trump
2018/12/21
Uber loses UK case on worker rights, expected to appeal
2018/12/21
Dutch court upholds Amsterdam’s ban on new tourist stores
2018/12/18
Uber loses UK case on worker rights, expected to appeal
2018/10/25
Synagogue suspect at courthouse; survivors recall ordeal
2018/10/21
Judge: Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85M in ex-lawyer's suit
2018/10/11
Former FIFA official Makudi at court for ban appeal hearing
2018/10/04
Cemetery case puts property rights issue before high court
2018/09/20
3 hurt in court shooting leave hospital; gunman identified
2018/09/17
Guatemala court orders UN anti-graft chief be readmitted
2018/09/09
Court boosts rights of students accused of sexual misconduct
2018/08/06
The Latest: Zimbabwe's president welcomes court challenge
2018/08/06
N Carolina Supreme Court candidate sues over party label law
2018/07/20
State Supreme Court returns stalking case to lower court
2018/07/17
Georgia officer charged in fatal shooting to appear in court
2018/07/16
India's top court calls for new law to curb mob violence
2018/06/21
Drug court graduates get second chance at life
2018/06/12
Supreme Court allows Ohio, other state voter purges
2018/05/22
Court to consider fraud investigator in NFL concussion case
2018/05/12
Court program in Dona Ana County focuses on veterans
2018/04/30
Justices allow Arkansas to enforce abortion restrictions
2018/04/28
Trump administration defends Keystone XL pipeline in court
2018/04/20
Constitutionality of murder conviction upheld by high court
2018/04/18
UK Supreme Court declines appeal from parents of ill toddler
2018/04/18
Court: Sotomayor shoulder injury worse than first thought
2018/04/16
Trump's personal attorney has dropped a pair of libel suits
2018/04/12
High court worries about abandoning online sales tax rule
2018/04/01
Large Midwest energy project turns to ex-Missouri governor
2018/03/25
Another key redistricting case goes in front of high court
2018/02/13
Beleaguered gunmaker Remington points to bankruptcy court
2018/02/10
Kushner firm seeks court change to keep partners secret
2018/02/03
UN court lays down Costa Rica, Nicaragua maritime borders
2018/02/02
UN court: Nicaragua must pay Costa Rica environmental costs
2018/01/27
Nassar to face another sentence, victims in return to court
2017/11/19
The Latest: Senate panel approves tax overhaul bill
2017/11/16
German Court: Kuwait Airways Can Refuse Israeli Passengers
2017/11/04
Florida man back at Supreme Court with 1st Amendment case
2017/10/24
Court extends house arrest for Russian theater director
2017/09/22
Court asked to dismiss cases tied to ex-drug lab chemist
2017/09/20
California hits Gatorade in court for "anti-water" videogame
2017/08/21
Court file: Michigan girl who killed toddler heard voices
2017/08/16
DJ says taking Taylor Swift to court was only option
2017/06/01
Trump admin asks Supreme Court to restore travel ban
2017/05/22
U.S. high court ruling deals blow to patent trolls
2017/05/21
High court ruling may give voter rights groups a strong tool
2017/05/13
Appeal in boy's burp arrest case relies on Gorsuch dissent
2017/05/10
New Mexico Supreme Court won't restore funds to Legislature
2017/05/07
Indiana high court: Immigration status inadmissible at trial
2017/04/02
Bangladesh High Court upholds death for 2 in blogger killing
2017/03/31
Nicaragua high court denies farmers' appeal of canal project
2017/03/03
Ohio court considers privacy rights in backpack search
2017/03/02
High court ruling could reshape Virginia political map
2017/02/14
NC court blocks law stripping governor of election powers
2017/02/07
Court upholds guilty verdict for Russian opposition leader
2017/01/29
Court orders Wisconsin Legislature to redraw voting maps
2017/01/29
Philippine president's drug crackdown faces court challenge
2017/01/17
Man accused of killing Orlando officer defiant in court
2017/01/15
High court: Israel must explain lack of access to holy site
2016/09/26
DC appeals court hears arguments in Clean Power Plan case
2016/09/04
Stepmom of scalded boy who died pleads guilty to murder
2016/09/02
Gays can seek parental rights for nonbiological kids
2016/08/26
Judge in Stanford swimmer case switching to civil court
2016/07/28
Court reinstates rape charges despite delay in indictment
2016/07/27
Monitor chosen to oversee Ferguson's police, court reforms
2016/07/24
Kansas court upholds death sentence for sheriff's killing
2016/06/23
Court rules against White House science office in email case
2016/06/14
Spain court orders Operation Puerto blood bags released
2016/06/02
NY court: Case against ex-AIG execs can continue
2016/05/08
Spanish court seeks arrest of Putin-linked Russians
2016/04/14
Despite court ruling, China gay rights movement makes gains
2016/03/30
Passport mark for sex offenders law challenged in court
2016/03/13
Man accused of terrorism charge with fiancee pleads guilty
2016/02/22
Reid pounds GOP united against Obama Supreme Court choice
2016/02/10
Court to weigh cocaine cases, could alter sentencing in Ohio
2016/01/13
High court rejects appeal over Homeland Security records
2015/12/01
US court rejects Virginia death row inmate's appeal
2015/11/18
Snowboarders fight ban at Utah resort in appeals court
2015/11/04
Supreme Court troubled by DA's rejection of black jurors
2015/11/02
German court: former SS Auschwitz guard fit for trial
2015/11/01
Chinese woman pleads guilty in college test-taking scheme
2015/08/20
Appeals court won't reinstate 1990 arson-murder conviction
2015/01/21
High court rejects military contractors appeals
2014/10/20
Texas abortion clinics reopen after court reprieve
2014/08/07
Man due back in court for fatally punching referee
2014/04/15
India's top court recognizes third gender category
2014/04/04
High court restores workers' compensation claim
2014/04/01
Supreme Court Refuses To Overturn Arizona Marijuana Ruling
2014/03/24
Egypt court sentences 528 Morsi supporters to death
2014/03/17
Lawsuit says California mortgage money mishandled
2014/03/14
Toal seeking millions to safeguard SC court info
2014/03/10
Driver pleads guilty in deadly bus stop crash
2014/02/28
Court: School ban of US flag shirts allowed
2014/01/20
Italian court hears final rebuttals in Knox trial
2014/01/06
Court grants law license to man in US illegally
2013/11/11
N. Ind. court helps veterans get back on track
2013/11/08
High court wrestles with prayer in government
2013/10/25
Appeals court rejects secret Delaware arbitration
2012/02/28
British arms-to-Iran suspect faces Texas court
2012/02/27
Supreme Court 101 in session at high court
2012/02/25
Court: California can force inmates to submit DNA
2012/02/17
Teen pleads not guilty in Ohio Craigslist killings
2012/02/15
Cisco challenges Microsoft takeover of Skype in EU
2012/02/10
High court asked to undo Mont. campaign money ban
2012/02/09
Appeals court halts deportation of 7 immigrants
2012/02/03
Appeals court set to hear Alabama trademark suit
2012/01/30
Former UBS trader pleads not guilty in UK court
2012/01/27
NY court: Judge can't block $18B Chevron judgment
2012/01/23
US army panel advises trial in Afghanistan suicide
2012/01/20
Police witnesses called in fake 'Rockefeller' case
2012/01/16
Court Upholds Burlington Man's Murder Conviction
2012/01/10
High Court Rejects Prisoner Lawsuit
2012/01/03
Ecuador court upholds ruling against Chevron
2011/12/27
Riders stuck on snow-trapped train sue NY agency
2011/12/24
Supreme Court says Manchester property tax data private
2011/12/21
Mentally disabled detainees granted class status
2011/12/20
NY top court allows private securities claims
2011/12/12
High court halts new Texas electoral maps
2011/12/05
Court: State prisoners count at home in redistricting
2011/11/28
Federal Court of Canada Certifies Class Action
2011/11/23
Defendant in $670M scam enters guilty plea in Va.
2011/11/21
Courts weighs scrapping huge California water pact
2011/11/13
Russia court rejects $16 billion claim against BP
2011/11/10
Court likely to overturn Calif. law on livestock
2011/11/09
Court upholds conviction in Pa. murder case
2011/10/29
Appeals court overturns key Cape Wind clearance
2011/10/14
NY motorist pleads not guilty in fatal Amish crash
2011/10/14
No class-action status in Countrywide case
2011/10/11
High court to decide double jeopardy question
2011/10/11
Utah bank sued over overdraft fees, policies
2011/10/03
Mass. man charged in terror plot pleads not guilty
2011/09/26
Appeals court hears challenge to health care law
2011/09/22
Court rules that UBS trader should stay in custody
2011/09/21
Appeals court in Va. tosses 2 Abu Ghraib lawsuits
2011/09/20
Kona coffee dispute prompts class-action lawsuit
2011/09/19
Va. high court considers ex-King confidant's case
2011/09/18
1 spank isn't domestic violence, Fla. court says
2011/09/15
Appeals court upholds sentence in Ponzi scheme
2011/09/01
Colombia court reinstates conviction in Galan hit
2011/08/24
Court asked to stop immigrant license checks
2011/08/18
EEOC sues, argues man on treatment should be hired
2011/08/12
Dougherty siblings to appear in Colorado court
2011/08/10
Wash. man pleads guilty to defrauding ID investors
2011/08/08
No class-action for suits over Calif. fish kill
2011/08/08
Court rules firing of NJ casino dealer unlawful
2011/08/02
Jury deliberates in post-Katrina shootings trial
2011/08/01
NJ high court to rule in case of retired judge
2011/07/25
Judge wants agency to investigate Meijer lawyer
2011/07/20
Court reverses conviction on online Obama threat
2011/07/20
Ex-CEO convicted in scam at auto-chemical company
2011/07/06
Defendant in 4 Calif. killings now wants lawyer
2011/06/27
Citigroup ex-VP arrested in NYC on fraud charges
2011/06/20
Woman pleads guilty in border cash smuggling case
2011/06/12
Texas teachers may get student criminal histories
2011/06/10
Pa. appeals court upholds $188M Wal-Mart verdict
2011/06/10
US appeals court overturns release of detainee
2011/06/07
Lawyer: Baseline Killer suspect a 'ravenous wolf'
2011/06/06
Ex-IMF leader pleads not guilty to sex assault
2011/05/27
Appeals court upholds sentence in NC bus stop case
2011/05/23
Attorneys to give openings in Mumbai terror case
2011/05/23
Ohio couple pleads guilty in terror funding case
2011/05/19
Mack Trucks, Volvo to pay $525M to settle suit
2011/05/17
Minn. court: Defendant may withdraw guilty plea
2011/05/13
Hedge fund founder convicted in inside-trade case
2011/05/09
Delaware pediatrician waives right to jury trial
2011/04/28
Court close to seating Blagojevich jury
2011/04/18
Treasury risks overpaying law firms
2011/04/18
Judge Considers $30M Dairy Antitrust Settlement
2011/04/18
Court denies appeal over inmate's long sentence
2011/04/10
Court ruling could mean NJ budget scramble
2011/04/06
Split over union law reaches Wis. court race
2011/04/06
Louisiana to get $12M in Health Net case
2011/04/02
Blockbuster showdown coming today in bankruptcy court
2011/03/24
Court nixes new rape trial in dispute over poem
2011/03/24
Oregon appeals court: Teeth not dangerous weapon
2011/03/11
Ex-judge Camp sentenced to 30 days in prison
2011/03/11
Court blames LA County for ocean pollution
2011/03/01
Ex-NY state Sen. Dem. leader due in court .
2011/02/24
Ohio defendant called about drug money from jail
2011/02/24
man charged in NY infant snatching due in court
2011/02/24
Lake County, Indiana cutting free lunches to jurors
2011/02/10
JPMorgan says it did nothing wrong in Madoff fraud
2011/01/12
Judge approves $179M settlement for AK Steel retirees
2010/12/19
Lawyer for disgraced celebrity adviser is arrested
2010/11/02
Idaho Supreme Court lifts hold on refinery haul
2010/08/30
Thousands sign on for $10 billion BP suit
2010/05/17
Appeals court grants Dish rare review of TiVo case
2010/05/10
Oprah Winfrey’s company targets Boston law firm in suit
2010/05/03
Brit on Texas death row loses high court appeal
2010/04/14
Wichita Bookkeeper Sentenced For Embezzling
2009/12/24
6 accused in Mass. mortgage scheme
2009/12/24
Teen charged with starting 2 California wildfires
2009/12/22
Judge denies jury strikes motion in abortion case
2009/11/30
La Salle settles injured player's lawsuit
2009/11/09
Domain Auction Site Faces Shill Bidding Lawsuit
2009/10/05
Securities Class Action Trial Starts This Week Against Vivendi
2009/09/21
Dannon Settles Activia Lawsuit
2009/05/07
Demjanjuk appeals German court decision
2009/03/19
Gilman & Pastor File Class Action vs. "Chinese Drywall"
2009/02/02
Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Peanut Corp.
2009/01/02
Judge Upholds Detention of Two Gitmo Detainees
2008/12/23
Alamo seeks removal of religious language in suit
2008/12/03
Justices chide California-based appeals court
2008/11/17
Paralyzed Calif. man loses high court appeal
2008/11/04
Supreme Court wrestles with TV profanity case
2008/10/27
Chicago torture victims face uphill legal battle
2008/10/08
Ohio top court mulls Planned Parenthood files
2008/10/07
High court could block 'light' cigarettes lawsuit
2008/09/09
J.K. Rowling Smites Copyright Violator
2008/08/20
Ninth Circuit rules on 'no-fly' list
2008/08/18
Second Circuit Protects Plaintiff's Anonymity
2008/08/15
9th Circ. upholds denial of Oregon domestic partnership
2008/08/05
Inmate Says He's Too Fat for Lethal Injection
2008/07/28
Comedian Says Heckler's Lawsuit Isn't Funny
2008/06/22
Court will review $2.8 million award to Iranian
2008/05/23
Court Nixes Dog-Killing Deputy's Job Transfer
2008/05/08
Taser Stuns Coroners with Win in Autopsy Reports Case
2008/04/29
9th Circuit Resurrects School Bible Club Lawsuit
2008/03/20
Appeals Court Rules Against Qualcomm
2008/03/19
Supreme Court to Hear Indecency Case
2008/03/17
Court Accepts Crime Lab Case
2008/03/17
CNet to Appeal Court's Bylaw Ruling
2008/03/12
Verdict upheld for Valley law firm suing over fees
2008/03/08
Saddam Kickbacks Earn Oil Exec Prison
2008/03/07
U.S. treasure firm ordered to identify disputed wreck
2008/03/06
Court of Appeals weighs scope of extortion law
2008/03/06
Gault Pleads Guilty; Facing 50 Years In Prison
2008/03/05
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Republican US Rep. Elise Stefanik is running for governor of New York
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2025/11/07 08:24
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U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, a close Republican ally of President Donald Trump, announced Friday that she’s running for governor of New York, a place she depicted in a campaign launch video as being “in ashes” because of lawlessness and a high cost of living.
In her video, a narrator declares “The Empire State has fallen” as it painted a grim picture of crime and economic crisis in New York City, though her message appeared to be aimed at other, more conservative parts of the state that she will need to win over next year.
“Under Kathy Hochul’s failed leadership, New York is the most unaffordable state in the nation with the highest taxes, highest energy, utilities, rent, and grocery prices crushing hardworking families,” Stefanik said in a statement.
Stefanik, who represents a conservative congressional district in upstate New York, has for months teased a run, leveling heavy criticism at incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul and more recently toward Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City.
Last year, Trump picked Stefanik to be the administration’s ambassador to the United Nations, but later rescinded the nomination over concerns about Republicans’ tight margins in the House.
Though any Republican faces long odds of winning the governor’s mansion in New York, Stefanik’s campaign will bring solid name recognition, fundraising prowess and deep ties to the White House. Her campaign announced Friday that she has received the backing of nearly three-quarters of the state’s county Republican chairs.
In a statement, Hochul campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika called Stefanik “Donald Trump’s number one cheerleader in Congress.”
“Apparently, screwing over New Yorkers in Congress wasn’t enough — now she’s trying to bring Trump’s chaos and skyrocketing costs to our state,” Chitika said.
The Republican primary field remains unclear ahead of the 2026 race. U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler had been contemplating a run and was considered a potentially strong candidate, but said earlier this year that he would instead seek reelection in his battleground House district in the New York Hudson Valley.
Hochul faces a contested primary, with her own lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, running against her.
Stefanik, a Harvard graduate, was 30 when she was first elected to the House in 2014. She entered Congress as a moderate Republican but soon attached herself to Trump, reshaping her persona into more of a brash, outspoken MAGA disciple.
Her national profile got a big boost after she aggressively questioned a group of university presidents over antisemitism on their campuses, leading to two of their resignations and winning praise from the Republican president.
Democrats have a major voter registration edge in New York. The last Republican governor in the state was former Gov. George Pataki, who left office about two decades ago. Still, Republican Lee Zeldin, a former Long Island congressman and current head of the Environmental Protection Agency, made a serious run for the office in 2022, coming within striking distance of upsetting Hochul. |
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California voters take up Prop 50, a Democratic push for more US House seats
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2025/11/01 08:25
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The national battle to control the U.S. House shifts to California on Tuesday as voters consider a Democratic proposal that could erase as many as five Republican districts and blunt President Donald Trump’s moves to safeguard his party’s lock on Washington power.
The outcome will reverberate into next year’s midterm elections and beyond, with Democrats hoping a victory will set the stage for the party to regain control of the House in 2026. A shift in the majority would imperil Trump’s agenda for the remainder of his term at a time of deep partisan divisions over immigration, health care and the future direction of the nation.
“God help us if we lose in California,” Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom says.
Democrats need to gain just three seats in the 2026 elections to take control of the House.
Heavily Democratic California and its 52 congressional districts represent by far the Democrats’ best opportunity in an unprecedented state-by-state redistricting battle, which started when Texas Republicans heeded Trump’s demand that they redraw their boundaries to help the GOP retain its House majority. Democrats hold 43 of the state’s seats and hope to boost that to 48.
Trump is fighting not just the Democrats but history. Midterm elections typically punish the party in the White House, but four GOP-led states so far have adopted new district maps to pack more Republican voters into key districts.
Measure supported by Newsom, Obama
California’s Proposition 50 asks voters to suspend House maps drawn by an independent commission and replace them with rejiggered districts adopted by the Democratic-controlled Legislature. Those new districts would be in place for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections.
The recast districts aim to dilute Republican voters’ power, in one case by uniting rural, conservative-leaning parts of far northern California with Marin County, a famously liberal coastal stronghold across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco.
The measure has been spearheaded by Newsom, who has thrown the weight of his political operation behind it in a major test of his mettle ahead of a potential 2028 presidential campaign. Former President Barack Obama has urged voters to pass it as well.
Newsom has sought to nationalize the campaign, depicting the proposal as a counterweight to all things Trump.
“Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years,” Obama says in one ad. “You can stop Republicans in their tracks.”
Critics say two wrongs don’t make a right. They urge Californians to reject what they call a Democratic power grab, even if they have misgivings about Trump’s moves in Republican-led states.
Among the most prominent critics is Arnold Schwarzenegger, the movie star and former Republican governor who pushed for the creation of the independent commission, which voters approved in 2008 and 2010. It makes no sense to fight Trump by becoming him, Schwarzenegger said in September, arguing that the proposal would “take the power away from the people.”
“I don’t want Newsom to have control,” said Rebecca Fleshman, a 63-year-old retired medical assistant from Norco in Southern California, who voted against the measure. “I don’t want the state to be blue. I want it to be red.”
After an early burst of TV advertising, opponents of the plan have struggled to raise cash in a state with some of the nation’s most expensive media markets. Data compiled by advertising tracker AdImpact last week showed Democrats and other supporters with over $5 million in ad buys booked on broadcast TV, cable and radio. But opponents had virtually no time reserved, though the data didn’t include some popular streaming services like Hulu and YouTube or mail advertising.
Total spending on broadcast and cable ads topped $100 million, with more than two-thirds of it coming from supporters. Newsom told people to stop donating in the race’s final weeks.
Trump, who overwhelmingly lost California in his three presidential campaigns, largely stayed out of the fray. A week before the election, he urged voters in a social media post not to vote early or by mail — messaging that conflicts with that of top Republicans in the state who urged people to get their ballots in as soon as possible.
Democrats hope to pick up as many as five seats in California if voters approve the new boundaries, offsetting the five that Republicans hope to pick up through their new Texas maps. Republicans also expect to gain one seat each from new maps in Missouri and North Carolina, and potentially two more in Ohio.
Congressional district boundaries are typically redrawn every 10 years to reflect population shifts documented in the census. Mid-decade redistricting is unusual, absent a court order finding fault with the maps in place.
Five other GOP-led states are also considering new maps: Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana and Nebraska. On the Democratic side, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New York and Virginia have proposals to redraw maps, but major hurdles remain.
A court has ordered new boundaries be drawn in Utah, where all four House districts are represented by Republicans, but it remains to be seen if the state will approve a map that makes any of them winnable for Democrats. |
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Federal workers fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on
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2025/10/15 07:52
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With every passing day of the government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay face mounting financial strain. And now they are confronting new uncertainty with the Trump administration’s promised layoffs.
Little progress has been made to end the shutdown as it enters its third week, with Republicans and Democrats digging in and convinced their messaging is resonating with voters. The fate of the federal workers is among several pressure points that could eventually push the sides to agree to resolve the stalemate.
“Luckily I was able to pay rent this month,” said Peter Farruggia, a furloughed federal worker. “But for sure I am going to have bills that are going to go unpaid this month, and I really don’t have many options.”
The shutdown has a familiar feel for many federal employees who endured past stalemates — including during President Donald Trump’s first term — but this time, the stakes are higher. The Republican White House is leveraging federal workers’ jobs to pressure Democrats to soften their demands.
The shutdown began on Oct. 1 after Democrats rejected a short-term funding fix and demanded that the bill include an extension of federal subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Trump and other Republican leaders have said the government must reopen before they will negotiate with Democrats on the health subsidies.
Farruggia is the head of the American Federation of Government Employees local representing employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency that faced a wave of layoffs over the weekend. Like 8,000 other CDC employees who have been furloughed from the agency, he was already living paycheck to paycheck, and the partial pay that arrived Friday was his last until the government comes back online.
With the agency’s leadership in turmoil and still rattled from a shooting, the shutdown and new firings mean “people are scared, nervous, anxious, but also really just exasperated,” Farruggia said.
After Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said last week on social media that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force plans aimed at reducing the size of the federal government, Vice President JD Vance doubled down on the threat Sunday, saying “the longer this goes on, the deeper the cuts are going to be.”
The layoffs have begun across federal agencies. Labor unions have already filed a lawsuit to stop the move by Trump’s budget office.
In a court filing on Friday, the Office of Management and Budget said well over 4,000 federal employees from eight departments and agencies would be fired in conjunction with the shutdown.
Jessica Sweet, an Albany, New York, Social Security claims specialist who is a union steward of AFGE Local 3343 in New York, said, “I, myself, have a backup plan” in case she is fired during the shutdown, “but I know most people don’t.”
She says the Social Security Administration is already so short-staffed from layoffs earlier this year brought on by the Department of Government Efficiency, she doesn’t fear a massive layoff during the shutdown.
Workers used as ‘political pawns’
National Treasury Employees Union President Doreen Greenwald, which represents workers across dozens of federal agencies, said several of the union’s members had been laid off as of Friday. The Treasury Department would lose 1,446 workers, according to the filing.
Greenwald said it was unfortunate that the Trump administration was using “federal employees as political pawns by furloughing and proposing to fire them all to try to cause pressure in a political game of chicken.”
“This isn’t about one party or the other. It’s about real people,” said Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees.
“The correction officer worrying about his next paycheck. The TSA officer who still shows up to work because he or she loves their country, even though they’re not getting paid. No American should ever have to choose between serving their country and feeding their family,” Kelley said.
Kelley and other major federal worker union leaders gathered blocks from the Capitol last week, urging congressional leaders to find a solution and put “people over politics.” The event grew emotional at times, with union heads outlining the difficulties facing their members and the stakes growing daily.
Randy Erwin, president of the National Federation of Federal Employees, which represents 110,000 workers nationwide, called on both sides of Congress to find a resolution. He said Trump appeared to aim to “degrade, frighten, antagonize hardworking federal employees.”
Chris Bartley, political program coordinator for the International Association of Fire Fighters, said thousands of firefighters were showing up for work without pay out of a sense of devotion but stressed that could have broader consequences.
“Families go without income,” Bartley said. “Morale and retention suffer. Public safety is compromised.” |
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Man is arrested and charged in deadly New Hampshire country club shooting
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2025/09/21 12:55
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Patrons at a restaurant acted quickly and selflessly to stop a gunman who opened fire while a wedding was taking place at a New Hampshire country club, averting a worse tragedy, authorities said Sunday.
One person was killed and two others were wounded by gunfire Saturday night before a suspect was taken into custody in a nearby neighborhood not long after the shooting, authorities said.
The gunfire killed Robert Steven DeCesare, 59, at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, said New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella and Nashua Police Chief Kevin Rourke. They said the suspect was Hunter Nadeau, 23, of Nashua, and that he had been arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder for knowingly shooting DeCesare.
Nadeau was a former employee of the club, Formella said, adding that Nadeau made a number of statements during the shooting and appeared to be attempting to cause chaos in the moment as opposed to showing a hate-based motivation. Witnesses reported that Nadeau said “Free Palestine” during the confusion.
Some witnesses said someone struck Nadeau with a chair in an attempt to subdue him. Formella cited “selfless acts of courage by the patrons in the restaurant who put aside care for their own safety and worked to intervene and stop the shooter.”
The shooting happened adjacent to a wedding that was taking place at the club. Wedding DJ Michael Homewood credited the chair strike with preventing an even worse shooting.
“He hit him over the head with a chair, and he probably saved a bunch of lives just doing that,” Homewood told WCVB-TV.
Investigators were working to determine a motive, Formella said. Police did not immediately respond to a question about whether Nadeau is represented by an attorney, and attempts to reach family members of Nadeau were not immediately successful. Authorities said there is no known connection between Nadeau and DeCesare.
Authorities had initially thought there could be two shooters but later said there was only one.
“Additional charges likely will be brought, including for the additional shooting victims,” Formella and Rourke said in a statement. They said they expect Nadeau to be arraigned at the Ninth Circuit Court in Nashua on Monday.
One of the surviving gunshot victims was an employee and the other was a patron, Formella said. The employee is hospitalized in critical but stable condition while the other victim’s status is unknown, Formella said. He said at least four other people at the scene suffered non-gunshot wounds that were not expected to be life threatening.
In addition to the three gunshot victims, others suffered injuries including lacerations, a broken hand and blunt force trauma, Nashua Fire Rescue said Sunday. The agency said it assisted about 100 people from the scene to a nearby firehouse, mostly on foot.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte said in a statement Sunday that the attorney general’s office will assist Nashua police with the investigation and that she and her husband were “praying for the victims and their families.”
Nashua is about 45 miles (70 kilometers) northwest of Boston, just across the Massachusetts border.
The mother of DeCesare, the man who was killed, had earlier described not being able to find her son after he was shot.
“He went down. My daughter-in-law and granddaughter escaped. ... They saw my son go down and they saw blood,” said Evie O’Rourke of Salem, New Hampshire.
Sophie Flabouris told WCVB-TV that someone hit the suspect over the head with a chair to subdue him. Flabouris said the suspect then fled the scene.
“We had just gathered around the dance floor. We were about to do a Greek smashing of the plates and throwing the dollar bills. The bride had just come up to me and gave me the plates to say, ‘All right, you give this to my husband.’ And all of a sudden we heard ‘pop, pop, pop, pop, pop.’ Heard five shots,” Flabouris said. “All of a sudden heard ‘Gun!’ Chaos, screaming, and then running.”
Emily Ernst said she saw a gunman in all black.
“He had a mask on. We just saw him raise the gun and then we ran,” Ernst said. “I ran through the kitchen for my life.”
Tom Bartelson of Pepperell, Massachusetts, described a chaotic scene that unfolded near his nephew’s wedding. |
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Senate rejects competing bills, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1
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2025/09/17 12:55
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The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date.
Leaders of the two parties sought to blame the other side for the standoff. Democrats accused Republicans of not negotiating with them to address some of their priorities on health care as part of the funding measure, even though they knew Democratic votes would be needed to get a bill to the president’s desk.
Republicans said Democrats were making demands that would dramatically increase spending and were not germane to the core issue of keeping agencies fully running for a short period of time while negotiations continued on a full-year spending package.
It’s unclear how the two sides will be able to avoid a shutdown. Republicans are planning on what amounts to a do-over vote on their proposal close to the deadline in the hopes that more Democrats will have second thoughts. Democrats are repeating their demand that Republicans sit down with them and work on a compromise.
“The theater must end,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said after the vote. “Let’s sit down and negotiate.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., gave no indication of a change in course.
“All it takes is a handful of Democrats to join the Republicans in keeping the government open and funded, and to ensure we have a chance to get the appropriations process completed in the way it was intended,” Thune said.
The Senate action came after the House earlier in the day passed the Republican-led funding bill. The measure would extend government funding generally at current levels for seven weeks. The bill would also add about $88 million in security funding for lawmakers and members of the Supreme Court and executive branch in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The vote was 217-212. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the lone Democratic member to support the bill. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., also said she tried to vote for the bill but was not recognized by the presiding officer. She was listed officially as not voting.
House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana said he knew he had few votes to spare as he sought to persuade fellow Republicans to vote for the funding patch, something many in his conference have routinely opposed in past budget fights. But this time, GOP members saw a chance to portray the Democrats as responsible for a shutdown.
“The ball is in Chuck Schumer’s court. I hope he does the right thing. I hope he does not choose to shut the government down and inflict pain on the American people,” Johnson said.
President Donald Trump had urged House Republicans to pass the bill and put the burden on Democrats to oppose it. GOP leaders often need Trump’s help to win over holdouts on legislation.
Trump predicted Friday that there could be “a closed country for a period of time.” He said the government will continue to “take care” of the military and Social Security payments in a closure.
Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said that in opposing the continuing resolution, Democrats were working to protect the health care of the American people. He said that with Republicans controlling the White House and both branches of Congress, “Republicans will own a government shutdown. Period. Full stop.”
The Senate moved quickly after the House vote to take up the measure plus the Democratic counter. Both bills fell far short of the 60 votes required for passage.
The Democratic proposal would extend enhanced health insurance subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, plus reverse Medicaid cuts that were included in Republicans’ big tax breaks and spending cuts bill enacted earlier this year.
The Democratic measure actually received more votes than the Republican one due to absences. The 47-45 vote went strictly along party lines.
“The American people will look at what Republicans are doing, look at what Democrats are doing, and it will be clear that public sentiment will be on our side,” Schumer said.
The Republican measure gained 44 votes, including from Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. But 48 voted against it, including two Republicans, Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
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