Artificial intelligence is poised to upend countless arenas, and the courtroom is no exception.
South Africa stressed the dire situation in Rafah, southern Gaza, in its fourth request for emergency intervention to the International Court of Justice.
A decision to expand voting rights in France's South Pacific territory catalyzed the worst riots since the 1980s. Experts argue the problem is rooted in legacies of colonial rule.
On the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court — and the country — are split on what it means to create equality in the building blocks of American democracy.
Mexico this year will almost certainly elect its first female president. It will also be the country's biggest election in terms of the number of government positions up for grabs.
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Antisemitism — real and imaginary — is big news these days. Here’s how I dealt with it in my neighborhood.
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Subscribe for free here!As the war in Ukraine rages on, Russian President Vladimir Putin went to Beijing to strengthen his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping in their struggle with the West.
In 2020, the Danish Ministry of Environment raised Cheminova's limits on discharging toxic chemicals, despite environmental regulations protecting marine life and water quality.
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Although most of the 4,000 shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico cannot be identified, researchers believe that some of them may hold valuable clues about the region's history.
The Pacific Pinball Museum is the world's largest pinball museum and may have the largest collection of pinball machines in the world.
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Less ice coverage on the lakes could lead to increased coastline erosion, more severe winter weather and greater disruptions to local ecosystems.
Courts & the Law
DePape broke into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home and intended to kidnap her in October 2022.
Leo Bozell IV participated in and led multiple breaches over the course of 49 minutes, from the outer steps of the U.S. Capitol onto the floor of the Senate chamber.
The defense had argued federal prosecutors perverted the spirit of aloha by mischaracterizing Hawaiian cultural practices of gift-giving and food-sharing as sinister acts.
As Trump's porn star hush money trial continues, experts say voters are becoming inured to scandal.
Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey businessman paid tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of Senator Bob Menendez after he was granted a monopoly of certifications of halal meat imported into Egypt from the United States.
In a case that highlights the increasing prevalence of YouTube content for children, a jury found that one content creator had infringed the copyrights of another.
Colorado's 2022 Health Care Sharing Plan Reporting Requirements Act requires cost sharing ministries to disclose members and financial stats.
The climate-focused bills must pass their respective houses by May 24 to keep advancing through the Legislature.
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April's unemployment numbers came out a week after Governor Gavin Newsom revealed his updated budget.
With another year left in his term, Governor Glenn Youngkin has vetoed more bills than any other governor in Virginia’s history.
A $55 billion deficit is less worrisome because Governor Gavin Newsom's proposed budget is on the right track, according to the state's Legislative Analyst’s Office.
Wall Street’s recent win streak extended for one more week, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke through the 40,000-point ceiling.
A lower court dismissed Monteria Robinson's excessive force claims after finding the officers were operating under a federal task force. She says the cops were still abiding by state law.
The defense had argued federal prosecutors perverted the spirit of aloha by mischaracterizing Hawaii cultural practices of gift-giving and food-sharing as sinister acts.
Rulings
An appeals court in Texas upheld the trial court’s decision to admit a confession and evidence obtained in a warrantless search during the trial of a former Border Patrol agent accused of murdering four women, all sex workers. He “voluntarily waived his right to remain silent” when he told investigators that “he was ‘clean[ing] up the streets’ of Laredo,” and authorities had probable cause to search his vehicle when they saw a purse belonging to a woman who escaped from him “in plain view” on his truck’s floorboard.
An appeals court in Texas vacated a $222 million judgment granted to the widow of a worker who was killed in a steam accident at a Kansas coal-fired power plant. The “grossly excessive” award was partially due to improper arguments made by the widow’s counsel, who encouraged the jury to punish the industrial services provider that had serviced the plant’s relief valves before the accident. Additionally, the case belongs in Kansas, so it is dismissed for forum non conveniens.
The D.C. Circuit ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services may not hide behind the Freedom of Information Act’s Exemption 5, which protects intra-agency memos, to bar the release of documents related to Republicans’ attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act in 2017.
A federal court in Pennsylvania dismissed the wrongful death and negligence claims brought against a county by a married couple whose unborn daughter died after an ambulance took over an hour to arrive during the wife’s medical emergency. Their claims do not sustain a constitutional violation, and without this, their state law questions are not appropriate for the federal court to consider.
A federal court in Louisiana granted the preliminary injunction requested by the parents of a disabled 7-year-old boy, who had been disallowed from using the historic St. Charles Avenue streetcar due to his wheelchair. The transit authority must also revise its app so that wheelchair users can see the location of the two wheelchair-accessible streetcars on the 114-stop line in real time, “rather than guessing and waiting for one to finally arrive.”
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Hot Cases
A public library's policy banning new books about sex — and stopping anyone under 17 from accessing current titles about gender and sexuality — violates kids' First Amendment rights, Read Freely Alabama says.
Port of Oakland commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to change the name of Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport — and slapped SFO with a counterclaim in their ongoing trademark dispute.
The Ridge Wallet Company, which sells plastic and metal wallets marketed to millennial and Gen Z men, accuses a company based out of Shenzhen, China, of selling knockoff "Ridge" wallets.
The U.S. Justice Department hit the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with a lawsuit after a prison clerk complained she was barred from wearing a head covering for religious reasons.
More than 250 people say the city of San Diego underfunded and neglected its storm drain system for years, causing their homes to flood on Jan. 22, 2024. They are asking for $100 million in damages.
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