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A judge handed down the 25-year sentence — half the punishment requested by prosecutors for Bankman-Fried’s crypto fraud — along with an $11 billion financial penalty.

by Josh Russell

The former president claims the conduct detailed in the indictment against him was protected speech. State prosecutors say it furthered a criminal conspiracy.

by Megan Butler

And nearly two-thirds of that water goes toward crops that feed cattle.

by Hillel Aron

The United Nations' highest court told Israel it must provide urgent humanitarian aid to Gaza, including opening more land crossings into the besieged enclave.

by Molly Quell

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What happens if the U.S. Supreme Court chips away at the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion medication mifepristone? What does the Alabama Supreme Court's declaration of "fetal personhood" mean? Experts weigh in during this week's episode "Bitter Pill: Pregnancy & Personhood in a Post-Dobbs America."

Courts & the Law

The White House has required federal agencies to provide incarcerated people with information on voter eligibility and to help them register to vote, but lawmakers say the government could be doing even more.

by Benjamin S. Weiss

While repealing the death penalty in 2020, Colorado lawmakers inadvertently left open a loophole that allows individuals accused of first-degree murder out on bail.

by Amanda Pampuro

Firefighters climb a ladder into a burning building.
Firefighters climb a ladder into a burning building.

A man who spent 42 years in prison for a hotel fire he denies starting is seeking to expunge a 2013 no contest plea so he can seek damages against Pima County based on the decades he was incarcerated.

by Joe Duhownik

State districts map North Carolina

The Fourth Circuit's ruling may result in the gerrymandered maps being used during the November elections.

by Sydney Haulenbeek

State districts map North Carolina

A federal judge in Los Angeles didn't rule from the bench on Biden's bid to dismiss the case, but his comments didn't indicate he was persuaded to do so.

by Edvard Pettersson

The ordinance was enacted after more homeless people began showing up at St. Timothy's church in Brookings for meals and social services.

by Michael Gennaro

Around the Nation

Under the plan, passenger vehicles entering Manhattan's busiest stretch will be charged $15.

by Erik Uebelacker

The former attorney for Donald Trump "breached his ethical obligations by presenting falsehoods to bolster his legal arguments," a State Bar judge wrote.

by Hillel Aron

Federal prosecutors said Raymond Chan was a key intermediary in a corrupt scheme involving former LA Councilman José Huizar that facilitated approval for projects in downtown LA on behalf of billionaire Chinese developers.

by Mark Hebert

Local politicos from the San Diego County border community, researchers and a Mexican official explained their efforts to clean up the Tijuana River.

by Sam Ribakoff

Republicans in control of the Montana Legislature claimed the restrictions on voting were necessary to combat voter fraud.

by Natalie Hanson

Opponents cited the public cost, lack of labor protections and risk of using bonds backed by state and city governments as reasons against the stadium.

by Joe Dodson

Idaho’s attorney general claims his controversial analysis on Idaho’s abortion law is not a threat to prosecute providers who refer out-of-state abortions. According to his attorney, that’s not his job.

by Alanna Mayham

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Rulings

by Daniel Conrad

A federal court in Pennsylvania denied a trust’s motion for an injunction that would stop a fudge company, Local Yokels, from producing fudge after a jury found that it had used the trust’s trademarked recipe. The jury already determined a monetary award to remedy the financial harm, and the fudge company has agreed to use a different recipe.

A federal court in North Carolina found in favor of the Human Rights Defense Center on its First Amendment lawsuit against the state prison system, which was preventing it from sending periodicals about prison and criminal legal news to prisoners. The blanket ban on the nonprofit’s materials violated the prison system’s own policies.

A federal court in Pennsylvania approved a consent decree between two environmental organizations and U.S. Steel, finding the manufacturer will pay $5 million in penalties and settlement payments, plus $3 million toward litigation costs, after a control room fire at a U.S. Steel plant spurred a Clean Air Act complaint.

A federal court in Massachusetts granted default judgment against a supplier that agreed to provide an engineer to a recruiting firm’s client, but knowingly sent an imposter, requiring the client to undergo a forensic audit for $55,000, paid for by the recruiter. Its claims for breach of contract, tortious interference and deceptive trade practices were well demonstrated.

The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a circuit court’s decision in favor of the state, which properly declined to restore the gun rights of an involuntarily committed psychiatric patient. Under state law, only felons convicted of non-gun-related and nonviolent crimes may have their Second Amendment rights restored; by contrast, his commitment was based on his dangerous and reckless use of a firearm.

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Hot Cases

by Courthouse News editors

Two doctoral students and one professor from China are suing Florida over a 2023 law that they say presumptively prohibits the employment of academics from seven foreign countries, including China, at public universities in the state.

According to San Diego, state officials incorrectly concluded that a requirement to test water at the city's public schools for lead didn't count as a state mandate California should have funded.

Private space tourism company Virgin Galactic didn't pay for $25 million worth of spacecraft design for its mothership, Boeing accuses in a lawsuit. Boeing says Virgin Galactic also absconded with its proprietary equations and test data.

A Tennessee state representative is being sued for falsely claiming on social media that a Kansas man was involved in the deadly shooting at a parade celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl win.

In an interview on ABC, journalist George Stephanopoulos maliciously defamed Donald Trump by repeating that the former president had been found guilty of raping E. Jean Carroll, when he was convicted of sexual assault, Trump argues in federal court.

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