Virginia’s attorney general has agreed to dismiss an appeal of the life sentence for the then-teenage accomplice in the 2002 D.C. sniper shooting following the passage of a state law updating sentencing rules.
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Emphasizing the U.S. military response to Sudan for having supported a pair of embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, a lawyer for the victims argued Monday at the Supreme Court that punitive damages were appropriate.
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A South African inquiry into the forced sterilization of dozens of HIV-positive pregnant women said Monday that their rights had been breached, and called for government action.
Read moreThe family of the late Paul Rea, who was 18, claim L.A. County sheriff’s Office Hector Saavedra-Soto shot him to death, in the back, as Rea ran away from him after a traffic stop, then harassed his family with co-defendant Office Argelia Huerta, and that both are members of a “deputy gang” called the Banditos, in federal court.
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The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Philadelphia can choose not to contract with a Catholic foster care organization that refuses to place children with same-sex couples.
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The first woman who publicly accused convicted sports doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse said she is “horrified,” and “deeply disappointed” with the University of Michigan for how it handled allegations of abuse by a late doctor at the school.
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Doreen Oport was pulled from the rubble of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1998 covered in blood. Her hair was burned from the bombing. Pieces of metal and glass were embedded in her skin.
Read moreIn a 5-4 ruling released Friday night, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to allow a new “wealth test” rule that will make it more difficult for immigrants to receive green cards if they rely on public benefits such as food stamps.
Read moreA federal judge on Friday tossed out a lawsuit brought against the city of Charlottesville by a “Unite the Right” organizer who claimed city officials violated his First Amendment rights.
Read moreOver four days of trial earlier this month, Virginia court clerks used public funds and private attorneys to fight tooth and nail against public access. They wound up with a thumping defeat last week, as a federal judge’s opinion affirmed the First Amendment right to see new court complaints on the day they are filed.
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A Chicago-area Christian outreach ministry will resume evangelizing in Millennium Park on Friday night after a federal judge ruled the city violated the ministry’s constitutional rights by trying to prevent it from preaching in the public space.
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Facing scrutiny over nondisclosure agreements used to quiet female accusers over the years, Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg said Friday that any individual who wishes to speak out should come forward.
Read moreA family may pursue excessive force claims against a school security guard who confronted a 14-year-old student as he was attempting to leave school and tased him in the abdomen. The student was not acting violently but merely attempted to walk away from the guard.
Read moreA federal court in New York ruled that a Mexican immigrant may pursue his false arrest and Equal Protection claims against police officers who arrested him during a traffic stop. The immigrant was a passenger in the stopped vehicle, and at the time of the arrest, none of the officers had any evidence of the plaintiff’s immigration status, they only knew that he primarily spoke Spanish and “appeared Hispanic.”
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Canada’s privacy watchdog on Friday announced an investigation into a US software startup reportedly capable of matching images of unknown faces to photos it mined from millions of websites and social media networks.
Read moreOn the night of April 19, 1980, a group of three Klansmen went on a shooting spree in a black neighborhood of Chattanooga. They used gasoline to set fire to a cross made of 2x4s where train tracks crossed over the road.
Read moreJane Doe claims in federal court that Grundy County, Tenn., sheriff’s Officer Mark Nunley — who has been fired — sexually assaulted her repeatedly while she was an inmate.
Read moreThe guardian of Nicholas Feliciano sued New York City, claiming guards at Rikers Island prison watched for seven minutes as he tried to commit suicide, catastrophically injuring himself, in New York County Supreme Court.
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Players on the U.S. women’s national team are seeking more than $66 million in damages in their gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation.
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