Trump asks Supreme Court to delay hush money sentencing
WASHINGTON (CN) — President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to take emergency action preventing his Friday sentencing hearing for felony counts related to a hush-money scheme. Trump suggested he was entitled to an automatic pause on...
EU court orders Brussels to pay damages over ‘Sign in with Facebook’ link
(CN) — The EU’s second highest court on Wednesday ordered Brussels to pay a German citizen 400 euros in damages after the European Commission allowed his IP address to be shared with Facebook’s operations in the United States when he registered for the ‘Conference on...
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan testifies in his federal corruption trial
CHICAGO (CN) — Ex-Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan took the stand in his own federal corruption trial on Tuesday. The surprise move came in the middle of Madigan’s defense case, and upturned estimates of when jurors might begin deliberations. Several family...
Phoenix defends First Amendment retaliation claims in federal trial
PHOENIX (CN) — Attorneys gave opening statements Tuesday in a six-day trial against the city of Phoenix and a police lieutenant two men say unlawfully ordered their arrest at a 2019 protest. Jorge Soria and Phil Martinez say in a lawsuit that they were unfairly...
CNN defamation trial over Afghanistan report kicks off in Florida
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (CN) — Navy veteran Zachary Young said Tuesday that CNN defamed him when the major news network painted him as an “illegal profiteer” and implicated him “black market” evacuations in its story on the United States’ withdrawal from...
Two teenagers will face trial for the murder of actor Johnny Wactor
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Two 18-year-olds will stand trial for the murder of workaday actor Johnny Wactor, after a Superior Court judge found Tuesday there is sufficient evidence that the two committed the crime, following a two-day preliminary hearing. The hearing featured...
Schools around the US are weighing responses to possible immigration raids
(AP) — Schools around the country are reviewing what to do if immigration agents come knocking as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office after campaigning on a pledge to deport millions of people. In several large cities, school systems are speaking up...
US Justice Department accuses six major landlords of scheming to keep rents high
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is suing several landlords for allegedly coordinating to keep Americans’ rents high by using both an algorithm to help set rents and privately sharing sensitive information with their own competitors to boost profits....
Challenge to California ban on school outing of trans kids survives dismissal bid
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a class action over new anti-discrimination policies that stop teachers from revealing students’ gender identities without their permission will continue. U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez denied multiple...