Reality TV star facing murder charge deemed incompetent
LAS VEGAS (CN) — A Las Vegas judge on Wednesday determined that a reality TV star facing a murder charge was legally incompetent, ordering he undergo treatment at a mental health facility. Chad Ollinger, 41, appeared remotely on camera before Eighth District Judge...
2 Live Crew takes the stage at 11th Circuit over music rights
MIAMI (CN) — The iconic Miami rap group 2 Live Crew defended a recent legal win in front of an 11th Circuit panel Wednesday, seeking to regain the rights to their music catalog that spanned the 1980s and ‘90s. The hip-hop group, known for such hits as “Me So Horny”...
Top city prosecutors form ‘FAFO’ coalition to bring charges against federal agents
(CN) — Nine prominent city and county prosecutors across the United States announced on Wednesday the formation of a national coalition dedicated to holding federal agents who commit state crimes accountable for their actions. The Fight Against Federal Overreach — its...
Conservationists sue Trump admin over rule cutting public comments on forest projects
(CN) — Two conservation groups are suing the Trump administration, challenging a U.S. Department of Agriculture rule that strips public comment requirements from most national forest projects. In a federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday, the Center for Biological...
Family challenges California ban on oil, gas wells near ‘sensitive receptors’
(CN) — Two California siblings have sued their state over a law prohibiting the drilling of new oil and gas wells near certain spots, arguing it’s an uncompensated taking of their private property. John and Melinda Morgan claim Senate Bill 1137, passed in 2022,...
Second Circuit signals remand of Epstein FOIA case in light of new transparency act
MANHATTAN (CN) — A New York City federal appeals court on Wednesday signaled it was likely to remand a FOIA case seeking documents from the FBI’s 2000s investigation into pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein back to a lower court to consider how the bureau’s public...
South Carolina voters challenge absentee ballot law in Fourth Circuit
CHARLESTON, S.C. (CN) — Residents of the Palmetto State challenged a law in the Fourth Circuit Wednesday that restricts some voters under age 65 from casting absentee ballots. The plaintiffs — Trudy B. Grant, Sarah Krawcheck, Nashonda Hunter, Max Milliken and Caleb...
Budapest’s liberal mayor charged for hosting gay pride march
(CN) — Hungarian prosecutors on Wednesday indicted the progressive mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karácsony, for his role in organizing a gay pride march last June in defiance of a ban imposed by far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government. Prosecutors said...
Al-Maliki is defiant after Trump threatens to withdraw US support for Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed defiance Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw Washington’s support for Iraq if he returns to power. Al-Maliki, who was nominated last week by the country’s...