Claims by ex-wife allowed in doctor’s attempted murder case
HONOLULU (CN) — Thursday’s courtroom battle wasn’t about what happened on a scenic Oahu cliff last March when Dr. Gerhardt Konig was arrested on suspicion of attempting to kill his wife — it was about what may have happened more than a decade ago, and whether...
FBI charges man with making phony ransom demand in Guthrie kidnapping case
TUCSON, Ariz. (CN) — The FBI is cracking down on attempts to profit from the apparent kidnapping of Arizona grandmother Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC Today host Savannah Guthrie, as the investigation stretches into its fifth day. On Thursday, the bureau brought two...
San Francisco sued over reparations plan
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A reparations plan intended to address the systemic inequalities Black San Franciscans have faced is unconstitutional and racially discriminatory, plaintiffs argue in a lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court on Thursday. The...
America’s longest-serving exoneree suffers setback in suit against detective
DENVER (CN) — The 10th Circuit on Thursday reversed a lower court’s terse denial of qualified immunity to an Oklahoma City detective who worked the murder case that wrongfully imprisoned Glynn Simmons for 48 years, the longest known sentence for an exoneree in...
Virginia Democrats poised to ban assault weapon sales
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates celebrated the advancement of legislation Thursday aimed at reducing the impact of gun violence. “This is step one, but we’re just making sure that we’re delivering on the...
Uber liable for sexual assault by driver
PHOENIX (CN) — A federal jury on Thursday found Uber liable for the sexual assault of a passenger by her Uber driver in Arizona. The jury, comprised of six women and three men, deliberated for the better part of two days before finding the ride-hail liable under...
DHS funding negotiations stall as Republicans reject Democratic reforms
WASHINGTON (CN) — Democrats and Republicans on Thursday appeared diametrically opposed on a path forward for funding the Department of Homeland Security, with less than two weeks to go before a stopgap budget keeping the agency afloat is set to expire. And while...
FDIC seeks lower standard of proof in Silicon Valley Bank negligence case
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge questioned Thursday the need for a partial summary judgment regarding a standard of proof required ahead of a bench trial between a failed bank’s trust and a receivership that took approximately $1.93 billion in the bank’s...
Bipartisan California bills seek to rein in child social media use, sexually explicit material online
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Polarizing politics typically pits the two parties against one another, but California Republicans and Democrats have joined forces this week on two bills targeting internet use. Assembly Bill 1709 states the Legislature’s intention to impose...