Disney gets second shot to defend Village People ban
(CN) — Walt Disney Co. was given another opportunity to beat the lawsuit by the wife of Village People frontman Victor Willis, who claims the media company has banned a reincarnation of the 1970s disco act from performing at its theme parks. A three-judge panel of the...
NXIVM leader accuses feds of evidence tampering in sex cult investigation
MANHATTAN (CN) — Imprisoned sex cult leader Keith Raniere urged a federal appeals panel on Tuesday to revive his bid for a new trial on the grounds that the claims federal investigators manufactured evidence of child pornography and planted it on a computer hard...
Office of Special Counsel nom ducks Senate hearing amid leak of racist messages
WASHINGTON (CN) — Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, said Tuesday evening he would no longer attend his Senate confirmation hearing following reports that he expressed racist and antisemitic views in private...
Mass shooting victims ask Fourth Circuit to hold gun industry accountable for ads
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — The Fourth Circuit heard Tuesday from the victims of a mass shooting who hope to hold firearm manufacturers liable for their injuries. On April 22, 2022, 23-year-old Raymond Spencer of Virginia barricaded himself in his Washington, D.C. apartment...
No control, no case: Denmark cleared in 2004 joint Iraq raid
(CN) — Denmark escaped blame on Tuesday over a 2004 Iraq raid after Europe’s top human rights court agreed its troops weren’t in charge when Iraqi forces reportedly tortured detainees. In its ruling, Europe’s human rights judges said Denmark couldn’t be held...
Student seeks to revive coercion claims against Virginia cops at Fourth Circuit
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A student argued before a Fourth Circuit panel Tuesday that her case against a sheriff’s department should be allowed to proceed because a lower court should not have used an interview recording to dismiss her case. Dyanie Bermeo, a...
A Grand Teton mountain runner set a record. But his route turned into a crime
(AP) — Michelino Sunseri climbed past boulders on his way to a record-breaking feat: The extreme runner reached the summit of Grand Teton, one of the highest mountains in the American West, and then rushed back down, all in less than three hours. The National Park...
Third Circuit hounds DOJ over bid to re-jail Mahmoud Khalil
(CN) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday peppered the Justice Department with questions about its ongoing effort to put Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil back in immigration lockup. The government tried to make the argument to the Third Circuit that Khalil’s habeas...
NY police seek woman for questioning after baby is abandoned at Penn Station subway stop
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police on Tuesday released images of a woman wanted for questioning after an infant girl with her umbilical cord still attached was abandoned at a busy midtown Manhattan subway station. The baby was left Monday in a passageway...