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Thursday, March 14, 2024

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The action is the latest sign of growing discontent between Washington and Israel.

by Nolan Stout

The case brought to the surface stark divisions between the justices on the intersections between the government, the courts and churches.

by Joe Kelly

A dispute over water in the Rio Grande marks the sixth time in less than a decade that the high court has jumped into interstate water litigation.

by Kelsey Reichmann

The federal response to more frequent wildfires should resemble strategies addressing other natural disasters, such as hurricanes, a panel of fire safety and emergency response professionals told lawmakers.

by Benjamin S. Weiss

Volcano spewing ash over small town in the state of Puebla, Mexico.

Santiago Xalitzintla, a town just miles from the volcano Popocatépetl, resisted government restrictions to bring traditions and offerings to the mountain.

by William Savinar

Socialist Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hailed the passage of a Catalan amnesty bill as “a new era of coexistence and prosperity in Catalonia.” But Spanish society remains deeply divided over pardoning Catalan secessionists.

by Cain Burdeau

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EU by the Numbers

The average life expectancy in the European Union recovered slightly from the pandemic-spurred tumble, to 80.6 years — but still well down from the 81.3 years expected in 2019.

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Courts & the Law

U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon suggested at a court hearing Thursday that Donald Trump’s arguments should be raised at trial.

by Steve Garrison

Text reading "President Trump made election-eve visit" is displayed on a screen outside Fox News studios.

Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova was killed by Russian fire in 2022 while reporting outside Kyiv for Fox News.

by Erik Uebelacker

An attorney for the Republican National Committee argued that nothing is stopping Google from continuing to wrongly filter out their emails.

by Alan Riquelmy

More than 20 have died after leaving the trail/boardwalk system at Yellowstone over the years from thermal-related injuries.

by Andrew J. Nelson

James Crumbley joins his wife, who was convicted in February on identical charges.

by Dave Byrnes

A California judge tentatively denied Kaiser's bid to throw out the jury verdict but agreed that a new trial on the amount of punitive damages would be required unless the plaintiff agreed to accept $10 million instead of $30 million.

by Edvard Pettersson

Around the Nation

The state attorney general’s suit against Colony Ridge comes just months after the federal government sued the same developer.

by Cameron Thompson

According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, online scams defrauded Americans out of $12.5 billion in 2023, with Americans over 60 bearing the brunt with $3.4 billion in losses.

by Ryan Knappenberger

Officials said the regulation will help substantially reduce cancer risks for people living near commercial sterilization facilities.

by Nolan Stout

Navarro, who could become the first member of Donald Trump's inner circle to spend time in prison for trying to overturn the 2020 election, has vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court.

by Ryan Knappenberger

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says its proposed draft plan will strengthen greater sage-grouse protections using the best available science. Advocates for the imperiled bird say it isn't enough.

by Alanna Mayham

A lawyer for the city and county of Sacramento argued that encampment cleanups are a "difficult issue," but not one that calls for the court's intervention.

by Hillel Aron

The plaintiffs claim the sidewalks are so crowded with drug dealers that they've had to walk in the street.

by Michael Gennaro

Juan Namnun accused the School District of Philadelphia of failing to manage asbestos in its buildings and covering up the scope of its presence.

by Jackson Healy

John Woodward was tried twice in the 1990s for the murder of Laurie Houts but never convicted.

by Michael Gennaro

National City Police Detective Rowdy Pauu was shot in the leg by San Diego County sheriff's deputies in a friendly fire incident while they shot at Erik Talavera multiple times. Both are suing the county and the sheriff's deputies that shot them.

by Sam Ribakoff

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Rulings

by Daniel Conrad

A federal court in California reconsidered its previous determination that it lacked jurisdiction over an asylum seeker’s claim that the miscarriage she suffered at a private immigration detention center was caused by inadequate medical care. Finding it has diversity jurisdiction over the case, the court grants CoreCivic’s motion for summary judgment because she couldn’t point to any employee whose negligence caused her miscarriage.

A federal court in Louisiana found that four prison officers did not enjoy total immunity on negligence and constitutional claims brought by an inmate who alleges that, for four days, he was denied basic hygiene, forced to use the bathroom in restraints, ordered to ingest laxatives and undergone X-rays in failed attempts to catch him with contraband. Prison officials may not deprive prisoners of the “minimal civilized measure of life’s necessities.”

The Ninth Circuit upheld a judgment granted in favor of a sued bondsman and fugitive recovery agent, who was tasked with recovering a fugitive when an altercation involving a San Diego policeman ended in the police shooting and killing the fugitive’s boyfriend. The agent was not present or involved when the individual was shot and killed by police, so he is not liable for the shooting.

A federal court denied summary judgment to a county sheriff accused of sexually harassing his former investigative assistant and other coworkers through texts, in which he called them “bitches” and “hos” and told them to “bend over.” He says his conduct was neither pervasive nor severe, but the court says the conduct was objectively offensive and should “not be tolerated today.”

A federal court in Maryland preserved the conversion claim brought by a horse owner against the person who bought a thoroughbred horse in a private sale, though the owner had only given his contractor approval to sell the horse at auction. Because the seller has plausibly alleged that the buyer has physical dominion or control of the horse, the claim survives.

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Hot Cases

by Courthouse News editors

Columbia University unfairly sanctioned two student groups that helped stage a pro-Palestinian rally in November 2023, violating the school's own disciplinary code, members say. The university did not suspend other groups participating in the protest.

Two former editors of now-shuttered news site The Messenger were denied severance when the company went down in early January, they say in a lawsuit. The pair claim the news site and owner James Finkelstein manufactured a false "company policy" to avoid having to pay out severance.

A father and son were sentenced to five years and one year, respectively, for scamming $21 million out of Medicare by billing for unnecessary and overpriced medical equipment. Duane Bell Sr. pleaded guilty for Medicare fraud, while his son, Anthony Duane Bell Jr., pleaded guilty to making false statements to a federal officer.

A security guard for an Austin concert venue says rapper Kodak Black and his crew knocked him out in an "unprovoked" attack while he was attempting to stop the rapper from assaulting another person. The security guard says the rapper has an extensive history of violence.

L'oreal deliberately does not disclose that its acne treatment products may contain a carcinogenic substance in its advertising or labeling, consumers accuse in a class action. The cosmetics giant's acne creams and soaps contain a chemical that they say could break down into benzene if exposed to heat.

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