Rumors had been swirling that the court would move against the Israeli leader for several weeks. A panel of judges will now decide whether to grant the call for warrants.
On Cohen’s third day of cross-examination and fourth day total on the witness stand, he said he took at least $30,000 from the Trump Organization.
Germany is preparing to host the European Championships, one of the world’s biggest soccer tournaments. Security is a primary concern, especially given an uptick in clashes between fans and police this season.
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Less ice coverage on the lakes could lead to increased coastline erosion, more severe winter weather and greater disruptions to local ecosystems.
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Courts & the Law
The justices refused to jump into a fight over a school policy letting teachers protect students’ gender identity preferences from their parents.
The justices refused to jump into a decade-old fight over the state's prohibition of semiautomatic rifles.
Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey businessman paid tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of Senator Bob Menendez after he was granted a monopoly of certifications of halal meat imported into Egypt from the United States.
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A $55 billion deficit is less worrisome because Governor Gavin Newsom's proposed budget is on the right track, according to the state's Legislative Analyst’s Office.
With another year left in his term, Governor Glenn Youngkin has vetoed more bills than any other governor in Virginia’s history.
Colorado's 2022 Health Care Sharing Plan Reporting Requirements Act requires cost sharing ministries to disclose members and financial stats.
The climate-focused bills must pass their respective houses by May 24 to keep advancing through the Legislature.
The defense had argued federal prosecutors perverted the spirit of aloha by mischaracterizing Hawaii cultural practices of gift-giving and food-sharing as sinister acts.
Rulings
An appeals court in Texas upheld the trial court’s decision to admit a confession and evidence obtained in a warrantless search during the trial of a former Border Patrol agent accused of murdering four women, all sex workers. He “voluntarily waived his right to remain silent” when he told investigators that “he was ‘clean[ing] up the streets’ of Laredo,” and authorities had probable cause to search his vehicle when they saw a purse belonging to a woman who escaped from him “in plain view” on his truck’s floorboard.
An appeals court in Texas vacated a $222 million judgment granted to the widow of a worker who was killed in a steam accident at a Kansas coal-fired power plant. The “grossly excessive” award was partially due to improper arguments made by the widow’s counsel, who encouraged the jury to punish the industrial services provider that had serviced the plant’s relief valves before the accident. Additionally, the case belongs in Kansas, so it is dismissed for forum non conveniens.
The D.C. Circuit ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services may not hide behind the Freedom of Information Act’s Exemption 5, which protects intra-agency memos, to bar the release of documents related to Republicans’ attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act in 2017.
A federal court in Pennsylvania dismissed the wrongful death and negligence claims brought against a county by a married couple whose unborn daughter died after an ambulance took over an hour to arrive during the wife’s medical emergency. Their claims do not sustain a constitutional violation, and without this, their state law questions are not appropriate for the federal court to consider.
A federal court in Louisiana granted the preliminary injunction requested by the parents of a disabled 7-year-old boy, who had been disallowed from using the historic St. Charles Avenue streetcar due to his wheelchair. The transit authority must also revise its app so that wheelchair users can see the location of the two wheelchair-accessible streetcars on the 114-stop line in real time, “rather than guessing and waiting for one to finally arrive.”
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Hot Cases
A public library's policy banning new books about sex — and stopping anyone under 17 from accessing current titles about gender and sexuality — violates kids' First Amendment rights, Read Freely Alabama says.
Port of Oakland commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to change the name of Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport — and slapped SFO with a counterclaim in their ongoing trademark dispute.
The Ridge Wallet Company, which sells plastic and metal wallets marketed to millennial and Gen Z men, accuses a company based out of Shenzhen, China, of selling knockoff "Ridge" wallets.
The U.S. Justice Department hit the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with a lawsuit after a prison clerk complained she was barred from wearing a head covering for religious reasons.
More than 250 people say the city of San Diego underfunded and neglected its storm drain system for years, causing their homes to flood on Jan. 22, 2024. They are asking for $100 million in damages.