Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and others were indicted Wednesday on fraud and conspiracy charges alongside several Republican leaders who signed a document claiming to be Arizona’s certified presidential electors.
Shou Chew has said that his company will challenge the order, which demands TikTok divest from its Chinese-owned parent company or face a national ban, in court.
The Supreme Court appeared divided over whether states could deny emergency abortions to pregnant people facing severe health risks.
The saber-toothed salmon wasn’t so saber-toothed after all. In fact, its teeth protruded to the side like tusks — so scientists suggest "spike-toothed salmon" is a better name.
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Ultra-right libertarian President Javier Milei's steep budget cuts led public university officials to predict they can only keep operating for two or three more months.
In December, Dutch authorities stopped processing asylum applications from Palestinians, citing uncertainty over the war in Gaza.
Authorities continued to battle small flames a week after a devastating fire at one of Copenhagen’s most iconic buildings, slowing investigative and restoration efforts. Experts say it could cost hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild Børsen.
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A new Pew Research survey shows Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in the presidential race by a hair's breadth, but voters have little confidence in either.
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The California attorney general has accused Diana Teran of improperly accessing a computer and taking data from it.
Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Snap have been sued by 668 personal injury plaintiffs and 615 school districts who claim the companies have fomented a mental health crisis.
The Arab Student Union at Jackson-Reed High School in Washington has been effectively barred from hosting pro-Palestinian events on campus, forcing the group to host an event at local restaurant instead.
North Carolina's Democrat governor is pushing for legislators to pause Republican-led private school vouchers and focus funding on public education and child care stabilization.
News of the bill came the same day that the Arizona House sent a bill to the state Senate that would overturn a near-total abortion ban that became law in 1864.
The bill, which cleanly repeals the Civil War-era ban that provides no exceptions for rape or incest, now must receive a majority vote from the state Senate.
House Bill 82 is too vague and could chill voter participation, a Montana judge ruled.
A jury in March found Brett Nelson guilty of criminal extortion, conspiracy and retaliation.
In a mixed ruling, a California judge threw out some claims by the comedian and his company against the internet talk show host but allowed others to proceed.
A federal judge spared the former executives of the classified ads website of more than half the convictions they were handed by a jury in November.
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State leaders and local community groups expressed skepticism of the project, which would draw roughly half of its budget from public funds.
Wednesday’s ruling puts the kibosh on claims that the federal government ignored climate change when developing a 20-year plan for managing the Glen Canyon Dam.
The bill would give Hawaii counties the authority to ban short-term vacation rentals in an effort to alleviate the islands’ housing crisis, which was exacerbated by the Lahaina wildfires.
Rulings
A federal court in Illinois approved a $12.25 million settlement for residents of Chicago’s La Villita neighborhood, stemming from the April 2020 botched implosion of an abandoned coal stack in the area — which coated the surrounding area with toxic coal soot.
The Ninth Circuit granted the National Labor Relations Board’s application for enforcement of its order directing Starbucks to cease and desist from its failure and refusal to recognize and bargain with a union. The NLRB held that this refusal constitutes an unfair labor practice. Starbucks says the union conducted a mail-in vote instead of an in-person election, as it should have; the NLRB says this decision was an appropriate exercise of the union’s regional director’s discretion.
The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the sentencing of a criminal defendant who formed his hand in the shape of a gun and pointed it at a testifying witness during trial. The court had enough evidence to convict him of criminal contempt.
A federal court in Louisiana denied Walmart’s request to dismiss, as time-barred, an overnight stocker’s suit for malicious prosecution and defamation. The store had her arrested for twice purchasing multiple packages of newly marked-down meat after her shift ended, a violation of Walmart employment policies. She says her behavior was not criminal because she had relabeled the packages of meat with store-ordered lower prices, and did not alter the labels she was told to put on the products.
The Hawaii Supreme Court upheld a tax court’s ruling in favor of Maui County, which was challenged by timeshare managers who say the county unfairly taxed visitors by creating a tax classification separate form existing hotel taxes. The creation of a timeshare tax classification is constitutional because it acts as a real property tax and does not actually tax individual timeshare unit users.
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Hunter Biden filed an interlocutory appeal with the Ninth Circuit on Friday, arguing a federal judge improperly rejected his bid to dismiss tax evasion charges because a plea agreement barred the special counsel from charging him.
Airline passengers and former travel agents seek to stop Alaska Airlines from acquiring Hawaiian Airlines Inc., saying the deal creates a monopoly, shrinks competition in multiple passenger airline markets and threatens Hawaii's economy.
Popular Lunchables meal kits contain lead, cadmium and phthalates, two mothers say in a class action that accuses Kraft Heinz of deceiving customers. A recent report showed that Lunchables — often consumed by children — contained over 60% of the maximum allowed levels of the toxic chemicals that can cause brain damage and other health issues.
Mike Tyson punched out a fellow JetBlue passenger after he denied the former heavyweight boxing champ's offer of magic mushrooms on the flight, the passenger says in a lawsuit that looks to also hold the airline accountable for Tyson's behavior.
Those who are arrested in Travis County aren't provided a counsel for initial bail hearings, one such arrestee says in a class action that accuses the county of creating a "two-tier" system that favors those who can afford to hire an attorney.
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