Middle East tensions escalated further after U.S. officials said Israel attacked Iran. World leaders called for deescalation amid fears of a widening war.
Speaker Mike Johnson’s $95 billion aid package cleared a procedural hurdle in the lower chamber thanks in large part to Democratic support.
Multiple potential jurors were excused on Friday after they said they had anxiety and self-doubt about serving for the high-profile trial.
Mainers embrace and dread the yearly onslaught of mud.
More than half of young Americans intend to vote in this year's presidential election, like in 2020, but Biden's popularity has taken a dip.
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Ever been in a situation where you knew you were right and everyone else was wrong? It happened to me once, and I ain’t ashamed. Except maybe about the bell bottoms.
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After a jury ruled in February that the former longtime CEO improperly spent NRA funds, self-described reformers are hoping for a shake-up at the controversial nonprofit. Can the group shed its far-right image — and do rank-and-file members even want to?
The pair of South Caucasus countries have each filed complaints against the other, stemming from a flare-up in violence over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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Without the First Amendment, media, entertainment, arts and technology would look very different. But without copyright, there would be no incentive for a writer to get that manuscript published or a musician to get their song out there for the world to hear.
A new buzzword is ringing in the halls of Brussels: competitiveness. European Union leaders are busy debating how to boost their industries and compete with the United States, China and Russia.
Courts & the Law
Greater access to medication abortion and protecting access to emergency reproductive care headlined President Joe Biden’s response to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Supreme Court put both policies on its docket this term.
A three-judge panel heard arguments from a group of Chinese immigrants living in Florida who want to buy homes. They claim the law unconstitutionally discriminates against them based on their national origin.
The U.S. Interior Department updated regulations dating back to 1977 to account for the dramatically changing conditions impacting wildlife and resources for Native communities.
An expert believes the best outcome Trump can hope for is a hung jury.
The judge determined that special counsel Jack Smith provided Donald Trump's co-defendants enough information to prepare for trial.
Trump argued that allowing the civil case to proceed while his still-paused criminal trial is pending could force him to reveal potential defenses and incriminate himself.
An attorney for reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley argued that prosecutors conspired with an IRS officer to misrepresent the amount of unpaid taxes owed by the couple, leading jurors to unfairly convict them of bank fraud and tax evasion.
Oakland's plans to change its airports name to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport infringes San Francisco International airport's trademark, according to the complaint.
The settlement caps a yearslong court battle over Google's location tracking.
A public defender asked the appeals court to consider whether his client’s past crime of carrying an unlicensed firearm should rob him of the right to bear arms.
A lab employee mistakenly used hydrogen peroxide to clean an incubator, killing dozens of embryos.
Around the Nation
Following the biggest selloff of the year, Wall Street continued to suffer losses as sticky inflation and increasingly hawkish talk from the Federal Reserve frustrated investors.
Counties with the highest unemployment rate include Colusa, Imperial and Tulare, while San Mateo County had the lowest.
RFK Jr.'s sister Kerry Kennedy told a Philadelphia crowd that Biden is her hero and that her family supports his reelection campaign.
The government isn't liable for the removal of the children, who were taken after a false 911 call claiming abuse, the judge said.
Officials called the homeless housing assistance and prevention program critical to solving the state's crisis.
After the embattled New York politician sued, Jimmy Kimmel’s lawyers argued the late-night host’s prank videos satirized Santos' “willingness to say patently ridiculous things for money.”
A fisheries expert asked the court again to address flood control operations at a Northern California dam that he says are affecting salmon populations after a previous failed attempt.
The appeals court seemed amenable to the argument that the pizza and mattress chains violated the privacy rights of Pennsylvanians by tracking their movements online.
Corwyn Ha'o claims he sold his 2-acre property in the wealthy coastal enclave of Del Mar to a "straw man" with plans to ruin the bucolic community with events that draw crowds and noise.
Three Alameda police officers now face charges of involuntary manslaughter for killing a man in 2021 after dodging civil claims from the man's estate.
One case challenged who gets defined as a sex offender, while another raised questions about where sex offenders can feasibly live while on supervised release.
The panel of judges ruled that the department must allow monitored phone contact for paroled sex offenders and their kids.
Already facing state charges for improperly disposing of bodies at the Back to Nature Funeral Home, the Colorado couple has also been charged with federal wire fraud.
A Ninth Circuit panel found that Seattle police likely violated an evangelical street preacher's First Amendment rights when they removed him from a pro-abortion rally and an LGBTQ+ pride event.
Rulings
An appeals court in Washington vacated the trial court’s sentencing of a high school shooter who killed one student and seriously injured three others at Freeman High School. Down from 40 years to life, he should be sentenced to 25 to life, because he was 15 years old at the time of the crime.
The Arkansas Supreme Court held that attorneys, as officers of the court, are authorized to possess handguns in courthouses. One suing attorney is collaterally estopped from pursuing his claims, because he brought the same ones in another suit, but the other plaintiffs may proceed.
A federal court in New York preserved a high school student’s equal protection claim against his school’s varsity baseball coach, who allegedly denied him a spot on the team because he is biracial. To establish an inference of discrimination, the student offered a selection of white players who were selected for the team despite their lower athletic scores, but the court needs a jury to decide whether those players are sufficiently comparable to him.
A federal court in Texas granted back pay and compensatory damages to an employee who says her former employer sexually harassed her on a daily basis, then fired her for not deleting his harassing text messages. The punitive damages she requested are denied because, in combination with her other damages, they would exceed statutory limits.
The Nevada Supreme Court upheld the $48 million award given to a landowner who suffered a per se regulatory taking when the city of Las Vegas reclassified ranch land as allowing for “residential densities” and a golf course. The owner’s efforts to develop the property were rendered futile, and the court did not err in relying on his expert’s valuation to determine compensation, as the city didn’t challenge the valuation or provide its own.
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Hot Cases
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.
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.
Nassau County sued the state of New York over the shift of elections from odd to even years, claiming that doing so shaves a year off the terms of officials elected after enactment.
Jeremy Foster died two days after a Home Depot security guard tased and aggressively tried to detain him when he tried to shoplift building materials, Foster's brother charges in a negligence and wrongful death suit.
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