Civil Rights
A federal magistrate judge granted summary judgment to courtroom observers arrested for disorderly conduct, since taking pictures of trial participants as they left the courtroom did not constitute probable cause for arrest.
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Telescopes Bring Earth First-Ever Image of a Black Hole
Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting its hot, shadowy edges where light bends around itself in a cosmic funhouse effect.
Read moreHarvard Hauled to Court Over Collection of Slavery Images
Claiming that a Harvard scientist exploited her slave ancestors for racist research in the 19th century, a Connecticut woman sued the Ivy League institution for damages Wednesday.
Read morePhotographer Accuses TV ‘Fixer’ of Violent Run-In
Will Ray Donovan be able to fix this one? Photographer Sherwood Martinelli sued “Ray Donovan” star Liev Schreiber, claiming the actor hit him and broke his camera.
Read moreNortham Out of Spotlight as Blackface Backlash Mounts
Besieged by criticism over blackface admissions, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam met quietly with top officials in his cabinet Monday morning as pressure mounts for the Democrat to resign.
Read moreGoogle Wins Lawsuit Over Face-Scanning Technology
A federal judge ruled Saturday that Google does not violate Illinois privacy laws by automatically creating a face template when Android users upload photos taken on their smartphone to the company’s cloud-based photo service.
Read moreUAE Releases Photos of Ruler’s Daughter After Disappearance
The United Arab Emirates has released photos of a daughter of Dubai’s ruler after friends and supporters say she was forcibly returned to Dubai after fleeing months earlier.
Read moreQuackarazzi: Mandarin Duck Holds NYC in Its Spell
It took just days for the brightly colored Mandarin duck that appeared suddenly in a Central Park pond to turn both New Yorkers and visitors into a new gaggle: the quackarazzi.
Read moreKansas Ag-Gag Lawsuit
Challenging the ag-gag law that criminalizes anyone who shoots photos or video at animal-handling facilities without the owner’s permission, animal rights claim in a federal complaint that Kansas officials are violating the First Amendment.
Read morePhoto Thought to Be of Vincent van Gogh Is His Brother
One of only two known photos of painter Vincent van Gogh turns out to most likely be an image of his brother, Theo, the Van Gogh Museum announced Thursday.
Read moreProminent Chinese Photographer Taken by Police, Wife Says
Lu Guang’s photos exposed the everyday realities of people on the margins of Chinese society: coal miners, drug addicts, HIV patients.
Read moreMacron Criticized for Photo With Teen Making Obscene Gesture
French President Emmanuel Macron, sliding in polls, is facing a barrage of criticism over a photo showing him all smiles between two young men during his visit to the French Caribbean, with one of the teens, shirtless and with his pants hanging low, making an obscene gesture with his finger.
Read moreLA Judge Backtracks on Press Photo Blackout in Murder Case
The Los Angeles Times and The Associated Press prevailed Thursday in a challenge of a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge’s order blocking media outlets from publishing photographs from the arraignment of a man who is charged in the murders of homeless men.
Read moreTrump Supporter Takes MSNBC Host to Court Over Tweet
MSNBC pundit Joy Reid faces a federal complaint over her retweet of a photo captioned with a misleading description of the Trump supporter it depicts.
Read moreRoyalty Dispute Over NFL Photos Revived by 2nd Circuit
The Second Circuit revived fraud claims Tuesday by Associated Press contributors who have taken photographs at NFL events for what has been nearly a decade.
Read moreNinth Circuit Declines to Revisit Feud Over Monkey Selfies
The Ninth Circuit will not rehear a case over the disputed ownership of monkey selfies, closing the book on a three-year legal saga that sought to establish new rights for animals to own works of arts.
Read moreHacker of Celebrity Photos Gets 8 Months in Prison
A Connecticut man who hacked into more than 200 iCloud accounts of Hollywood stars and other people has been sentenced to eight months in prison.
Read moreUS Can Keep Abu Ghraib Photos in the Dark
The Second Circuit backed the U.S. government on Tuesday for its refusal to share what could be hundreds of photographs depicting torture at Abu Ghraib prison.
Read moreEU Court Says School Lacked Right to Post Travel Photo
Europe’s highest court sided Tuesday with a photographer who went after a German secondary school for posting his work on the internet as part of a student project.
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