In the first of two marathon hearings, a federal judge focused on Google's dominance in the search market, where it holds an 89.2% market share.
Defense cross-examination of the lawyer who arranged hush money payments to bury two women's stories of affairs with Trump was peppered with references to tabloid celebrity gossip from the past two decades.
Thursday's proclamation of the expanded national monuments put President Joe Biden on track to conserve more lands and waters than any other president in history, the White House said.
The European Union is providing Lebanon with $1 billion in aid with the goal of stopping the crisis-hit eastern Mediterranean country from turning into a new route of migrants into Europe.
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The ban — slated to take effect in June — won’t be repealed until 90 days after the end of the legislative session, which could last as late as August.
Kimberly Zapata's attorney said she plans to appeal the sentence, which hewed closer to the harsher punishment the prosecution recommended.
Abortion advocates are on red alert after the Supreme Court showed interest in further limiting access to the procedure.
Neither Baffert nor Churchill Downs is liable for wagers lost on the 2021 Kentucky Derby, whose order of finish was altered after the disqualification of Medina Spirit.
Attorneys at the Second Circuit sparred over whether Walgreens misled customers with the label on a supplement touted as a treatment for osteoarthritis.
Jurors were unable to agree on the responsibility borne by a Virginia-based military contractor for abuses by military police personnel during the Iraq War.
A federal judge declined the prosecution's request to send the 70-year-old seaman to prison for 10 years, saying there was no bad intent in the 2019 tragedy.
Jimcy McGirt's state case was thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2020 on grounds Oklahoma lacked jurisdiction because the child rape occurred on Native American land that was never dissolved by Congress.
The agency’s program for protecting marine mammals, sea turtles and other threatened wildlife remains underfunded, advocates say. Some species face extinction by as early as midcentury.
Appeals court orders judge to consider restitution for commercial fishers affected by 2015 oil spill
Plains All American Pipeline was found guilty on nine criminal counts stemming from the Refugio oil spill, which happened when one of the company's corroded pipelines burst open.
In a new complaint, conservation groups say outdoor lights at the Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa in Maui are attracting endangered Hawaiian petrels and grounding them. It's the second such lawsuit in just two years.
Joaquin Ciria was imprisoned for more than 30 years for a crime he says San Francisco had no probable cause to arrest him with in the first place.
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The agreement comes with a commitment to bar Pioneer’s founder from working with Exxon over allegations he colluded to reduce production to increase profits.
The group said Thursday that it plans to protest the Democratic National Convention regardless of whether it received a permit to do so.
Gun rights groups sued Colorado's governor on New Years Day as soon as the new law went into effect.
The Sacramento DA, however, failed to point to any city law Sacramento isn't following, and the judge said she lacks authority to force the city to pass new laws.
Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr., two of the five people convicted in the scheme, made claims of juror bias and improperly excluded evidence at the Sixth Circuit.
Tennessee's lawyer told the Sixth Circuit that changing the sex listed on birth certificates would create confusion about who could participate in various programs, like sports.
Texas' capital city voted to adopt a measure providing some protections to transgender people seeking gender-affirming care despite state laws against the practice.
Daybell is accused of murdering his ex-wife and two of his current wife's children in 2019 as part his doomsday beliefs.
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A federal court in Massachusetts denied the city of Brockton and its police officials’ motion to dismiss 14th Amendment and municipal liability claims brought against them after a man died in custody. He had difficulty standing upright and staying awake, which should have indicated to the officers that he needed medical attention.
A federal court in Hawaii refused to remand the state attorney general’s complaint against pharmaceutical companies that have allegedly unfairly pushed up the price of their drugs. The pharmaceutical firms properly removed the complaint to federal court, as one of them is contracted to provide health care to members of the military.
A federal court in Texas ruled that an engineering company that was involved in building a factory cannot be held liable for the scalding death of a forklift operator who ruptured a pipe conveying pressurized hot beans. The company were not responsible for work such as safety assessments or the placement of that pipe, so it wins summary judgment on the claims.
A federal court in Alabama approved a final consent decree between the EEOC and Chipotle, which allegedly subjected an employee to sexual harassment and a hostile work environment at two of its locations. The employee will be paid $50,000 and the case is dismissed, but the court retains jurisdiction over the matter to ensure compliance and enforcement of a workplace free of discrimination.
The California Supreme Court ruled that police lacked reasonable suspicion to search a criminal defendant’s car. Though the search turned up drugs and a revolver, the evidence must be suppressed because his behavior in a high-crime area — ducking out of sight, fiddling with his shoes and refusing to acknowledge the police officers — were not acts of outright evasion, so and they did not combine to support a reasonable suspicion that he was involved in illegal conduct.
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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 declined 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.
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.
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