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Voting rights advocates welcomed a Supreme Court win. But the fight isn’t over

Many voting rights advocates and legal scholars are bracing for new efforts to dismantle the law.

3 years ago

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Law
Politics

Nusrat Chowdhury confirmed as the first Muslim female federal judge in U.S. history

She will assume her lifetime appointment in Brooklyn federal court after a 50-49 vote on Thursday along party lines.

3 years ago

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Government Accountability
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Trump’s promise of payback for prosecution follows years of attacking democratic traditions

Trump's attacks on the justice system are the latest step in a now eight-year campaign by the former president and his allies.

3 years ago

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Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Religion
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Truck driver guilty of killing 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue in deadliest attack on Jews in US history

Jurors must now decide whether the 50-year-old should be sent to death row or sentenced to life in prison without parole as the federal trial shifts to a penalty phase.

3 years ago

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Crime
Government Accountability

How much prison time could Trump face? Past cases brought steep punishment for document hoarders

How much prison time the former president could face in the event of a conviction is impossible to say, with such a decision ultimately up to the trial judge.

3 years ago

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Kids
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Race & Ethnicity

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Native American child welfare law

The justices rejected a broad attack from Republican-led states and white families who argued that the system is based on race.

3 years ago

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Black Lives Matter
Social Justice

Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of New York City subway rider Jordan Neely

If convicted, Penny could face years in prison.

3 years ago

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Criminal Justice
Government Accountability
National

Here are the legal next steps in the Trump documents case

While special counsel Jack Smith wants a speedy trial, Trump's lawyers could file motions that would delay it.

3 years ago

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Crime

Bill Cosby sued by 9 more women in Nevada for alleged decades-old sexual assaults

A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Nevada alleges that the women were individually drugged and assaulted between approximately 1979 and 1992.

3 years ago

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Biology
Crime
Pennsylvania

Former Harvard morgue manager stole brains, skin and other body parts to sell them, indictment says

They say 55-year-old Cedric Lodge stole dissected portions of cadavers that were donated to the Harvard Medical School from 2018 to early 2023.

3 years ago

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Health Care
National
Politics

Nearly a year later, most Americans oppose Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe

The latest Gallup poll also finds increased political polarization.

3 years ago

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National
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Attorney General Garland defends special counsel’s integrity in Trump indictment

In the face of allegations of bias, Attorney General Merrick Garland called Jack Smith a "veteran career prosecutor" with a "commitment to integrity and the rule of law."

3 years ago

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Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Ex-Starbucks manager awarded $25.6 million in suit over firing after 2018 arrests of 2 Black men

Jurors in Camden found on Monday that race was a determinative factor in the company’s firing of Shannon Phillips.

3 years ago

European Union antitrust regulators on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, took aim at Google's lucrative digital advertising business, ordering the tech giant to sell off some of its ad services to address competition concerns
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International
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Google must break up digital ad business over competition concerns, European regulators say

The European Union has led the global movement to crack down on Big Tech companies but rather than splitting up businesses it has previously issued blockbuster fines.

3 years ago

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Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Policing

No body cam footage in the Anthony Allegrini Jr. case, Pa. State Police say. His family still wants answers

Allegrini’s family is currently piecing the story together from snippets of video posted to social media by people who were on the interstate that night.

3 years ago

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