Courts & Law
2 charged in murder of mother shot in Dunkin’ drive-thru
Rachel King, a 35-year-old mother and teacher at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in Philadelphia, was shot dead on April 11.
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Disney sues DeSantis, calling park takeover ‘retaliation’
The suit came after a Disney World oversight board appointed by DeSantis voted to void a deal that placed theme park design and construction decisions in the company's hands.
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Grandma didn’t pay taxes. Now her house is focus of property rights test case
At issue in the case before the Supreme Court is the way at least a dozen states handle the sale of homes to pay off overdue taxes.
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5 things to know as E. Jean Carroll’s civil trial begins against Donald Trump
Carroll claims Trump raped her in the changing room of the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in the 1990s.
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Defamation suit produced trove of Tucker Carlson messages
His unexplained departure has turned a spotlight on what he said in depositions, emails, and text messages among the thousands of pages Dominion released.
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Did Ed Sheeran hit pilfer Marvin Gaye classic? Trial to tell
The heirs of Gaye's co-writer of the 1973 soul classic, Ed Townsend, are suing Sheeran in a trial that started in Manhattan federal court Monday.
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Justice Thomas gifts scandal highlights ‘double standard’ for ethics in government
The Project on Government Oversight last week sent a 20-page letter to the Justice Department urging action against Thomas — either civilly or criminally.
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Louisville officer who killed Breonna Taylor hired by police force in nearby county
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office, only an hour from Louisville, recently hired former Louisville police officer Myles Cosgrove, who shot and killed Breonna Taylor in 2020.
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Fox’s settlement with Dominion unlikely to cost it $787.5M
Fox has said it doesn’t expect the settlement to affect its operations.
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Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now
The Supreme Court has preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.
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Supreme Court set to decide on abortion pill access
The justices are scheduled to meet for a private conference Friday, where they could talk about the issue.
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Charge to be dropped in Alec Baldwin movie set shooting
The actor and the film’s weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed were both charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
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The Supreme Court fight over an abortion pill: What’s next?
The new abortion controversy comes less than a year after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Facebook users can apply for their portion of a $725 million lawsuit settlement
The settlement stems from a lawsuit alleging Facebook developers sold user data to Cambridge Analytica to target people in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
3 years ago
Last minute brinkmanship and overseas assist end Fox case
Two days before the settlement was announced, the two sides brought on a veteran mediator to help, even though he was on a vacation cruise on the Danube River at the time.
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