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Texas lawsuit targets coverage for preventive care such as birth control, anti-HIV medicine

Some object to paying for insurance plans that cover preventive services that they say violate their religious beliefs, which could cause millions to lose access to care.

3 years ago

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Trump says FBI searched Mar-a-Lago estate in major escalation of probe

The search intensifies the months-long probe into how classified documents ended up in more than a dozen boxes located at Mar-a-Lago earlier this year.

3 years ago

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Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death

The white man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery has been sentenced to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.

3 years ago

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Musk says Twitter deal could move ahead with ‘bot’ info

Both sides are headed toward an October trial in a Delaware court.

3 years ago

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Delco murder suspect arrested in North Carolina, girlfriend found safe: Police

Dahmier Harmon, 26, was taken into custody without incident by police in Fayetteville.

3 years ago

Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, asks Alex Jones questions about text messages during trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Wednesday Aug. 3, 2022. (Briana Sanchez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool)
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Alex Jones ordered to pay $49.3M total over Sandy Hook lies

The final award handed down Friday includes $45.2 million in punitive damages and $4.1 million in compensatory damages.

3 years ago

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Business
Law
Technology

Musk countersuit accuses Twitter of fraud over ‘bot’ count

The countersuit filed by the billionaire and Tesla CEO on Thursday alleges that Twitter committed fraud, breach of contract and violation of the Texas Securities Act.

3 years ago

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Criminal Justice
New Jersey
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Co-conspirator in GoFundMe scam sentenced to 5 years in New Jersey state prison

Mark D'Amico, his-then girlfriend, and a homeless veteran defrauded online donors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

3 years ago

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Energy
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Pennsylvania
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Energy Transfer held criminally responsible for damage from Mariner East pipeline construction

Texas-based pipeline builder Energy Transfer is not contesting 48 criminal charges related to the construction of its Mariner East pipeline project.

3 years ago

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Pennsylvania
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4th county adds to Pa. ballot dispute as candidate sues to quit

The legal dispute is holding up certification of primary results for governor and U.S. Senate.

3 years ago

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Delaware
Technology

Twitter responds to Musk’s claims, calls them ‘excuses’

Twitter denied in a court filing that it had deprived its would-be acquirer, billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, of necessary information or misrepresented details about its

3 years ago

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National
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Former attorney general to hear appeal of Watson suspension

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has chosen former New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey to hear the appeal of the six-game suspension for the Browns quarterback.

3 years ago

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Gun Violence
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Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M

The Texas jury must still decide how much to award in punitive damages.

3 years ago

Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, asks Alex Jones questions about text messages during trial at the Travis County Courthouse
Law
National

Sandy Hook attorney: Jan. 6 panel asks for Alex Jones’ texts

A day earlier, Bankston revealed in court that Jones' attorney had mistakenly sent Bankston the last two years’ worth of texts from Jones’ cellphone.

3 years ago

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Black Lives Matter
National
Policing

Feds charge 4 police officers in fatal Breonna Taylor raid

Federal charges against former officers Joshua Jaynes, Brett Hankison and Kelly Goodlett, along with Sgt. Kyle Meany were announced by U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland.

3 years ago

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