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Courts & Law

Twitter's lawsuit sets the social media company and the world's richest man up for a lengthy, expensive and high-stakes battle. (Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)
NPR
Business
Law
Technology

Twitter takes Elon Musk to court

The social media company is asking a Delaware court to force the world's richest man to follow through on his agreement to buy it for $44 billion.

4 years ago

This Aug. 31, 2015 file photo shows the Monsanto logo on display at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
Delaware
Environment
Public Safety

Judge dismisses Delaware AG’s suit over PCB contamination

The Delaware judge on Monday rejected public nuisance, trespass and unjust enrichment claims that were asserted by Attorney General Kathy Jennings.

4 years ago

Elon Musk arrives for the 2022 Met Gala
NPR
Delaware
Technology

Elon Musk wants out of the Twitter deal. It could end up costing at least $1 billion

Elon Musk's battle with Twitter escalates after the billionaire Tesla CEO said he was calling off his $44 billion purchase agreement.

4 years ago

This Dec. 2, 2021, photo provided by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources shows an endangered North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing rope being sighted with a newborn calf in waters near Cumberland Island, Ga. (Georgia Department of Natural Resources/NOAA Permit #20556 via AP)
Animals
Environment
Government
Law

Weak protection for vanishing whale violates law, judge says

Judge Boasberg ruled the government has violated both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act by failing to protect the North Atlantic right whale.

4 years ago

In this March 12, 2020, file photo, the sun shines through clouds above a shale gas drilling site in St. Mary's, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Environment
Government
Law
Pennsylvania

Court blocks Pennsylvania’s carbon emissions plan

The court granted a preliminary injunction that prohibits the Wolf administration from “implementing, administering, or enforcing” the carbon-pricing policy.

4 years ago

File photo: Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Road to Majority conference June 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Government Accountability
Law
National

Appeals court: Congress can see some Trump financial records

Friday’s decision from the federal appeals court in Washington almost certainly won’t be the last word in the legal fight that began in 2019.

4 years ago

In this Nov. 25, 2014 file photo, demonstrators block Public Square in Cleveland, during a protest over the police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
Black Lives Matter
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Policing

Officer who killed Tamir Rice quickly leaves new police job in Pa.

Tioga Borough council President Steve Hazlett says Timothy Loehmann left the position Thursday without having worked a single shift.

4 years ago

File photo: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's attorney says Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill failed to ensure a fair trial for him. (Court TV via AP/ Pool)
Black Lives Matter
Policing
Social Justice

Chauvin gets 21 years for violating Floyd’s civil rights

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights.

4 years ago

File photo: Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) drives past Chicago Sky forward Candace Parker (3) during the first half of Game 1 of the WNBA basketball Finals, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso, File)
NPR
International
Sports

Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia

The Phoenix Mercury Center and Olympic medalist could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

4 years ago

Demonstrators hold up signs outside the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals building in New Orleans on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill)
Immigration
National

Appeals arguments heard on immigrants brought to U.S. as kids

Advocates are hoping a federal appeals court will uphold an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as kids.

4 years ago

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Government
International
Sports

Biden tells Griner’s wife he’s working to get her home

Biden's conversation with Griner's wife, Cherelle Griner, comes after Brittney Griner wrote Biden a letter on Monday.

4 years ago

Chief Defender Keisha Hudson gets applause from staff at announcement of wage increases. (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Employment
Government
Philadelphia

Philly public defenders, staff to get pay raise

Almost $6 million will be split among attorneys and support staff in an effort to gain pay parity with prosecutors.

4 years ago

Members of the FBI's evidence response team remove personal belongings one day after a mass shooting in downtown Highland Park, Ill., Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
National
Public Safety

Highland Park parade shooting suspect bought guns legally despite threats

Authorities said the purchases were allowed even though police were called to his home twice in 2019 for threats of violence and suicide.

4 years ago

John Eastman, attorney for former President Donald Trump, stands at left as Rudy Giuliani speaks in Washington at a rally in support of Trump. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
NPR
Elections
Government Accountability
National
Politics

Georgia grand jury subpoenas top Trump allies, including Giuliani and Eastman

Jurors have questions for former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman as well as others who advised the former president's attempts to reverse his defeat in 2020.

4 years ago

Smoke rises from a power plant, as the lights glow red in a snowy landscape at night.
Environment
Government
Law

In light of EPA court ruling, new focus on states’ power

Eighteen states have set 100% clean energy goals, according to the U.S. Climate Alliance, and they represent 42% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

4 years ago

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