Courts & Law
Abortion debate creates ‘new era’ for state supreme court races in 2024, with big spending expected
Crucial battles over abortion, gerrymandering, and other issues will take center stage in next year’s elections for state supreme court seats — 80 of them in 33 states.
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Judge rejects Sen. Bob Menendez’s request to delay his May bribery trial for two months
Prosecutors say they had warned defense lawyers when the trial date was set that the evidence they would turn over would be voluminous and that nothing has changed since then.
3 years ago
Maine bars Trump from ballot as U.S. Supreme Court weighs state authority to block former president
The decision by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows follows a ruling earlier this month by the Colorado Supreme Court that booted Trump from the ballot there.
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Pierce Brosnan faces charges after allegedly walking in Yellowstone’s thermal areas
Brosnan, who is best known for his stint as James Bond in the 1990s, was charged in Wyoming with failing to keep to the trails. He's due in federal court on Jan. 23.
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Jan. 6 rioter who was sentenced in secret provided information to authorities, court papers say
The documents provide insight into the unusual secrecy regarding Samuel Lazar, who was released from federal custody in September after completing his sentence.
3 years ago
The New York Times sues ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Microsoft, for copyright infringement
The Times is the first major news publisher to take OpenAI to court over the use of its copyright material in its popular chatbot.
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More cold-case sexual assault charges for ‘Fairmount Park rapist’ accused of 2003 rape and slaying
Police say Diaz has now been charged in three other cold-case assaults, two in Fairmount Park in 2003 and one in Pennypack Park in 2007.
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Michigan Supreme Court will keep Trump on 2024 ballot
Wednesday's ruling follows a decision by a divided Colorado Supreme Court, which said Trump is ineligible to be president after his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
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Prosecutors oppose Sen. Bob Menendez’s effort to delay May bribery trial until July
Menendez has pleaded not guilty to a bribery conspiracy charge alleging he and his wife accepted bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car from three New Jersey businessmen.
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N.J. has a new diversion program for people with mental illness who commit certain types of crimes
People with mental illness who commit certain crimes in N.J. may be diverted out of the criminal justice system.
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Listen 1:29Trump asks appeals court to toss election interference case, arguing that he’s immune
The legal filing late Saturday comes after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to fast track a dispute on whether the former President is immune from prosecution.
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Victim Stephanie Ledyard begged the court to give her husband probation, but the judge said pictures of her New Year’s Day beating looked like “autopsy photos.”
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Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy a day after a judge orders him to pay $146 million
Giuliani reported millions of dollars in debt from lawsuits, unpaid taxes and outstanding legal fees.
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Cinnaminson business owner wins court fight to keep her properties
The court ruled the township did not show that her properties posed a risk to the “safety, health, morals, and welfare of the community.”
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Listen 1:15White supremacist sentenced for threatening jury and witnesses at synagogue shooter’s trial
Hardy Carroll Lloyd was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison Wednesday.
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